Paul S. Fox

Paul Samuel Fox (born September 30, 1898 in Corunna , Michigan , † May 1972 in Los Angeles ) was an American production designer for the film, which won three Academy Awards .

Life

Paul S. Fox worked as a production designer in Hollywood from 1942, where he was now under contract with 20th Century Fox . There he was often responsible for the decoration of the film sets together with Thomas Little and Lyle R. Wheeler . Directors under whose direction he worked included Otto Preminger , Henry King , Ernst Lubitsch , Elia Kazan and Joseph L. Mankiewicz . In the course of his career, Fox was nominated a total of 13 times for an Oscar in the category Best Production Design. He won the film award for the three films Das Gewand ( The Robe , 1953), The King and I ( The King and I , 1956) and Cleopatra (1963). By 1967 he was involved in more than 80 film productions. He then withdrew from the film business. He died in Los Angeles in 1972 at the age of 73 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1944: Laura - Director: Otto Preminger
• 1944: Wilson - directed by Henry King
• 1946: The Dark ( The Dark Corner ) - Director: Henry Hathaway
• 1946: Cluny Brown on Free Feet ( Cluny Brown ) - Director: Ernst Lubitsch
• 1946: The Razor's Edge ( The Razor's Edge ) - Director: Edmund Goulding
• 1947: Taboo of the Righteous ( Gentleman's Agreement ) - Director: Elia Kazan
• 1949: … and heaven laughs at it ( Come to the Stable ) - directed by Henry Koster
• 1951: David and Bathsheba ( David and Bathsheba ) - Director: Henry King
• 1952: Temptation on 809 ( Don't Bother to Knock ) - Directed by Roy Baker
• 1952: The Snows of Kilimanjaro ( The Snows of Kilimanjaro ) - Director: Henry King
• 1953: The Captain of Peshawar ( King of the Khyber Rifles ) - Director: Henry King
• 1953: Das Gewand ( The Robe ) - Director: Henry Koster
• 1954: Three Coins in the Fountain ( Three Coins in the Fountain ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1954: The Gladiators ( Demetrius and the Gladiators ) - Directed by Delmer Daves
• 1954: Sinuhe the Egyptians ( The Robe ) - Director: Michael Curtiz
• 1954: Desirée - Directed by Henry Koster
• 1955: Daddy Longlegs ( Daddy Long Legs ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1955: The big rain ( The Rains of Ranchipur ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1956: The King and I ( The King and I ) - Director: Walter Lang
• 1956: Bus Stop - Directed by Joshua Logan
• 1957: A woman who knows everything ( Desk Set ) - Director: Walter Lang
• 1957: The Love of My Life ( An Affair to Remember ) - Director: Leo McCarey
• 1957: Between Madrid and Paris ( The Sun Also Rises ) - Director: Henry King
• 1963: Cleopatra - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1963: Move Over, Darling ( Move Over, Darling ) - Director: Michael Gordon

Awards

Oscar

Best production design

Nominated:

• 1947: The Razor's Edge (with Richard Day , Nathan Juran , Thomas Little )
• 1948: A World at Your Feet ( The Foxes of Harrow ) (with Lyle R. Wheeler , Maurice Ransford , Thomas Little)
• 1950: ... and heaven laughs at it ( Come to the Stable ) (together with Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Joseph C. Wright )
• 1952: David and Bathsheba ( David and Bathsheba ) (with Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis , Thomas Little)
• 1952: The House on Telegraph Hill (with Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir , Thomas Little)
• 1953: Snow on Kilimanjaro ( The Snows of Kilimanjaro ) (with Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Thomas Little)
• 1954: The President's Lady (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller )
• 1955: Desirée (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott )
• 1956: Daddy Long Legs (with Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott)
• 1959: A Certain Smile (with Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott)

Won:

• 1954: The Robe ( The Robe ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott)
• 1957: The King and I ( The King and I ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott)
• 1964: Cleopatra (together with John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith , Hilyard M. Brown , Herman A. Blumenthal , Elven Webb , Maurice Pelling , Boris Juraga , Walter M. Scott, Ray Moyer )

Web links

• Paul S. Fox in the Internet Movie Database (English)