Hollywood Art Director Philip Jefferies. was nominated for an Academy Award as Art Director of the 1973 motion picture “Tom Sawyer” which starred Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East and Jodie Foster. From 1962 to 1986, Jefferies was Art Director of some thirty Hollywood motion pictures and nine TV production, until his passing at age 61 in 1986. A list of his 30 films can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_M._Jefferies from “The Manchurian Candidate” in 1962 to “The Mean Season” in 1985.
Backtracking to a warm night in April 1938, Philip Jefferies, age 12, wandered into the offices of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, one of the South’s leading newspapers. He had in hand his creation of a comic strip he names “Nicky.” Ignored in the hustle bustle of the night with looming deadlines, a voice then rang out, according to a full page article in the paper of May 1, : “Hey, just look at this wouldya?” Foxo was saying to anyone who would listen. “This boy is a wonder…why don’t you give him a story. Look at this drawing. It’s a knockout.”
Young Philip was then interviewed and his story published, with a photo of him and Foxo together, as a full page story in the magazine section the next Sunday, May 1, 1938. After that interview by the reporter, Philip had added:
“The main thing I wanted to say, though, is how much Foxo has helped me. He told me what kind of ink to buy and what kind of pen to get and I see all the difference in the world in my drawing. If you think this drawing of Nicky is good, you ought to see the one I’m going to make with the new materials. Besides, Foxo told me things to do to make my drawings reproduce better. I think he’s wonderful, and I hope I can draw half as well as he can one day.”
Hollywood Art Director Philip Jefferies. was nominated for an Academy Award as Art Director of the 1973 motion picture “Tom Sawyer” which starred Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East and Jodie Foster. From 1962 to 1986, Jefferies was Art Director of some thirty Hollywood motion pictures and nine TV production, until his passing at age 61 in 1986. A list of his 30 films can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_M._Jefferies from “The Manchurian Candidate” in 1962 to “The Mean Season” in 1985.
Backtracking to a warm night in April 1938, Philip Jefferies, age 12, wandered into the offices of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, one of the South’s leading newspapers. He had in hand his creation of a comic strip he names “Nicky.” Ignored in the hustle bustle of the night with looming deadlines, a voice then rang out, according to a full page article in the paper of May 1, : “Hey, just look at this wouldya?” Foxo was saying to anyone who would listen. “This boy is a wonder…why don’t you give him a story. Look at this drawing. It’s a knockout.”
Young Philip was then interviewed and his story published, with a photo of him and Foxo together, as a full page story in the magazine section the next Sunday, May 1, 1938. After that interview by the reporter, Philip had added:
“The main thing I wanted to say, though, is how much Foxo has helped me. He told me what kind of ink to buy and what kind of pen to get and I see all the difference in the world in my drawing. If you think this drawing of Nicky is good, you ought to see the one I’m going to make with the new materials. Besides, Foxo told me things to do to make my drawings reproduce better. I think he’s wonderful, and I hope I can draw half as well as he can one day.”