Lyle R. Wheeler

12 février 1905 — 10 janvier 1990 (84 ans)
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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.

Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Niagara
    Niagara1953
  • Le Port de la drogue
    Le Port de la drogue1953
  • La Cible humaine
    La Cible humaine1950
  • Une étoile est née
    Une étoile est née1937
  • Mark Dixon, détective
    Mark Dixon, détective1950
  • Pacifique Sud
    Pacifique Sud1958
  • Le Carrefour de la mort
    Le Carrefour de la mort1947
  • On murmure dans la ville
    On murmure dans la ville1951
  • La Joyeuse Suicidée
    La Joyeuse Suicidée1937
  • L'homme aux colts d'or
    L'homme aux colts d'or1959
  • Crime passionnel
    Crime passionnel1945
  • Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro
    Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro1952
  • Le Lien sacré
    Le Lien sacré1939
  • Le Jardin du Diable
    Le Jardin du Diable1954
  • La Maison sur la colline
    La Maison sur la colline1951
  • Choc
    Choc1946
  • Appel d'un inconnu
    Appel d'un inconnu1952
  • La rançon du bonheur
    La rançon du bonheur1939
  • Captives à Bornéo
    Captives à Bornéo1950
  • Dobie Gillis
    Dobie Gillis4 saisons

Connue pour

  • Autant en emporte le vent
    Autant en emporte le vent1939
  • Rebecca
    Rebecca1940
  • Ève
    Ève1950
  • Le Roi et moi
    Le Roi et moi1956
  • Laura
    Laura1944
  • Le Journal d'Anne Frank
    Le Journal d'Anne Frank1959
  • La Tunique
    La Tunique1953
  • Péché mortel
    Péché mortel1945
  • Le Prisonnier de Zenda
    Le Prisonnier de Zenda1937
  • Voyage au centre de la Terre
    Voyage au centre de la Terre1959
  • La Maison sur la colline
    La Maison sur la colline1951
  • Titanic
    Titanic1953
  • Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro
    Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro1952
  • La Colline de l'adieu
    La Colline de l'adieu1955
  • Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer
    Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer1938
  • Papa longues jambes
    Papa longues jambes1955
  • Désirée
    Désirée1954
  • Ma cousine Rachel
    Ma cousine Rachel1952
  • Anna et le Roi de Siam
    Anna et le Roi de Siam1946
  • Le Cardinal
    Le Cardinal1963

Filmographie

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Our World · as Self - 'gone With The Wind' Art Director