John S. Detlie

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John Stewart Detlie (born December 23, 1908 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota , † November 30, 2005 in La Quinta , California ) was an American architect , art director and production designer who won an Oscar for best production design at the 1941 Academy Awards was nominated.

Life

After attending school, Detlie studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and after completing her studies initially worked as an architect for a short time before working as a set designer and art director in the Hollywood film industry between 1937 and 1942 , during which time he worked on the stage equipment for 23 films collaborated. For the production design in the color film Bitter Sweet (1940), a romantic musical drama directed by WS Van Dyke with Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy and George Sanders , he was awarded an Oscar for the 1941 Academy Awards, together with the legendary production designer Cedric Gibbons nominated for the best production design. During this time his brother Stanley Detlie also worked as a set designer for some film productions.

During the Second World War served it as an architect in the US Army and was among other things for the camouflage of the Boeing - factories in Seattle responsible. After the end of the Second World War, he continued his work as an architect and built numerous churches and large parts of downtown Honolulu .

Detlie, who was married to the actress Veronica Lake from 1940 until the divorce in 1943 , died of complications from bronchial carcinoma .

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SURNAME Detlie, John S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Detlie, John Stewart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art director, production designer and architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Sioux Falls , South Dakota
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2005
Place of death La Quinta , California