John Hoesli

John Hoesli (8 March 1919 – 22 March 1997) was a British art and set decorator. He is best known for being the art director on films such as John Huston's The African Queen, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968),[1] Anthony Asquith's Orders to Kill (1958) with Alan Withy,[2] and Jeannot Szwarc's Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) with Don Dossett.[3] It was Hoesli who found the old steamboat used in The African Queen at Butiaba on Lake Albert.[4]

Hoesli was also an assistant art director for many films which often went uncredited including Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939),[5] Gerald Thomas's Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), and Lifeforce (1985), and worked as a set decorator for films such as John Boorman's Deliverance (1972).[6] He died in March 1997 at the age of 78 in Bracknell, Berkshire.

References

  1. ^ Gillett, Philip (15 October 2008). Movie Greats: A Critical Study of Classic Cinema. Berg. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-84520-653-6.
  2. ^ Institute, American Film; Cinema, University of Southern California. Division of; Media, Center for Understanding. Filmfacts. p. 43.
  3. ^ Variety Film Reviews. Garland Pub. 1988.
  4. ^ Vessel Documentation Waivers: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on Part I, Hearing on H.R. 1328, H.R. 1580, H.R. 1803, and H.R. 2227 ... May 3, 1989; Oversight on Interpretation of "citizenship" ... June 22, 1989. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1990. p. 88.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Steven (2007). The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock. 010 Publishers. p. 325. ISBN 978-90-6450-637-6.
  6. ^ Hoyle, Brian (14 September 2012). The Cinema of John Boorman. Scarecrow Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-8108-8396-3.