Ira Webb

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Ira S. Webb (born May 12, 1899 in Scottdale , Pennsylvania , † December 9, 1971 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer , director , art director and set designer , who won the Oscar for best production design in 1944 and two was nominated for this Oscar several times.

Life

Webb began his work in the Hollywood film industry in 1935 as an art director, production manager, production designer and assistant director in such films as Skull and Crown , Midnight Phantom , The Live Wire and Never Too Late . He later worked as a film producer and screenwriter and has worked in the production of over eighty films over the course of his career.

At the Oscar ceremony in 1943 he was with Alexander Golitzen , Jack Otterson and Russell A. Gausman first nominated for an Oscar for Best Production Design Although the Technicolor Arabian Nights (1942), one directed by John Rawlins incurred adventure film with Jon Hall , Sabu and María Montez in the lead roles .

1944 he won together with Golitzen, John B. Goodman and Gausman the Oscar in this category for the color film Phantom of the Opera (1943) after the eponymous novel by Gaston Leroux , the director Arthur Lubin with Claude Rains , Susanna Foster and Nelson Eddy staged has been.

He received another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Production Design finally in 1945 again with Goodman, Golitzen and Gausman for color film The Climax (1944), one of George Waggner twisted horror film with Boris Karloff , Susanna Foster and Turhan Bey in the lead roles.

Ira Webb was the younger brother of producer, director and screenwriter Harry S. Webb and the uncle of his sons, assistant director and production manager Gordon A. Webb and Robert Melvin Webb .

Filmography (selection)

Art director and production designer

Assistant director and director

  • 1935: Never Too Late
  • 1939: El Diablo Rides
  • 1940: Wild Horse Valley
  • 1947: Fuzzy and the Crooked Thing ( Cheyenne Takes Over )
  • 1956: Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Production manager and producer

  • 1935: The Live Wire
  • 1948: Dead Man's Gold
  • 1950: The Dalton's Women
  • 1952: Cowboy G-Men (TV series)
  • 1952: The Black Lash
  • 1956: Kentucky Rifle

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Webb, Ira
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Webb, Ira S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art director, production designer, director, film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Scottdale , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1971
Place of death Los Angeles , California