Lyle R. Wheeler

12 febbraio 1905 — 10 gennaio 1990 (84 anni)
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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 e Serie su Plex

  • Niagara
    Niagara1953
  • Mano pericolosa
    Mano pericolosa1953
  • Romantico avventuriero
    Romantico avventuriero1950
  • È nata una stella
    È nata una stella1937
  • Sui marciapiedi
    Sui marciapiedi1950
  • South Pacific
    South Pacific1958
  • Il bacio della morte
    Il bacio della morte1947
  • La gente mormora
    La gente mormora1951
  • Nulla sul serio
    Nulla sul serio1937
  • Ultima notte a Warlock
    Ultima notte a Warlock1959
  • Un angelo è caduto
    Un angelo è caduto1945
  • Le nevi del Chilimangiaro
    Le nevi del Chilimangiaro1952
  • Ritorna l'amore
    Ritorna l'amore1939
  • Il prigioniero della miniera
    Il prigioniero della miniera1954
  • Ho paura di lui
    Ho paura di lui1951
  • Shock
    Shock1946
  • Telefonata a tre mogli
    Telefonata a tre mogli1952
  • Intermezzo
    Intermezzo1939
  • … e la vita continua
    … e la vita continua1950
  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis4 stagioni

Famoso per

  • Via col vento
    Via col vento1939
  • Rebecca - La prima moglie
    Rebecca - La prima moglie1940
  • Eva contro Eva
    Eva contro Eva1950
  • Il re ed io
    Il re ed io1956
  • Vertigine
    Vertigine1944
  • Il diario di Anna Frank
    Il diario di Anna Frank1959
  • La tunica
    La tunica1953
  • L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa
    L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa1955
  • Femmina folle
    Femmina folle1945
  • Il prigioniero di Zenda
    Il prigioniero di Zenda1937
  • Ho paura di lui
    Ho paura di lui1951
  • Viaggio al centro della Terra
    Viaggio al centro della Terra1959
  • Titanic
    Titanic1953
  • Le avventure di Tom Sawyer
    Le avventure di Tom Sawyer1938
  • Papà gambalunga
    Papà gambalunga1955
  • Désirée
    Désirée1954
  • Mia cugina Rachele
    Mia cugina Rachele1952
  • Anna e il re del Siam
    Anna e il re del Siam1946
  • Le nevi del Chilimangiaro
    Le nevi del Chilimangiaro1952
  • Il cardinale
    Il cardinale1963

Filmografia

1988
1986
Our World · as Self - 'gone With The Wind' Art Director