# Carmen Dillon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carmen_Dillon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carmen_Dillon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Dillon > Source revision: 1356908257 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British art director (1908–2000) Carmen Dillon Born (1908-10-25)25 October 1908 Hendon, London Died 12 April 2000(2000-04-12) (aged 91) Hove, East Sussex Occupation Art director Years active 1938 - 1979 **Carmen Dillon** (25 October 1908 – 12 April 2000) was an English film art director and production designer who won an [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards) for the [Olivier](/source/Laurence_Olivier) version of *[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(1948_film))* (1948).[1] ## Life Dillon was born in Hendon to Irish-born Joseph Thomas Dillon and his wife Teresa. She was one of six children, for whom their Catholic parents paid to be well educated. Carmen went to the [New Hall Convent School](/source/New_Hall_School) in Chelmsford. The elder brother died during World War one, one sister became a nun and another brother emigrated. Carmen and her sisters Teresa and [Agnes Dillon](/source/Agnes_Dillon) (known as Una) were left to fulfil their parent's ambitions for them.[2] Dillon initially worked as an architect and designer, and was invited to design the cover for the newly formed [Electrical Association for Women](/source/Electrical_Association_for_Women).[3] However in 1934 she was invited to join the film industry.[4] This built on her enthusiasm for acting and drawing. She became an art director and production designer, and won an [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards) for [Laurence Olivier](/source/Laurence_Olivier)'s 1948 film of *[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(1948_film))*.[1] It was said that for twenty-five years she was the only woman art director in the British film industry.[5] None of the three Dillon sisters married, and they spent 42 years together in a large flat in Kensington. Tess Dillon had led the physics department at [Queen Elizabeth College](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_College).[5] In 1985 Carmen retired to Hove with her sister Una, who had founded [Dillons Booksellers](/source/Dillons_Booksellers).[2] Carmen outlived her sister and died in 2000 with no survivors.[6] ## Selected filmography - *[Murder in the Family](/source/Murder_in_the_Family)* (1938) - *[The Claydon Treasure Mystery](/source/The_Claydon_Treasure_Mystery)* (1938) - *[The Last Barricade](/source/The_Last_Barricade)* (1938) - *[Father O'Nine](/source/Father_O'Nine)* (1938) - *[French Without Tears](/source/French_Without_Tears_(film))* (1940) - *[Freedom Radio](/source/Freedom_Radio)* (1941) - *[Quiet Wedding](/source/Quiet_Wedding)* (1941) - *[Unpublished Story](/source/Unpublished_Story)* (1942) - *[Secret Mission](/source/Secret_Mission)* (1942) - *[Talk About Jacqueline](/source/Talk_About_Jacqueline)* (1942) - *[The Gentle Sex](/source/The_Gentle_Sex)* (1943) - *[The Demi-Paradise](/source/The_Demi-Paradise)* (1943) - *[The Way to the Stars](/source/The_Way_to_the_Stars)* (1945) - *[Carnival](/source/Carnival_(1946_film))* (1946) - *[School for Secrets](/source/School_for_Secrets)* (1946) - *[White Cradle Inn](/source/White_Cradle_Inn)* (1947) - *[Vice Versa](/source/Vice_Versa_(1948_film))* (1948) - *[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(1948_film))* (1948) - *[Woman Hater](/source/Woman_Hater_(1948_film))* (1948) - *[Cardboard Cavalier](/source/Cardboard_Cavalier)* (1949) - *[The Rocking Horse Winner](/source/The_Rocking_Horse_Winner_(film))* (1949) - *[The Woman in Question](/source/The_Woman_in_Question)* (1950) - *[The Reluctant Widow](/source/The_Reluctant_Widow_(film))* (1950) - *[The Browning Version](/source/The_Browning_Version_(1951_film))* (1951) - *[Meet Me Tonight](/source/Meet_Me_Tonight)* (1952) - *[The Importance of Being Earnest](/source/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1952_film))* (1952) - *[The Story of Robin Hood](/source/The_Story_of_Robin_Hood_(film))* (1952) - *[The Sword and the Rose](/source/The_Sword_and_the_Rose)* (1953) - *[Rob Roy](/source/Rob_Roy%3A_The_Highland_Rogue)* (1953) - *[Doctor in the House](/source/Doctor_in_the_House_(film))* (1954) - *[Simon and Laura](/source/Simon_and_Laura)* (1955) - *[One Good Turn](/source/One_Good_Turn_(1955_film))* (1955) - *[Doctor at Sea](/source/Doctor_at_Sea_(film))* (1955) - *[Richard III](/source/Richard_III_(1955_film))* (1955) - *[The Iron Petticoat](/source/The_Iron_Petticoat)* (1956) - *[Checkpoint](/source/Checkpoint_(1956_film))* (1956) - *[The Prince and the Showgirl](/source/The_Prince_and_the_Showgirl)* (1957) - *[Miracle in Soho](/source/Miracle_in_Soho)* (1957) - *[A Tale of Two Cities](/source/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities_(1958_film))* (1958) - *[Sapphire](/source/Sapphire_(1959_film))* (1959) - *[Please Turn Over](/source/Please_Turn_Over)* (1959) - *[Carry on Constable](/source/Carry_on_Constable)* (1960) - *[Make Mine Mink](/source/Make_Mine_Mink)* (1960) - *[Watch Your Stern](/source/Watch_Your_Stern)* (1960) - *[Raising the Wind](/source/Raising_the_Wind_(1961_film))* (1961) - *[The Naked Edge](/source/The_Naked_Edge)* (1961) - *[Twice Round the Daffodils](/source/Twice_Round_the_Daffodils)* (1962) - *[The Iron Maiden](/source/The_Iron_Maiden)* (1962) - *[The Battle of the Villa Fiorita](/source/The_Battle_of_the_Villa_Fiorita)* (1965) - *[A Dandy in Aspic](/source/A_Dandy_in_Aspic)* (1968) - *[Otley](/source/Otley_(film))* (1969) - *[To Catch a Spy](/source/To_Catch_a_Spy)* (1971) - *[The Go-Between](/source/The_Go-Between_(1971_film))* (1971) - *[Lady Caroline Lamb](/source/Lady_Caroline_Lamb_(film))* (1972) - *[Bequest to the Nation](/source/Bequest_to_the_Nation_(film))* (1973) - *[Julia](/source/Julia_(1977_film))* (1977) - *[The Corn Is Green](/source/The_Corn_Is_Green_(1979_film))* (1979) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IMDb.com_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IMDb.com_1-1) ["IMDb.com: Carmen Dillon - Awards"](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226973/awards). *IMDb.com*. Retrieved 20 December 2008. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-una_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-una_2-1) Jean H. Cook, ‘Dillon, Agnes Joseph Madeline [Una] (1903–1993)’, *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [accessed 11 April 2017](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51834,) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Pursell, Carroll (1999). "Domesticating Modernity: The Electrical Association for Women, 1924-86". *The British Journal for the History of Science*. **32** (1): 47–67. