Alex Vetchinsky

Alex Vetchinsky
Born	Alec Hyman Vetchinsky (1904-11-09)9 November 1904 London, England United Kingdom
Died	4 March 1980(1980-03-04) (aged 75) Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1928–1974

Alex Vetchinsky (né Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 – 4 March 1980) was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and production designer. He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974. Vetchinsky was employed for many years at Gainsborough Pictures. He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films.

Selected filmography

• Balaclava (1928)
• Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
• Sunshine Susie (1931)
• The Faithful Heart (1932)
• The Lucky Number (1932)
• Marry Me (1932)
• The Man from Toronto (1933)
• It's a Boy (1933)
• Soldiers of the King (1933)
• Aunt Sally (1934)
• Stormy Weather (1935)
• The Phantom Light (1935)
• Tudor Rose (1936)
• All In (1936)
• Good Morning, Boys (1937)
• Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• Convict 99 (1938)
• Shipyard Sally (1939)
• A Girl Must Live (1939)
• Night Train to Munich (1940)
• Kipps (1941)
• Cottage to Let (1941)
• The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
• Tawny Pipit (1944)
• Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
• Waterloo Road (1945)
• The October Man (1947)
• The Mark of Cain (1947)
• Hungry Hill (1947)
• Escape (1948)
• It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
• Morning Departure (1950)
• Highly Dangerous (1950)
• Waterfront (1950)
• Night Without Stars (1951)
• Hunted (1952)
• The Black Knight (1954)
• Passage Home (1955)
• The Colditz Story (1955)
• Value for Money (1955)
• A Town Like Alice (1956)
• Carry on Sergeant (1958)
• Operation Amsterdam (1959)
• Rotten to the Core (1965) (received BAFTA nomination)
• Doctor in Clover (1966)
• The Long Duel (1967)
• Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)
• Kidnapped (1971)
• Gold (1974)

External links

• Alex Vetchinsky at IMDb