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| Full Name Frank William George Lloyd Born 2 February 1886Glasgow, Scotland, UK Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Died April 9, 1959, Phoenix, Arizona, United States Artwork Side Chair, Armchair, Skyscraper Vase, Spindle Cube Chair, Sprite Buildings Fallingwater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Structures Fallingwater, Taliesin, Robie House, Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright Ho Similar People Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, Frank Gehry, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright | ||
Introduction to frank lloyd wright
Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was an American film director, scriptwriter and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president from 1934-35.
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- Introduction to frank lloyd wright
- Frank lloyd wright architecture environment
- Honors
- Personal life
- References
Lloyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother Jane was Scottish and his father Edmund was Welsh. He is Scotland's first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history, having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (The Divine Lady), a part-talkie (Weary River) and a full talkie (Drag). He won for The Divine Lady. He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noël Coward's Cavalcade and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film, Mutiny on the Bounty.
Frank lloyd wright architecture environment
Honors
Lloyd was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Directing, for Weary River (1929), The Divine Lady (1929), Drag (1929), Cavalcade (1933), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). He won for The Divine Lady and Cavalcade.
In 1957 he was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.
On February 8, 1960, Lloyd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard.
Personal life
Lloyd died August 10, 1960 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.