George Milo

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George Milo (born December 19, 1909 in New York , † August 19, 1984 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American production designer .

Life

Milo began his three decades spanning career in 1944 at B-Movie - Western productions , among others, Allan Lane and Roy Rogers in the lead role. By the end of the 1940s, he had already worked on over 50 productions of these quickly shot films. In 1952 he worked for television for the first time, but the focus of his work was still the film. This changed from 1957, now for a few years he worked almost exclusively on television series, including the series One should be grown up and presenting Alfred Hitchcock . He worked for Alfred Hitchcock for the first time on a major Hollywood production and was nominated for his first Oscar in the category Best Production Design for his work on Psycho . He was then nominated for best production designer for three consecutive years, but never won the award.

Milo worked on three other Hitchcock films, The Birds , Marnie, and The Torn Curtain . After more than 150 films, he retired after his last film Jim, the World's Greatest and died in Los Angeles in 1984 at the age of 74.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1961 : Oscar nomination for Best Production Design for Psycho
  • 1962 : Oscar nomination in the category of best production design for The Judgment of Nuremberg
  • 1963 : Oscar nomination in the category best production design for A Touch of Mink

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personal data
SURNAME Milo, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American production designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 1984
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States