Awards & Winners

Arthur Lawson

Date of Birth 28-July-1908
Place of Birth Sunderland
(United Kingdom, Tyne and Wear, City of Sunderland)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Film Art Director
Arthur Lawson was a British art director. He had a long association with film directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, beginning in 1943 when he was floor manager on The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Three years later, when Powell and Pressburger, also known as The Archers, made A Matter of Life and Death, Lawson had graduated to assistant art director. He worked with Alfred Junge on the sets for Black Narcissus in 1947, and earned an Oscar for the set designs on The Red Shoes in 1948. Lawson’s association with Powell continued right through to Peeping Tom. He received a BAFTA nomination for The Bedford Incident in 1965.

Awards by Arthur Lawson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Arthur Lawson.

1966


Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction (Black and White) The Bedford Incident

1948


Academy Award for Best Production Design
Honored for : The Red Shoes

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design The Red Shoes