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George Provis

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Occupation
  
Art director

Years active
  
1936 - 1977 (film)


Name
  
George Provis

Role
  
Film Art Director

Born
  
1908
Berkshire, England United Kingdom

Died
  
1989, United States of America

George Provis (1901–1989) was a British art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He began his career working on quota quickies during the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures.

Selected filmography

  • The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
  • One Good Turn (1936)
  • Cotton Queen (1937)
  • He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
  • Holiday Camp (1947)
  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
  • The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
  • Diamond City (1949)
  • Madame Louise (1951)
  • The Black Tent (1956)
  • A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
  • Joey Boy (1965)

    • References

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