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Lyle R. Wheeler

12. februar 1905 — 10. januar 1990 (84 år)
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Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (February 2, 1905 – January 10, 1990) was an American motion picture art director. He received five Academy Awards — for Gone with the Wind (1939), Anna and the King of Siam (1946), The Robe (1953), The King and I (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).

Lyle Wheeler studied at the University of Southern California, then worked as a magazine artist and industrial designer. In 1936 he was hired by David O. Selznick to work as a set designer for Selznick's motion picture production company. Wheeler proved to be a creative genius when it came to designing quality sets at reasonable costs and was very much in demand in the industry. By the end of World War II, Wheeler had joined Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, where he remained as chief art director until the end of the 1950s.

In a career spanning 40 years, Wheeler created sets for more than 350 motion pictures, many of which are considered film classics. His credits include A Star is Born, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, State Fair, The Dolly Sisters, Forever Amber, The Fan, The Pride of St. Louis, The Seven Year Itch, and Carousel and in particular, Gone With the Wind, for which he drew some of the earliest examples of storyboards for film, illustrating not only the art design, but the framing, composition and even the color for nearly every shot in the film, greatly influencing the production. He also created matte paintings for all the ceilings for the sets as well as large set pieces like the facade of Tara. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction 29 times, winning five. In 1951, he was nominated for four different films, three in 1952 and twice for two films in one year.

His television credits include the long-running CBS series, Perry Mason.

Late in life, Wheeler suffered financial reverses and was forced to sell his home. He lost his five Academy Award statuettes when he was unable to pay a bill in excess of $30,000 at a storage facility. His 1959 Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank was purchased and returned to Wheeler in 1989 by a fan.

Lyle Wheeler died January 10, 1990, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, of pneumonia. He was cremated, and his ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.

Film og serier på Plex

  • Niagara
    Niagara1953
  • Lommetyven
    Lommetyven1953
  • Farligt Rygte
    Farligt Rygte1950
  • Hollywood bag kulisserne
    Hollywood bag kulisserne1937
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
    Where the Sidewalk Ends1950
  • South Pacific
    South Pacific1958
  • Dødskysset
    Dødskysset1947
  • Hvad vil folk sige?
    Hvad vil folk sige?1951
  • En pige på sjov
    En pige på sjov1937
  • Warlock - Den lovløse by
    Warlock - Den lovløse by1959
  • Fallen Angel
    Fallen Angel1945
  • Sneen på Kilimanjaro
    Sneen på Kilimanjaro1952
  • Skabt for hinanden
    Skabt for hinanden1939
  • Kun to vendte tilbage
    Kun to vendte tilbage1954
  • Skæbnehuset
    Skæbnehuset1951
  • Shock
    Shock1946
  • Telefon fra en ukendt
    Telefon fra en ukendt1952
  • Intermezzo
    Intermezzo1939
  • Tre kom hjem
    Tre kom hjem1950
  • Kvindemorderen Jack the Ripper
    Kvindemorderen Jack the Ripper1953

Kendt for

  • Borte med blæsten
    Borte med blæsten1939
  • Rebecca
    Rebecca1940
  • Alt om Eva
    Alt om Eva1950
  • Kongen og jeg
    Kongen og jeg1956
  • Laura
    Laura1944
  • Men jeg så ham dø
    Men jeg så ham dø1953
  • Anne Franks dagbog
    Anne Franks dagbog1959
  • Lad Himlen Dømme
    Lad Himlen Dømme1945
  • Fangen på Zenda
    Fangen på Zenda1937
  • Rejsen til jordens indre
    Rejsen til jordens indre1959
  • Titanic
    Titanic1953
  • Kardinalen
    Kardinalen1963
  • Den fryd, der rummer alt
    Den fryd, der rummer alt1955
  • Toms eventyr
    Toms eventyr1938
  • Papa Langben
    Papa Langben1955
  • Skæbnehuset
    Skæbnehuset1951
  • Desirée
    Desirée1954
  • Rachel
    Rachel1952
  • Nonner på eventyr
    Nonner på eventyr1949
  • Anna og kongen af Siam
    Anna og kongen af Siam1946

Filmografi

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind · as Self
1986
Our World · as Self - 'gone With The Wind' Art Director