Leland Fuller

Leland Fuller (born February 16, 1899 in Riverside , California , † October 9, 1962 in Hollywood , Los Angeles ) was an American production designer for films.

Life

Leland Fuller began his career as an architect. From 1943 he was under contract as a production designer and art director at 20th Century Fox . There he often worked with Thomas Little and Lyle R. Wheeler . Directors under whose direction he worked included Ernst Lubitsch , Otto Preminger , Henry Hathaway , Jean Negulesco , Elia Kazan and Edmund Goulding . In the course of his career, Fuller was nominated a total of six times, including for Preminger's famous film noir Laura (1944), for the Oscar in the category Best Production Design, but never won the trophy. He died in Hollywood in 1962 at the age of 63 .

1943: Heaven Can Wait ( Heaven Can Wait ) - Director: Ernst Lubitsch
1943: Guadalcanal Diary - Hell in the Pacific ( Guadalcanal Diary ) - Director: Lewis Seiler

1944: Laura - Director: Otto Preminger

1945: Murder on their wedding night ( Fallen Angel ) - Director: Otto Preminger

1946: The Dark ( The Dark Corner ) - Director: Henry Hathaway

1946: Centennial Summer - Director: Otto Preminger

1947: The kiss of death ( Kiss of Death ) - Director: Henry Hathaway

1950: Three returned home ( Three Came Home ) - Director: Jean Negulesco

1951: Fourteen Hours ( Fourteen Hours ) - Director: Henry Hathaway

1951: On the Riviera (On the Rivera)

1952: We're Not Married ( We're Not Married! - Director): Edmund Goulding

1953: How do you get a millionaire? ( How to Marry a Millionaire ) - Director: Jean Negulesco

1954: Désirée ( Désirée ) - directed by Henry Koster

1955: The Virgin Queen ( The Virgin Queen ) - Directed by Henry Koster

1956: Schlagerpiraten ( The Girl Can't Help It ) - directed by Frank Tashlin

1957: Poisonous Snow ( A Hatful of Rain ) - directed by Fred Zinnemann

1957: Siren in Blond ( Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? ) - directed by Frank Tashlin

Nominated:

1945: Laura (with Lyle R. Wheeler , Thomas Little )
1952: On the Riviera ( On the Riviera ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott )
1952: Fourteen Hours ( Fourteen Hours ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode )
1953: Viva Zapata! (in cooperation with Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Claude E. Carpenter )
1954: The President's Lady (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox )
1955: Desirée (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox )

↑ Michael L. Stephens: Film noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons . McFarland, 1995, p. 151.

personal data
SURNAME	Fuller, Leland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American production designer for a film
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Riverside , California
DATE OF DEATH	October 9, 1962
Place of death	Hollywood , Los Angeles