George Provis’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Was Artist 
Art director 
From United States of America 
England 
United Kingdom 
Type Arts 
Gender male
Birth 1908, Berkshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom
Death 1989, United States of America
(aged 81 years)

George Provis (1908–1989) was a British art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He began his career working on quota quickies during the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures.

Selected filmography

  • The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
  • One Good Turn (1936)
  • Cotton Queen (1937)
  • He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
  • Holiday Camp (1947)
  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
  • The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
  • Diamond City (1949)
  • Madame Louise (1951)
  • The Black Tent (1956)
  • A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
  • Joey Boy (1965)
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