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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.

Filmer & Serier på Plex

  • Niagara
    Niagara1953
  • Pickup on South Street
    Pickup on South Street1953
  • The Gunfighter
    The Gunfighter1950
  • A Star Is Born
    A Star Is Born1937
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
    Where the Sidewalk Ends1950
  • South Pacific
    South Pacific1958
  • Kiss of Death
    Kiss of Death1947
  • People Will Talk
    People Will Talk1951
  • Nothing Sacred
    Nothing Sacred1937
  • Warlock
    Warlock1959
  • Fallen Angel
    Fallen Angel1945
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro
    The Snows of Kilimanjaro1952
  • Made for Each Other
    Made for Each Other1939
  • Garden of Evil
    Garden of Evil1954
  • The House on Telegraph Hill
    The House on Telegraph Hill1951
  • Shock
    Shock1946
  • Phone Call from a Stranger
    Phone Call from a Stranger1952
  • Intermezzo
    Intermezzo1939
  • Three Came Home
    Three Came Home1950
  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis4 sesonger

Kjent for

  • Gone with the Wind
    Gone with the Wind1939
  • Rebecca
    Rebecca1940
  • All About Eve
    All About Eve1950
  • The King and I
    The King and I1956
  • Laura
    Laura1944
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
    The Diary of Anne Frank1959
  • The Robe
    The Robe1953
  • Leave Her to Heaven
    Leave Her to Heaven1945
  • The Prisoner of Zenda
    The Prisoner of Zenda1937
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    Journey to the Center of the Earth1959
  • The House on Telegraph Hill
    The House on Telegraph Hill1951
  • Titanic
    Titanic1953
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro
    The Snows of Kilimanjaro1952
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing1955
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer1938
  • Daddy Long Legs
    Daddy Long Legs1955
  • Désirée
    Désirée1954
  • My Cousin Rachel
    My Cousin Rachel1952
  • Anna and the King of Siam
    Anna and the King of Siam1946
  • The Cardinal
    The Cardinal1963

Filmografi

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