Art · b. 1912 · Liverpool, UK

Bernard Robinson

Biography

Liverpool-born artist, who spent the 1930's working for Warner Brothers at Teddington Studio as a draughtsman. After gaining promotion to art director, he joined Alexander Korda at London Films, working out of Denham Studios. His career was interrupted by wartime service and did not resume fully until 1956, when he joined Hammer Films as a production designer. Robinson soon acquired a reputation for creating a lavish look, given the limited budgets and cramped facilities at Hammer's Bray studio. He built sets which could be rapidly re-built to suit different requirements. In this manner, the c...

Other Credits

Run a Crooked Mile Art Direction 1969 Destiny of a Spy Art Direction 1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Supervising Art Director 1969 The Devil Rides Out Supervising Art Director 1968 Quatermass and the Pit Supervising Art Director 1967 Frankenstein Created Woman Production Design 1967 The Mummy's Shroud Production Manager 1967 The Witches Production Design 1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk Production Design 1966 The Reptile Production Design 1966 The Plague of the Zombies Production Design 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness Production Design 1966 The Brigand of Kandahar Production Design 1965 The Secret of Blood Island Production Design 1964 The Gorgon Production Design 1964 The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Production Design 1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates Production Design 1964 Nightmare Production Design 1964 The Old Dark House Production Design 1963 The Kiss of the Vampire Production Design 1963

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