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Joseph R. Jennings(1921-2015)

  • Art Director
  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
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Joseph R. Jennings was born on 15 August 1921. He was an art director and production designer, known for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and Shogun (1980). He died on 1 April 2015 in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 15, 1921
DiedApril 1, 2015(93)
BornAugust 15, 1921
DiedApril 1, 2015(93)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.4
  • Art Director(as Joe Jennings)
  • 1979
Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.7
  • Production Designer
  • 1982
Richard Chamberlain and Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)
Shogun
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Production Designer
Roots (1977)
Roots
8.4
TV Mini Series
  • Art Director

Credits

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Art Director

  • Boys in Blue
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Art Director (uncredited)
    • 1984
  • The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
    The Day the Bubble Burst
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1982
  • Revenge of the Gray Gang
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1981
  • Computercide (1981)
    Computercide
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Art Director (as Joe Jennings)
    • 1981
  • Shogun (1980)
    Shogun
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1980
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    6.4
    • Art Director (as Joe Jennings)
    • 1979
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1978–1979
  • Rusty Gilligan in Thunder (1977)
    Thunder
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Art Director (as Joe Jennings)
    • 1977
  • Yesterday's Child (1977)
    Yesterday's Child
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Roots (1977)
    Roots
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Susan Howard, Barry Newman, and Albert Salmi in Petrocelli (1974)
    Petrocelli
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1975–1976
  • Henry Fonda, Patty Duke, Charles Durning, Richard Jordan, Vic Morrow, and Barbara Parkins in Captains and the Kings (1976)
    Captains and the Kings
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)
    The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • Barbary Coast (1975)
    Barbary Coast
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Art Director (as Joe Jennings)
    • 1975–1976
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1967–1975

Production Designer

  • The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
    The Jacksons: An American Dream
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1992
  • Ironclads (1991)
    Ironclads
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1991
  • James Arness and Joe Lara in Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990)
    Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1990
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
    CBS Summer Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1988
  • George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986)
    George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1986
  • North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986)
    North & South: Book 2, Love & War
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1986
  • Space (1985)
    Space
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer (as Joseph Jennings)
    • 1985
  • Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Michael Keaton, Dom DeLuise, Peter Boyle, and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    Johnny Dangerously
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1984
  • Boys in Blue
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1984
  • James Mason, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tommy Chong, Marty Feldman, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, Cheech Marin, Peter Boyle, Peter Cook, Martin Hewitt, and Michael Hordern in Yellowbeard (1983)
    Yellowbeard
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1983
  • River Phoenix, Richard Dean Anderson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn, Terri Treas, and Roger Wilson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1982
  • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    7.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1982
  • Evita Peron (1981)
    Evita Peron
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1981
  • Richard Chamberlain and Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)
    Shogun
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1980
  • Goodnight, My Love (1972)
    Goodnight, My Love
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1972

Art Department

  • Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    The Wild Wild West
    8.1
    TV Series
    • assistant art director
    • 1965

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Joe Jennings
  • Born
    • August 15, 1921
  • Died
    • April 1, 2015
    • Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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