George Jenkins Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
George Jenkins was born on November 19, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as George Clarke Jenkins. He was a production designer and art director, known for All the President's Men (1976), Sophie's Choice (1982) and Presumed Innocent (1990). He was married to Phyllis Adams and Barbara Wylie. He died on April 6, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Net Worth
$850,000
Date Of Birth
September 29, 1907
Place Of Birth
Warm Springs, Georgia, United States
Profession
Entrepreneur, Businessperson
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nationality
American
Children
Carol Jenkins Barnett, Howard Jenkins, Julie Jenkins, Julie Fancelli, Nancy Jenkins, Delores Socia
Siblings
Charles H. Jenkins Sr.
IMDB
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Under contract to RKO (Goldwyn), 1946-1949.
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Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Art Directors Branch).
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Producer Samuel Goldwyn asked him to move to Hollywood. Jenkins' first film assignment was "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946).
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His Oscar-winning work on "All the President's Men" (1976) included recreating, on a sound-stage, the Washington Post newsroom. Carl Bernstein, one of the reporters portrayed in the film, remarked how accurate the set was: "[Jenkins] had recreated it down to the trash on our desks.".
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He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He started his art direction career designing productions for a Philadelphia theater group. He designed and lighted sets on Broadway during the 1940s, and gained prominence for his work on "I Remember Mama" in 1944.
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Father of daughter Jane Jenkins Dumas.
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
1776
1972
The Angel Levine
1970
Mickey One
1965
Annie Get Your Gun
1957
TV Movie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
TV Series 1 episode
Monsoon
1952
The San Francisco Story
1952
Presumed Innocent
1990
See You in the Morning
1989
Orphans
1987
Dream Lover
1986
The Dollmaker
1984
TV Movie
Sophie's Choice
1982
Rollover
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
Starting Over
1979
The China Syndrome
1979
Comes a Horseman
1978
All the President's Men
1976
Funny Lady
1975
Night Moves
1975
The Parallax View
1974
The Paper Chase
1973
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
1776
1972
Klute
1971
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971
Me, Natalie
1969
The Subject Was Roses
1968
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
Wait Until Dark
1967
Up the Down Staircase
1967
The Miracle Worker
1962
At War with the Army
1950
Roseanna McCoy
1949
Enchantment
1948
A Song Is Born
1948
The Bishop's Wife
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Music with Mary Martin
1959
TV Movie scenic designer
Jhansi Ki Rani
1956
art color consultant
The Best of Broadway
1954
TV Series set designer - 1 episode
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Four Star Playhouse
1952
TV Series 1 episode
Gruen Guild Theater
1952
TV Series 1 episode
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 80th Annual Academy Awards
2008
TV Special
Memorial Tribute
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004
Video documentary short
Himself (photo)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1977
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
All the President's Men (1976)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1980
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
The China Syndrome (1979)
1977
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Production Design/Art Direction
All the President's Men (1976)
Known for movies
All the President's Men (1976) as Production Designer
