{{Short description|British film designer (1904–1980)}} {{Infobox person | name = Alex Vetchinsky | image = Alex_Vetchinsky.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|11|09}} | birth_place = [[London]], England <br> [[United Kingdom]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|03|04|1904|11|09}} | death_place = [[Hove]], [[East Sussex]] <br> United Kingdom | birth_name = Alec Hyman Vetchinsky | occupation = Art director | years_active = 1928–1974 }}
'''Alex Vetchinsky''' ({{ne}} Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 – 4 March 1980) was a [[BAFTA]] nominated British film [[art director]] and [[production designer]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd54faa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724103621/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd54faa|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2016|title=Alex Vetchinsky|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film/british-art-direction-black-and-white|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref> He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974.<ref name=bfi/> Vetchinsky was employed for many years at [[Gainsborough Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-eKDwAAQBAJ&dq=alex+vetchinsky&pg=PA76|title=British Film Design: A History|first=Laurie N.|last=Ede|date=March 30, 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9780857711090|via=Google Books}}</ref> He later worked frequently for [[Rank Organisation|Rank]], including on several [[Carry On films]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=alex+vetchinsky+%22The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA2124|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{div col}} * ''[[Balaclava (film)|Balaclava]]'' (1928) * ''[[Symphony in Two Flats]]'' (1930) * ''[[Sunshine Susie]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Faithful Heart (1932 film)|The Faithful Heart]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Lucky Number]]'' (1932) * ''[[Marry Me (1932 film)|Marry Me]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Man from Toronto (1933 film)|The Man from Toronto]]'' (1933) * ''[[It's a Boy (film)|It's a Boy]]'' (1933) * ''[[Soldiers of the King (film)|Soldiers of the King]]'' (1933) * ''[[Aunt Sally (film)|Aunt Sally]]'' (1934) * ''[[Stormy Weather (1935 film)|Stormy Weather]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Phantom Light]]'' (1935) * ''[[Tudor Rose (film)|Tudor Rose]]'' (1936) * ''[[All In (film)|All In]]'' (1936) * ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' (1937) * ''[[Said O'Reilly to McNab]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938) * ''[[Convict 99]]'' (1938) * ''[[Shipyard Sally]]'' (1939) * ''[[A Girl Must Live]]'' (1939) * ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' (1940) * ''[[Kipps (1941 film)|Kipps]]'' (1941) * ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' (1941) * ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942) * ''[[Tawny Pipit (film)|Tawny Pipit]]'' (1944) * ''[[Don't Take It to Heart]]'' (1944) * ''[[Waterloo Road (film)|Waterloo Road]]'' (1945) * ''[[The October Man]]'' (1947) * ''[[The Mark of Cain (1947 film)|The Mark of Cain]]'' (1947) * ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]'' (1947) * ''[[Escape (1948 film)|Escape]]'' (1948) * ''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]'' (1948) * ''[[Morning Departure]]'' (1950) * ''[[Highly Dangerous]]'' (1950) * ''[[Waterfront (1950 film)|Waterfront]]'' (1950) * ''[[Night Without Stars]]'' (1951) * ''[[Hunted (1952 film)|Hunted]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Black Knight (film)|The Black Knight]]'' (1954) * ''[[Passage Home]]'' (1955) * ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' (1955) * ''[[Value for Money]]'' (1955) * ''[[A Town Like Alice (1956 film)|A Town Like Alice]]'' (1956) * ''[[Carry on Sergeant]]'' (1958) * ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959) * ''[[Rotten to the Core (film)|Rotten to the Core]]'' (1965) (received [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design#1960s|BAFTA]] nomination) * ''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966) * ''[[The Long Duel]]'' (1967) * ''[[Carry On... Up the Khyber]]'' (1968) * ''[[Kidnapped (1971 film)|Kidnapped]]'' (1971) * ''[[Gold (1974 film)|Gold]]'' (1974) {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0895383}}
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