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Lyle R. Wheeler

12 de febrero de 1905 — 10 de enero de 1990 (84 años)
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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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Niágara
    Niágara1953
  • Manos peligrosas
    Manos peligrosas1953
  • El pistolero
    El pistolero1950
  • Ha nacido una estrella
    Ha nacido una estrella1937
  • Al borde del peligro
    Al borde del peligro1950
  • Al sur del Pacífico
    Al sur del Pacífico1958
  • El beso de la muerte
    El beso de la muerte1947
  • Murmullos en la ciudad
    Murmullos en la ciudad1951
  • La reina de Nueva York
    La reina de Nueva York1937
  • El hombre de las pistolas de oro
    El hombre de las pistolas de oro1959
  • ¿Ángel o diablo?
    ¿Ángel o diablo?1945
  • Las nieves del Kilimanjaro
    Las nieves del Kilimanjaro1952
  • Lazo sagrado
    Lazo sagrado1939
  • El jardín del diablo
    El jardín del diablo1954
  • La casa de la colina
    La casa de la colina1951
  • El susto
    El susto1946
  • Llama a un desconocido
    Llama a un desconocido1952
  • Intermezzo
    Intermezzo1939
  • Regresaron tres
    Regresaron tres1950
  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis4 seasons

Conocido por

  • Lo que el viento se llevó
    Lo que el viento se llevó1939
  • Rebeca
    Rebeca1940
  • Eva al desnudo
    Eva al desnudo1950
  • El rey y yo
    El rey y yo1956
  • Laura
    Laura1944
  • El diario de Ana Frank
    El diario de Ana Frank1959
  • La túnica sagrada
    La túnica sagrada1953
  • Que el cielo la juzgue
    Que el cielo la juzgue1945
  • El prisionero de Zenda
    El prisionero de Zenda1937
  • Viaje al centro de la Tierra
    Viaje al centro de la Tierra1959
  • La casa de la colina
    La casa de la colina1951
  • El hundimiento del Titanic
    El hundimiento del Titanic1953
  • Las nieves del Kilimanjaro
    Las nieves del Kilimanjaro1952
  • La colina del adiós
    La colina del adiós1955
  • Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
    Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer1938
  • Papá piernas largas
    Papá piernas largas1955
  • Désirée
    Désirée1954
  • Mi prima Raquel
    Mi prima Raquel1952
  • Ana y el rey de Siam
    Ana y el rey de Siam1946
  • El cardenal
    El cardenal1963

Filmography

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