James_A._Carter

James A. Carter

James A. Carter

British art director (born 1902)

James A. Carter (born 1902) was a British art director and occasional film producer.

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Carter was born in London in 1902.[1] He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Academy of Music, before beginning his career in the film industry at Worton Hall Studies in 1923.[2] He was employed during the 1930s at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios where he worked on films such as The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935).[3] He was eventually appointed to the board of the Twickenham company.[4] During World War II, he made training films for all three branches of the armed forces.

Selected filmography

Art director

Producer

References

  1. [1]
    British Film and Television Yearbook, Volume 3 (1949), pg. 500
  2. [2]
    Winchester's Screen Encyclopedia (1948), pg. 58
  3. [3]
    Low p.401
  4. [4]
    Low p.256

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.


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