Joseph Hurley (production designer)

Joseph Hurley (born May 6, 1914 - October 5, 1982 Los Angeles , California ) was a production designer and art director .

Life

Hurley began his career in film crew in 1953 as undisclosed uncredited Concept Art - Artist at the filming of Jack Arnold's horror film Came from Outer Space . In 1956, again without credit , he worked as assistant to the art director on the monumental film Around the World in 80 Days . In the same year he worked for the first time as the responsible art director on the B-movie In the Storm of Passion . His second and last film in this capacity was Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho .

In 1961 he was nominated for the Oscar in the category of best production design together with Robert Clatworthy and George Milo , but the award went to Billy Wilder's Das Appartement that year . Between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, he worked as an illustrator again, including at Chinatown , The China Syndrome and When the Postman Rings Twice .

1953: Came from Outer Space (It Came from Outer Space)
1956: In 80 days around the world (Around the World in Eighty Days)
1960: Psycho
1974: Chinatown
1979: The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)
1981: The Postman Always Rings Twice (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
1982: The most beautiful House of Pleasure in Texas (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)

personal data
SURNAME	Hurley, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Production designer and art director
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1914
DATE OF DEATH	5th October 1982
Place of death	Los Angeles , California , United States