Work As Art Director or Production Designer
- (Typee, 1955 - unrealised film project that was to be directed by John Huston. SG did pre-production and went on trip to Tahiti with JH to scout locations.)
- (The Man Who Would Be King, 1956 – unrealised film project d: John Huston. SG went on location trip with JH to Afghanistan; made many preparatory sketches (and later collaborated on a script in early 60s). This long-time cherished film project of JH’s was originally to star Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable. Film eventually made by Huston in 1975 with Sean Connery and Michael Caine, but SG not available.)
- (A Farewell to Arms, 1957 (d: Charles Vidor) JH started directing this and SG was associate AD. Huston left the picture, SG stayed on but also didn’t complete it. David O Selznick was the producer.)
- Heaven Knows Mr Allison, 1957 (d: John Huston) Locations in Tobago
- The Roots of Heaven, 1958 (d: John Huston) Locs: Congo
- The Unforgiven, 1959 (d: John Huston) Locs: Durango, Mexico
- (The Boy and the Bridge, 1959 (d: Kevin McClory) SG worked on this but is not credited as AD, maybe he just did sketches? Locs: Tower Bridge, Bermondsey)
- The Misfits, 1961 (d: John Huston). Had to have US AD because of the union situation – so shared credit with William Newberry. Locs: Nevada (near Reno and Dayton)
- (Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 (d: David Lean) SG made some contributions to the art direction but not credited, John Box main PD)
- Freud (or Freud – The Secret Passion), 1962 (d: John Huston). Locs: Vienna, Munich, London
- The List of Adrian Messenger, 1963 (d: John Huston) Locs: mainly Ireland, some London
- The Chalk Garden, 1963 (d: Ronald Neame) Locs: Sussex. Carmen Dillon was AD, SG associate AD
- The Night of the Iguana, 1964 (d: John Huston) Locs: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. SG received AA nomination for the Art Direction
- The Bible, 1966 (d: John Huston) Locs: Rome, Sicily, Sardinia and Egypt
- This Property Is Condemned, 1966 (d: Sydney Pollack)
- Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1967 (d: John Huston). SG also undertook second unit direction Locs: Rome, Italy - prints were specially treated so that the colour appeared washed out and sepia toned
- (Red White and Zero,1967 – a portmanteau films which was shelved (Directors: Peter Brook, Zero Mostel, Tony Richardson)
- Sinful Davey, 1968 (d: John Huston) Locs: Ireland
- (The Madwoman of Chaillot, 1969 (d: Bryan Forbes) The film was begun by John Huston and sets designed by SG before Huston left the production and SG left with him)
- A Walk With Love and Death, 1969 (d: John Huston) Locs: Austria and Italy
- Ryan’s Daughter, 1970 (d: David Lean) Locs: Dingle, Ireland
- (The Last Run, 1971 (d: Richard Fleischer) Film was started by John Huston with SG as AD but Huston walked off the picture and SG left too Locs: Spain
- The Way We Were, 1973 (d: Sydney Pollack) SG received an AA nomination for the Production Design
- The Yakuza, 1974 (d: Sydney Pollack) Locs: Japan. SG undertook second unit direction.
- Three Days of the Condor, 1975 (d: Sydney Pollack) Locs: NY, US
- Independence, 1975 (d: John Huston) 28 minute short made for the American Bicentennial
- Murder by Death, 1976 (d: Robert Moore)
- Bobby Deerfield, 1977 (d: Sydney Pollack) SG also did second unit direction Locs: France, Italy, Switzerland
- Straight Time, 1977 (d: Ulu Grosbard)
- (The Bounty, 1978 (dir: David Lean) unrealised film project, SG undertook preparatory work)
- The Electric Horseman, 1979 (d: Sydney Pollack) Locs: American West and Las Vegas
- Urban Cowboy, 1980 (d: James Bridges)
- True Confessions, 1981 (d: Ulu Grosbard)
- On Golden Pond, 1981 (d: Mark Rydell) Locs: New Hampshire. SG also undertook second unit direction
- Never Say Never Again, 1983 (d: Irving Kershner)
- Krull, 1083 (d: Peter Yates) Locs: Italy, Pinewood
- The Dresser, 1984 (d: Peter Yates)
- Out of Africa, 1985 (d: Sydney Pollack) Locs: Kenya. SG won Academy Award
- The Dead, 1987 (d: John Huston). Locs: mostly shot in an industrial warehouse in LA. 2nd unit in Dublin.
- (preliminary work on Rain Man which was originally to be directed by Sydney Pollack)
- Haunted Summer, 1988 (d: Ivan Passer) Locs: Italy
- (The King’s Whore, 1990 (d: Axel Corti) SG did preparatory work only, was working on the preliminary sketches at the time of his death in Sept 1988.)
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