Jack Poplin

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John S. "Jack" Poplin, Jr. (born 1920 in Los Angeles , California , † October 15, 2007 ) was an American production designer and art director .

Life

Poplin began his career on the film staff in 1950 as an uncredited set designer in the period film The Baron of Arizona by Samuel Fuller . In 1958 he worked for the first time as art director on Anthony Mann's comedy Gottes kleine Acker . 1966 he was for Sydney Pollack Drama voice on the phone along with Hal Pereira , Robert R. Benton and Joseph Kish for the Oscar in the category Best Production Design nominated, but the award went this year to the literary adaptation The Ship of Fools .

Occasionally Poplin also worked for television. Between 1963 and 1965 he worked on 49 episodes of the television series The Outer Limits , for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1964 . In an episode of the series Stoney Burke, he worked as an associate producer in 1963. Most recently, in 1988, he worked on the action film Traxx - Sharp Guns, Hot Cookies , after which Poplin retired from the film business. He died in 2007 at the age of 87.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1950: The Baron of Arizona (The Baron of Arizona)
  • 1954: The Broken Lance
  • 1958: Death comes quietly (Murder by Contract)
  • 1958: God's Little Acre
  • 1961: ... throw the first stone (The Hoodlum Priest)
  • 1965: The family jewel (The Family Jewels)
  • 1965: Voice on the phone (The Slender Thread)
  • 1969: Reverend does his greatest thing (The Great Bank Robbery)
  • 1974: Cursed They All (The Klansman)
  • 1978: The Devil's Camp (Mean Dog Blues)
  • 1979: The Great Santini (The Great Santini)
  • 1988: Traxx - Sharp Guns, Hot Cookies (Traxx)

Awards (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Poplin, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poplin Jr, John S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American production designer and art director
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2007