{{Short description|American art director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = John B. Mansbridge | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|3|20}} | birth_place = [[Jackson County, South Dakota]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|11|1917|3|20}} | death_place = [[La Quinta, California]], US | occupation = [[Art director]] | years_active = 1941–1991 }}

'''John B. Mansbridge''' (March 20, 1917 &ndash; January 11, 2016) was an American [[art director]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John B. Mansbridge|url=http://forestlawn.tributes.com/obituary/show/John-B.-Mansbridge-103190444|publisher=Forest Lawn Tributes|access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> He was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]. He won the lifetime achievement award at the [[ADG Excellence in Production Design Award|Art Directors Guild]] in [[Art Directors Guild Awards 2006|2006]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adg.org/?store=art&setTheme=OFF&art=2005_award|title=2005 - Art Directors Guild: Art Director, Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Matte Artist, Model Maker, Digital Artist, Scenic Artist, Set Designer, Title Artist|author=incEngine|publisher=|access-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref> He also won a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] in 1988 for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series, for the television series ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name ="Emmys1988">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1988|title=1988 Emmy Nominees/Winners}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== Mansbridge was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: * ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' (1971)<ref name="Oscars1972">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |title=The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners |access-date=December 6, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''[[The Island at the Top of the World]]'' (1974)<ref name="Oscars1975">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 |title=The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 2, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction in a Series: * ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1988)<ref name ="Emmys1988" />

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0543727|John B. Mansbridge}}

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