Check out this webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Gibbons He's credited for designing the Oscar statuette in 1928.
Cedric Gibbons was born on March 23, 1893.
Cedric Gibbons was born on March 23, 1893.
Cedric Gibbons died on July 26, 1960 at the age of 67.
Cedric Gibbons died on July 26, 1960 at the age of 67.
Cedric Gibbons was born on March 23, 1893 and died on July 26, 1960. Cedric Gibbons would have been 67 years old at the time of death or 122 years old today.
Cedric Gibbons, the longtime Hollywood art designer who himself won 11 Oscars during his career.
Then MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed the model of the Oscar and it was sculpted in clay by George Stanley. Sachin Smith then cast the original gold-plated statuette out of a tin/copper mixture.
Cedric Gibbons won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1928.
Cedric Gibbons won eleven Oscars{R} out of his 39 nominations.
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Behind Walt Disney is art director Cedric Gibbons with 11 Oscars.
Cedric Gibbons MGM Art Director & an original member of the Academy Cedric Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette based on sketches. In need of a model, Gibbon's wife at that time introduced him to Mexican director/actor Emilio Fernandez who reluctantly agreed to pose naked to create the statuette. Famous sculptor George Stanley sculpted Gibbon's design in clay & Sachin Smith cast the statuette in 92.5% Tin & 7.5% & gold plated it, the statuette is a human figure of a Knight holding a crusader's sword standing on a 5 spoke reel of film depicting the 5 original branches of the A.M.P.A.S.