MENTOR'S DRAWINGS

FILM PRODUCTION DESIGNS

Mentor Huebner created about 40,000 drawings and conceptual designs for 250 film productions, much of his work easily rivaled and surpassed drawings done by historical Fine Arts Masters. His drawings were used as a guide to assist Directors in 'calling the shots'. Mentor choreographed complicated scenes technically precise and artistically sound that were easy to read 'visuals', presented to each department head and known to the film crew as the production's "Bible."

Examples of Mentor's unique talent can be found in the MGM Anniversary Edition DVD celebrating the making of the film classic "Fiddler on the Roof". On this MGM DVD Mentor's designs are displayed above the actual film footage that was 'shot' . Scene for scene, his designs were followed exactly. Sadly, though not surprisingly, his name has been conveniently left off the credits.

To paraphrase an old saying; "The proof of the pudding is in the talent. The talent and who called the visual shots is in the drawings."

MGM decided to display the drawings on that DVD! It's fascinating to see how Mentor's drawings and the scenes shot are identical. MGM superimposed the film footage exactly over Mentor's drawings. The result proves the worthiness of the drawings and Mentor's views. It's incredible to see how Mentor's drawings were followed exactly. Mentor called the shots pretty good.

BEN HUR
BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
BLADE RUNNER
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
DINOTOPIA
FLASH GORDON
FORBIDDEN PLANET
FUNNY GIRL - FUNNY LADY
HARLEM NIGHTS
KING KONG
LORD OF THE RINGS
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
PRIME CUT
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER
THE GREAT RACE
THE LONGEST DAY
THE THING