Cecil Beaton

Costume & Make-Up

Cecil Beaton

Born 1904-01-14 · Hampstead, London, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

Acting credits

Gigi poster
6.2

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

Gigi

1958

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance poster
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Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, H.G. Wells and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success lies an equally powerful impulse for destruction.

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' poster
7.5

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as discussion by modern film critics about the impact movie had on later films.

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

1995

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel poster
7.0

This intimate and loving portrait of the legendary arbiter of fashion, art and culture illustrates the many stages of Vreeland's remarkable life. Born in Paris in 1903, she was to become New York's "Empress of Fashion" and a celebrated Vogue editor.

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

2012

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards poster
6.1

An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed 'cobbler' and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as 'the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries. A film for anyone who has ever looked longingly at a pair of... 'Manolos'

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

2017

Beaton by Bailey poster
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Whimsical portrait of photographer and designer Cecil Beaton during a photo session with David Bailey.

Beaton by Bailey

1971

Love, Cecil poster
6.4

A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists, and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career.

Love, Cecil

2017

Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks poster
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This compilation of Gerard Malanga's short films consists of a collection of extremely rare footage and film portraits providing candid and interesting glimpses of Bob Dylan, Salvador Dalí, Jane Fonda and The Velvet Underground among other 1960s icons and featuring original music by Angus MacLise, who was the first drummer to perform with The Velvet Underground.

Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

1970