Hal Gausman
Hal Gordon Gausman (usually Hal Gausman or Hal G. Gausman ; born November 13, 1917 in Los Angeles , California , † June 1, 2003 in Ventura County , California) was an American production designer and set designer .
Life
Hal Gausman began his career in 1952 as a production designer for an episode of the American television series Police Report . Between 1957 and 1959 he worked on the series Zorro with Guy Williams in the title role for the first time for the Walt Disney Studios . From 1959 to 1974 he worked for the Disneyland series. After working on the feature film based on the television series Zorro , he received his first Oscar nomination for the equipment of his next Disney film The Flying Pauker . In 1964 he was nominated a second time for Mary Poppins , a third nomination followed in 1971 for The Daredevil Witch in Her Flying Bed . He received his last Oscar nomination for a Disney production in 1974 for Island at the End of the World .
In the mid-1970s, Gausman worked for Universal Pictures and took part in the war film MacArthur - Hero of the Pacific with Gregory Peck in the lead role. In 1978 he received a nomination for the Emmy Award for the first time . In the same year he worked for the first time with John Landis , whose comedies I think I'll kick a horse and Blues Brothers he outfitted. For The Untouchables , he was nominated a fifth and final time for an Oscar, which he never won. Most recently he worked on the television series Falcon Crest from 1988 to 1989 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: Police report (Dragnet)
- 1957-1959: Zorro
- 1959–1974: Disneyland
- 1960: The Absent-Minded Professor (The Absent-Minded Professor)
- 1961: Announce the marriage of their parents (The Parent Trap)
- 1963: The timpanist can't help it (Son of Flubber)
- 1964: Mary Poppins
- 1965: Gilligan's Island (Gilligan's Iceland)
- 1968: A great beetle (The Love Bug)
- 1968: Captain Blackbeard's Spuk-Kaschemme (Blackbeard's Ghost)
- 1973: Big Boy (The World's Greatest Athlete)
- 1971: The daring witch in her flying bed (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- 1974: The Island at the Top of the World (The Iceland at the Top of the World)
- 1974: Herbie Rides Again (Herbie Rides Again)
- 1977: MacArthur - Hero of the Pacific (MacArthur)
- 1978: I think a horse will kick me (National Lampoon's Animal House)
- 1980: Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers)
- 1983: Dr. Detroit (Doctor Detroit)
- 1985: Back to the Future
- 1987: Jaws - Billing (Jaws: The Revenge)
- 1987: The Untouchables (The Untouchables)
- 1988-1989: Falcon Crest
Awards
- 1962: Oscar nomination for The Flying Timpani
- 1965: Oscar nomination for Mary Poppins
- 1972: Oscar nomination for The Daring Witch in Her Flying Bed (1971)
- 1975: Oscar nomination for Island at World's End
- 1978: Emmy Award nomination for It Happened One Christmas
- 1986: Emmy Award nomination for Early Frost - A Case of AIDS
- 1988: Oscar nomination for The Untouchables
Web links
- Hal Gausman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hal Gausman in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to other information on June 10, cf. Listing on Gausman on Ancestry.com; Retrieved April 13, 2012
- ↑ http://iatse.net/member-resources/in-memoriam?title=gausman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gausman, Hal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gausman, Hal Gordon (full name); Gausman, Hal G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer and set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 2003 |
| Place of death | Ventura County , California |