Jack Martin Smith

Jack Martin Smith (1911 - 1993) was a highly successful Hollywood art director with over 130 films to his credit and nine Academy Award nominations which ultimately yielded three Oscars.

He made his debut in 1937 and two years later found himself working as a production designer on "The Wizard of Oz". Smith spent most of his working life at MGM where he worked on such films as "Easter Parade" (1948), "On the Town" (1949) and "Carousel" (1956). His first Oscar nomination came in 1949 for his work on Vincente Minnelli's adaptation of "Madame Bovary".

Other big productions to bear his name include "Peyton Place" (1957), "Cleopatra" (1963, his first Oscar win), "Von Ryan's Express" (1965), the sci-fi epic "Fantastic Voyage" (1966, which earned him his second Oscar), "Planet of the Apes" (1968), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "MASH" (1970). His third Oscar was for "Hello Dolly!" in 1969.

Smith also worked frequently in television on such series as 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea', 'Lost in Space' and 'Batman'. His last film before retirement was the Disney part-animated film "Pete's Dragon" in 1977.