Henry Bumstead
Henry Bumstead was born on Mar 17, 1915 in USA. Henry Bumstead's big-screen debut came with Saigon directed by Leslie Fenton in 1947. Henry Bumstead is known for Slap Shot directed by George Roy Hill, Paul Newman stars as Reggie and Strother Martin as McGrath. Henry Bumstead has got 8 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Henry Bumstead achieved is Satellite Awards. The upcoming new movie Henry Bumstead plays is Letters from Iwo Jima which will be released on Feb 02, 2007.
Versatile art director Henry Bumstead was an adroit master of outdoor set design, at his best and most prolific under Alfred Hitchcock (4 films), George Roy Hill (8 films) and Clint Eastwood (13 films). The son of a sporting goods store manager and a schoolteacher, Henry inherited both strong athletic and artistic inclinations. Captain of his high school football team, he joined the University of Southern California on a four-year football scholarship. However, plans for sporting stardom were scuttled after he sustained a back injury during a match, which was to plague him for the rest of his life. It forced him to dramatically re-evaluate his career options and concentrate on his arts degree. Because of his excellent grades in drawing and architecture at USC, he was hired in 1935 by John W. Harkrider at RKO as an apprentice draughtsman for $35 a week.After two years learning the basics of his trade, he was engaged by Paramount as a sketch artist, model maker and assistant art director on the same salary. He gained valuable experience under the tutelage of Hans Dreier, one of Hollywood's foremost experts in production design. After serving with the U.S. Navy during World War II, 'Bummy', as he came to be known, graduated to full art director, beginning with the motion picture Trafic à Saïgon (1947). Until the end of his contract with Paramount in 1960, his name often appeared behind that of supervising art directors Dreier and/or his successor, Hal Pereira, in the credits, though neither had a great deal to do with the picture. This was notably the case with his early work for Hitchcock, which served as the foundation for his subsequent career.The story goes, that Hitch's trusted cinematographer, Robert Burks, recommended Bummy to work on the remake of L'homme qui en savait trop (1956). His keen sense for authentic detail (as exemplified by the Marrakesh restaurant) was duly appreciated and led to his subsequent work on the iconic thriller Sueurs froides (1958). His exquisitely textured and evocative outdoor design encompassed more than fifty individual sets, including the interior of the Spanish mission bell tower, the cemetery and the eerily quiet art gallery - all of which impart an indelible feeling for the story before even a single line is uttered. Hitch himself was so taken with Bummy's opulent 19th century-styled interior for Tom Helmore's office, that he tasked the art director with redesigning his own office.A year after leaving Paramount in 1960, Bumstead joined Universal on a long-term contract. For the remainder of the decade, he worked on a number of prestigious assignments, recreating small-town Alabama for Du silence et des ombres... (1962), a vivid 11th century landscape of Druids, knights and magic for Le seigneur de la guerre (1965), and the sun-drenched North African battlegrounds of Tobrouk, commando pour l'enfer (1967) during World War II. For George Roy Hill, he created meticulous studio sets of depression-era Chicago for L'Arnaque (1973), effectively contrasting the affluent with the seedy and impoverished. It was also down to his suggestion to use browns and sepias to evoke a 1920's or 30's look. Bummy's long association with Eastwood began with Joe Kidd (1972) and ended with Lettres d'Iwo Jima (2006). He memorably juxtaposed sparse frontier architecture for L'homme des hautes plaines (1973) and Impitoyable (1992) with the harsh and vast western landscape surrounding it; and helped set the tone for Minuit dans le jardin du bien et du mal (1997) with his sumptuous, decadent exteriors and interiors of Savannah high society.During his later years, Bummy taught production design at the American Film Institute. Still working at the age of 90, he remained consistently self-effacing and was most proud of the fact that he had never been fired, laid off or forced to look for work. He was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame in 2007.
Birthday
Mar 17, 1915Place of Birth
Ontario, California, USA
Known For
Awards
8 wins & 6 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2006
production designer
7.8 - 2006
production designer
7.1 - 2004
production designer
8.1 - 2003
production designer
7.9 - 2002
production designer
6.4 - 2000
production designer
6.5 - 1999
production designer
6.6 - 1997
production designer
4.5 - 1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
production designer
6.6 - 1997
production designer
6.7 - 1995
production designer
6.4 - 1993
production designer
7.5 - 1992
production designer
8.2 - 1991
production designer
7.3 - 1990
production designer
5.5 - 1990
production designer
4.4 - 1989
production designer
5.8 - 1988
production designer
6.2 - 19885.1
- 1986
production designer
5.4 - 1985
production designer
6.1 - 1984
production designer
5.8 - 1982
production designer
7.1 - 1980
production designer
5.2 - 1979
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
art director
6.0 - 1979
production designer
4.4 - 1979
production designer
7.4 - 1978
production designer
7.2 - 1978
production designer
6.6 - 1977
art director
7.3 - 1977
production designer
6.3 - 1976
production designer
6.8 - 1975
art director
6.7 - 1974
art director
7.3 - 1973
art director
8.3 - 1973
art director
5.9 - 1973
art director
7.4 - 1972
art director
6.2 - 1972
art director
6.4 - 1972
art director
6.8 - 19726.8
- 1971
art director
6.6 - 1971
art director
5.7 - 1971
art director
5.5 - 1970
art director
6.6 - 1969
art director
6.3 - 1969
production designer
6.2 - 1968
art director
5.2 - 1968
art director
6.3 - 1967
art director
5.7 - 1967
art director
6.4 - 1966
art director
6.0 - 1966
art director
6.1 - 1965
art director
6.6 - 1964
art director
7.3 - 1964
art director
6.4 - 1964
art director
6.3 - 1963
art director
6.1 - 1962
art director
8.3 - 1962
art director
6.1 - 1961
art director
6.9 - 1960
art director
5.9 - 1960
art director
6.5 - 1959
art director
6.6 - 1959
art director
6.6 - 1958
art director
8.3 - 1956
art director
6.4 - 1956
art director
5.2 - 1956
art director
5.7 - 1956
art director
7.4 - 1955
art director
6.3 - 1954
art director
6.7 - 1953
art director
6.1 - 1953
art director
6.8 - 1953
art director
6.3 - 1952
art director
7.5 - 1952
art director
6.2 - 1952
art director
5.1 - 1952
art director
6.2 - 1951
art director
6.2 - 1951
art director
6.8 - 1951
art director
5.9 - 1951
art director
6.3 - 1950
art director
7.3 - 1950
art director
7.3 - 1950
art director
6.0 - 1950
art director
7.4 - 1949
art director
6.6 - 1949
art director
6.4 - 1949
art director
6.1 - 1949
art director
6.6 - 1949
art director
5.7 - 1948
art director
6.4 - 1947
art director
6.3