Raphael Bretton

Raphael G. Bretton (born February 7, 1920 in Paris - † November 20, 2011 ) was a French production designer .

Life

Bretton served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II and was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross . After the end of the war he was brought to Hollywood as a technical advisor for the war film O.SS with Alan Ladd in the leading role . In the following years he worked as a technical consultant for other feature films, including the literary adaptation of Alexandre Dumas ' The Three Musketeers from 1948. In the 1950s, he was employed by the television network NBC , where he was art director on television series with Gordon MacRae and Shirley Temple participated. His first feature film as a production designer was Robert Aldrich's Western Four for Texas . He was nominated for an Oscar for his third feature film, Aldrich's thriller Lullaby for a Corpse . He received the award in 1970 for his work on the musical Hello, Dolly! . In the 1970s, he was nominated two more times for an Oscar, namely for the disaster films The Hell Ride of Poseidon and Inferno . His last feature film was the film adaptation of Clive Cussler's novel Lifts the Titanic , after several other television productions Bretton withdrew from show business in 1982.