Eric John Bryan Pratt (12 August 1911 – 10 June 1969), known professionally as John Bryan, was a British art director and film producer. John Bryan was born in Kensington, London, England. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film Great Expectations in 1948. He was nominated twice more, for Caesar and Cleopatra in 1947 and for Becket in 1965. Bryan also won a BAFTA for Becket. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He died from cancer at a hospital in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 10 June 1969. Filmography Art director Colonel Blood (1934) Murder by Rope (1936) Hearts of Humanity (1936) The Captain's Table (1936) Men of Yesterday (1936) Things to Come (1936, assistant) The Song of the Road (1937) The Last Curtain (1937) Talking Feet (1937) Stepping Toes (1938) Pygmalion (1938) Inspector Hornleigh (1939) On the Night of the Fire (1939) Stolen Life (1939) The Spider (1940) Major Barbara (1941) Dangerous Moonlight (1941) King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) Dear Octopus (1943) Millions Like Us (1943) The Adventures of Tartu (1943) Time Flies (1944) Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Love Story (1944) Two Thousand Women (1944) The Wicked Lady (1945) Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) The Magic Bow (1946) Caravan (1946) Great Expectations (1946) The Root of All Evil (1947) Take My Life (1947) Blanche Fury (1948) Oliver Twist (1948) The Passionate Friends (1949) Madeleine (1950) Golden Salamander (1950) Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) The Magic Box (1951) Becket (1964) Great Catherine (1968) Producer The Card (1952) The Million Pound Note (1954) The Purple Plain (1954) The Spanish Gardener (1956) The Secret Place (1957) Windom's Way (1957) The Horse's Mouth (1958) There Was a Crooked Man (1960) The Girl on the Boat (1962) Tamahine (1963) After the Fox (1966) The Touchables (1968) References External links British art directors British film designers British film producers Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners Businesspeople from London 1911 births 1969 deaths Artists from London 20th-century English businesspeople