Ray Simm Explained

Ray Simm
Occupation:	Art director
Yearsactive:	1947-1976 (film)

Ray Simm was a British art director.^{[1] [2]} He was nominated three times for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for The Slipper and the Rose, The Wrong Box and Darling, for which he won.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Selected filmography

• The Faithful City (1952)
• Brandy for the Parson (1952)
• You're Only Young Twice (1952)
• The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
• Laxdale Hall (1953)
• Conflict of Wings (1954)
• A Yank in Ermine (1955)
• The Extra Day (1956)
• The Rising of the Moon (1957)
• Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
• Idol on Parade (1959)
• Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
• Jazz Boat (1960)
• The Angry Silence (1960)
• Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
• The Hellfire Club (1961)
• Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
• The Mark (1961)
• All Night Long (1962)
• The Dock Brief (1962)
• The L-Shaped Room (1962)
• A Kind of Loving (1962)
• Billy Liar (1963)
• Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964)
• Help! (1965)
• Darling (1965)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• Deadfall (1968)
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969))
• The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
• The Reckoning (1970)
• Fragment of Fear (1970)
• Dulcima (1971)
• Straw Dogs (1971)
• No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
• Hennessy (1975)
• The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

Bibliography

• Tag Gallagher. John Ford: The Man and His Films. University of California Press, 1988.

Notes and References

1. Gallagher p.537
2. Web site: Ray Simm. https://web.archive.org/web/20170518202844/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd4ea2b. dead. 18 May 2017. BFI.
3. Web site: 1977 Film Production Design | BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org.
4. Web site: BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org.
5. Web site: BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org.