Alex Vetchinsky

Alex Vetchinsky
Alex Vetchinsky
Born	Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904; London, England ; United Kingdom
Died	4 March 1980 (aged 75); Hove, East Sussex ; United Kingdom
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1928 - 1974

Alex Vetchinsky (né Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 - 4 March 1980) was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and 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.^[3] He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films.^[4]

Selected filmography

Balaclava (1928)
Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
Sunshine Susie (1931)
The Faithful Heart (1932)
The Lucky Number (1932)
Marry Me (1932)
The Man from Toronto (1933)
It's a Boy (1933)
Soldiers of the King (1933)
Aunt Sally (1934)
Stormy Weather (1935)
The Phantom Light (1935)
Tudor Rose (1936)
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)
Cottage to Let (1941)
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Tawny Pipit (1944)
Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
Waterloo Road (1945)
The October Man (1947)
The Mark of Cain (1947)
Hungry Hill (1947)
Escape (1948)
It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
Morning Departure (1950)
Highly Dangerous (1950)
Waterfront (1950)
Night Without Stars (1951)
Hunted (1952)
The Black Knight (1954)
Passage Home (1955)
Value for Money (1955)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Carry on Sergeant (1958)
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
Rotten to the Core (1965) (received BAFTA nomination)
Doctor in Clover (1966)
The Long Duel (1967)
Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)
Kidnapped (1971)
Gold (1974)

References

^ ^a ^b "Alex Vetchinsky". BFI. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016.
^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
^ Ede, Laurie N. (March 30, 2010). British Film Design: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857711090 – via Google Books.
^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (May 16, 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.

External links

Alex Vetchinsky at IMDb

[bfi-1] "Alex Vetchinsky". BFI. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016.

[2] "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.

[3] Ede, Laurie N. (March 30, 2010). British Film Design: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857711090 – via Google Books.

[4] McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (May 16, 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.

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