Norman Reynolds was a British production designer and art director, best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
10 Facts About Norman Reynolds
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Reynolds was born in Willesden, London on 26 March 1934, Reynolds went to art college.
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Norman Reynolds was working for a manufacturer of illuminated signs when he was commissioned to create signs for the 1962 film The Road to Hong Kong and decided to apply for jobs in film design.
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Norman Reynolds started work at Elstree Studios in 1963 as a designer on Come Fly with Me, then worked on the TV series The Saint and on 1965's Thunderball.
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Norman Reynolds did his best known work on the first three Star Wars films, as art director on 1977's Star Wars and after the death of John Barry as production designer on the sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and on 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, for which he won his second Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
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Norman Reynolds was art director on the 1978 film Superman and its 1980 sequel Superman II, and production designer on Return to Oz and Young Sherlock Holmes and Empire of the Sun.
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Norman Reynolds worked on Alien 3 and Mission Impossible.
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Norman Reynolds directed two episodes of the 1980s TV series Amazing Stories, "The Pumpkin Competition" and "Gather Ye Acorns".
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Norman Reynolds was special effects director for The Exorcist III and second unit director for Alive.
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Norman Reynolds often concealed his work, saying that he worked in a biscuit factory.