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0007087498003483](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0007087498003483). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0007-0874](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0007-0874). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4027969](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4027969). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-car_4-0)** Laurie N. Ede, ‘Dillon, Carmen Joseph (1908–2000)’, *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [accessed 11 April 2017](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74014,) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Nicholson2008_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Nicholson2008_5-1) Virginia Nicholson (5 June 2008). [*Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fBuVbWDOjJUC&pg=PT262). Penguin Adult. pp. 262–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-14-102062-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-102062-4). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Carmen Dillon, 91, Art Director Known for Work on British Films"](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/28/arts/carmen-dillon-91-art-director-known-for-work-on-british-films.html). *New York Times*. 28 April 2000. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 11 April 2017. ## External links - [Carmen Dillon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226973/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Artists RKD Artists Other Yale LUX v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design Interior Decoration (1927–1939) 1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1928/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler Black & White / Color (1940–1946) 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, and Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, and Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, and Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, and Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, and Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen and Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen and A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, and Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, and Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, and Edwin B. Willis Art Direction–Set Decoration Black & White / Color (1947–1956) 1947 (bw): John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth and Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, and Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, and Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day and George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff and Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan and Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, and Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1957–1958 1957: Ted Haworth and Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and F. Keogh Gleason Black & White / Color (1959–1966) 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle / (c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, and Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner and Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, and Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, and Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, and Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos / (c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, and George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy and Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, and Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert and George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss 1967–1980 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, and John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, and Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, and Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, and Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, and Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, and George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, and Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins and George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, and Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, and George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, and Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens 1981–2000 1981: Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing (art); Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp (art) 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein (art); Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes (art); Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow (art); Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti (art); Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig (art); Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst (art); Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art) 2001–present 2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set) 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set) 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set) 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set) 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set) 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set) 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set) 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set) 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set) 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set) 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set) 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set) 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set) 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set) 2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set) 2024: Nathan Crowley (art); Lee Sandales (set) 2025: Tamara Deverell (art); Shane Vieau (set) v t e Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame (2010s) 2010 Malcolm F. Brown Bob Keene Ferdinando Scarfiotti 2011 Alexander Golitzen (Golitsyn) Albert Heschong Eugène Lourié 2012 Robert F. Boyle William S. Darling Alfred Junge 2013 E. Preston Ames Richard Macdonald Edward S. Stephenson 2014 Robert Clatworthy Harper Goff J. Michael Riva 2015 John Gabriel Beckman Charles Lisanby Walter H. Tyler 2016 Carmen Dillon Patricia Norris Dorothea Holt Redmond Dianne Wager 2017 Gene Allen 2019 Ben Carré Anthony Masters Complete list 2000s 2010s 2020s --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carmen Dillon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Dillon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Dillon?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.