Arthur Lawson

Arthur Lawson (1908–1970) was a British art director. He had a long association with film directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, beginning in 1943 when he was floor manager on The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Three years later, when Powell and Pressburger, also known as The Archers, made A Matter of Life and Death, Lawson had graduated to assistant art director. He worked with Alfred Junge on the sets for Black Narcissus in 1947, and earned an Oscar for the set designs on The Red Shoes in 1948. Lawson's association with Powell continued right through to Peeping Tom (1960). He received a BAFTA nomination for The Bedford Incident in 1965.

Listing of films:

1942The Foreman Went to France

1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1944This Happy Breed

1944The Way Ahead

1945They Knew Mr. Knight

1946A Matter of Life and Death

1947Black Narcissus

1948The Red Shoes

1950Gone to Earth

1950The Elusive Pimpernel

1951The Tales of Hoffmann

1952Folly to Be Wise

1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men

1953Twice upon a Time

1953Front Page Story

1954The Constant Husband

1955Oh... Rosalinda!!

1955Richard III

1956The Battle of the River Plate

1956Sea Wife

1956The High Terrace

1957Hour of Decision

1957Seven Thunders

1958Harry Black

1959The DevilsDesciple

1960Sink the Bismarck

1960Cleopatra

1960Peeping Tom

1961The Valiant

1962The Very Edge

1962Vengeance

1962H.M.S. Defiant

1963The Leather Boys

1963Hornblower

1965The Bedford Incident

1965Called in to assist in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

1966.The Blue Max....Travelling mat expertise

1966Binddle (One of Them Days)

1967The Double Man

1968The Lost Continent

1968Midas Run