Lyle R. Wheeler

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Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (born February 2, 1905 in Woburn , Massachusetts , † January 10, 1990 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American production designer and art director . Wheeler, who appears in the credits mostly as Lyle R. Wheeler , but also as Lyle Wheeler , was nominated 29 times for an Oscar during his forty-year career and received five of the trophies. Wheeler was responsible for the equipment for more than 350 films .

Life

After studying at the University of Southern California , Lyle R. Wheeler initially worked as an illustrator and industrial designer before he was hired by David O. Selznick as art director for his film The Garden of Allah in 1936 . Until he moved to 20th Century Fox in 1944 , Wheeler worked for Selznick International . After A Star Goes Up , another Selznick production from 1937, Wheeler was nominated for the first time for an Oscar in 1938 for starring The Prisoner of Zenda . A year later, the second nomination for Tom's Adventure (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) followed .

Lyle Wheeler received an Oscar for the first time in 1940 for decorating Gone with the Wind . He received another Oscar in 1947 for his work on Anna and the King of Siam . In previous years he had been nominated for Rebecca , Laura and Mortal Sin .

Wheeler, now the artistic director of 20th Century Fox, received further awards for the monumental film Das Gewand 1954, the musical adaptation of The King and I in 1957 and the drama The Diary of Anne Frank in 1960.

Due to the fact that between 1940 and 1960 the Oscar award for the best equipment was divided into the categories color and black and white, Wheeler was nominated for different films in the same year. For example, in 1952, when Wheeler was nominated for Best Black and White Film for The House on Telegraph Hill and Fourteen Hours , and at the same time for David and Bathsheba and An der Riviera for two color films.

Wheeler also worked for television, including some episodes of Perry Mason and The 20th Century Fox Hour from. Lyle Wheeler's last work on a film was the 1978 created TV movie ladies with white waistcoat ( Perfect Gentlemen ) in which Lauren Bacall made her debut on the screen.

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SURNAME Wheeler, Lyle R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wheeler, Lyle Reynolds (full name); Wheeler, Lyle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American production designer and art director
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Woburn , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1990
Place of death Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California