David Rawnsley

David Rawnsley
Born 1909
Sevenoaks, Kent
United Kingdom
Died 1977
Capri, Italy
Occupation Art director
Years active 1931 - 1949 (film)

David Rawnsley (1909–1977) was a British art director.

For his last four films, Rawnsley oversaw a scheme to streamline production operations for the Rank Organisation. His innovations were widely ridiculed by the Rank film crews. Despite this resistance, David Rawnsley developed independent frame storyboarding and back projection, both radical improvements to the filmmaking process which are still in use today.

David Willingham Rawnsley co-founded the Chelsea pottery with his third wife, born Elaine Doran, a model and talented ceramic artist, and with her he had five children. Rawnsley moved from England to Capri after his last film, and there he became a well-known sculptor and artist. He died in 1977 while married to his fourth wife Patricia, leaving one son from this last marriage.

Selected filmography

References

    Bibliography

    • Macnab, Geoffrey. J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. Routledge, 1994.


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