# Alex Vetchinsky > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Vetchinsky > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Vetchinsky.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Vetchinsky > Source revision: 1356887314 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British film designer (1904–1980) Alex Vetchinsky Born Alec Hyman Vetchinsky (1904-11-09)9 November 1904 London, England United Kingdom Died 4 March 1980(1980-03-04) (aged 75) Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom Occupation Art director Years active 1928–1974 **Alex Vetchinsky** ([né](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 – 4 March 1980) was a [BAFTA](/source/BAFTA) nominated British film [art director](/source/Art_director) and [production designer](/source/Production_designer).[1][2] He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974.[1] Vetchinsky was employed for many years at [Gainsborough Pictures](/source/Gainsborough_Pictures).[3] He later worked frequently for [Rank](/source/Rank_Organisation), including on several [Carry On films](/source/Carry_On_films).[4] ## Selected filmography - *[Balaclava](/source/Balaclava_(film))* (1928) - *[Symphony in Two Flats](/source/Symphony_in_Two_Flats)* (1930) - *[Sunshine Susie](/source/Sunshine_Susie)* (1931) - *[The Faithful Heart](/source/The_Faithful_Heart_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[The Lucky Number](/source/The_Lucky_Number)* (1932) - *[Marry Me](/source/Marry_Me_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[The Man from Toronto](/source/The_Man_from_Toronto_(1933_film))* (1933) - *[It's a Boy](/source/It's_a_Boy_(film))* (1933) - *[Soldiers of the King](/source/Soldiers_of_the_King_(film))* (1933) - *[Aunt Sally](/source/Aunt_Sally_(film))* (1934) - *[Stormy Weather](/source/Stormy_Weather_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[The Phantom Light](/source/The_Phantom_Light)* (1935) - *[Tudor Rose](/source/Tudor_Rose_(film))* (1936) - *[All In](/source/All_In_(film))* (1936) - *[Good Morning, Boys](/source/Good_Morning%2C_Boys)* (1937) - *[Said O'Reilly to McNab](/source/Said_O'Reilly_to_McNab)* (1937) - *[The Lady Vanishes](/source/The_Lady_Vanishes)* (1938) - *[Convict 99](/source/Convict_99)* (1938) - *[Shipyard Sally](/source/Shipyard_Sally)* (1939) - *[A Girl Must Live](/source/A_Girl_Must_Live)* (1939) - *[Night Train to Munich](/source/Night_Train_to_Munich)* (1940) - *[Kipps](/source/Kipps_(1941_film))* (1941) - *[Cottage to Let](/source/Cottage_to_Let)* (1941) - *[The Young Mr. Pitt](/source/The_Young_Mr._Pitt)* (1942) - *[Tawny Pipit](/source/Tawny_Pipit_(film))* (1944) - *[Don't Take It to Heart](/source/Don't_Take_It_to_Heart)* (1944) - *[Waterloo Road](/source/Waterloo_Road_(film))* (1945) - *[The October Man](/source/The_October_Man)* (1947) - *[The Mark of Cain](/source/The_Mark_of_Cain_(1947_film))* (1947) - *[Hungry Hill](/source/Hungry_Hill_(film))* (1947) - *[Escape](/source/Escape_(1948_film))* (1948) - *[It's Hard to Be Good](/source/It's_Hard_to_Be_Good)* (1948) - *[Morning Departure](/source/Morning_Departure)* (1950) - *[Highly Dangerous](/source/Highly_Dangerous)* (1950) - *[Waterfront](/source/Waterfront_(1950_film))* (1950) - *[Night Without Stars](/source/Night_Without_Stars)* (1951) - *[Hunted](/source/Hunted_(1952_film))* (1952) - *[The Black Knight](/source/The_Black_Knight_(film))* (1954) - *[Passage Home](/source/Passage_Home)* (1955) - *[The Colditz Story](/source/The_Colditz_Story)* (1955) - *[Value for Money](/source/Value_for_Money)* (1955) - *[A Town Like Alice](/source/A_Town_Like_Alice_(1956_film))* (1956) - *[Carry on Sergeant](/source/Carry_on_Sergeant)* (1958) - *[Operation Amsterdam](/source/Operation_Amsterdam)* (1959) - *[Rotten to the Core](/source/Rotten_to_the_Core_(film))* (1965) (received [BAFTA](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Production_Design#1960s) nomination) - *[Doctor in Clover](/source/Doctor_in_Clover)* (1966) - *[The Long Duel](/source/The_Long_Duel)* (1967) - *[Carry On... Up the Khyber](/source/Carry_On..._Up_the_Khyber)* (1968) - *[Kidnapped](/source/Kidnapped_(1971_film))* (1971) - *[Gold](/source/Gold_(1974_film))* (1974) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bfi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bfi_1-1) ["Alex Vetchinsky"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160724103621/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd54faa). *BFI*. Archived from [the original](https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd54faa) on July 24, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["BAFTA Awards"](http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film/british-art-direction-black-and-white). *awards.bafta.org*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ede, Laurie N. (March 30, 2010). [*British Film Design: A History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=C-eKDwAAQBAJ&dq=alex+vetchinsky&pg=PA76). Bloomsbury Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780857711090](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780857711090) – via Google Books. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (May 16, 2016). [*The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition*](https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=alex+vetchinsky+%22The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA2124). Manchester University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781526111968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781526111968) – via Google Books. ## External links - [Alex Vetchinsky](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895383/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Italy People Deutsche Biographie --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alex Vetchinsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Vetchinsky) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Vetchinsky?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.