Dale Hennesy
Dale Hugh Hennesy (born August 24, 1926 in Washington, DC , † July 20, 1981 in Encino , California ) was an American art director and production designer who won an Oscar for best production design and twice the Saturn Award .
Life
Hennesy began his career as an art director and set designers in 1963 in the film A double bed to the sample (Under the Yum Yum Tree) and worked until his death at the facilities of almost thirty films.
At the Academy Awards in 1967 , Hennesy won the Oscar for best production design in the color film Die Fantastische Reise (1966), a science fiction film by Richard Fleischer with Stephen Boyd , together with Jack Martin Smith , Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss , Raquel Welch and Edmond O'Brien in the lead roles .
In 1976 he won the Golden Scroll with Robert De Vestel , his first Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films , for best production design in Frankenstein Junior (1974) by Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder , Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman .
For the science fiction film Escape into the 23rd Century (1976) by Michael Anderson with Michael York , Richard Jordan and Jenny Agutter , he was nominated together with De Vestel for an Oscar for best production design in 1977 and also won his for this film second Saturn Award for the best art direction. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Production Design in 1977 together with Mario Chiari for King Kong (1976) by John Guillermin with the leading actors Jeff Bridges , Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin .
At the 1983 Academy Awards , Hennesy was posthumously nominated together with Marvin March for another Academy Award for Best Production Design, namely for the musical film Annie (1982) by John Huston with Aileen Quinn , Albert Finney and Carol Burnett .
Dale Hennesy was the father of actress Carolyn Hennesy and father-in-law of actor Donald Agnelli . His sister-in-law, actress Barbara Rush , is the mother of actress Claudia Gowan .
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: A marriage bed for rehearsal ( Under the Yum Yum Tree )
- 1965: One Too Many in the Harem ( John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! )
- 1971: Dirty Harry
- 1973: Slither
- 1974: Frankenstein Junior
- 1976: Escape to the 23rd century
- 1979: The Billion Dollar Threat
- 1980: The Island
- 1982: Annie
Awards
- 1967 : Oscar for best production design in a color film
- 1976: Saturn Award for the best production design
- 1977: Saturn Award for the best production design
Web links
- Dale Hennesy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hennesy, Dale |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hennesy, Dale Hugh (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1981 |
| Place of death | Encino , California |