Robert F. Boyle
Robert Francis Boyle (born October 10, 1909 in Los Angeles ; † August 1, 2010 ibid) was an American art director and production designer who worked on more than 100 productions between 1941 and 1991.
He was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2008 , making him the oldest Oscar winner to date .
Career
He started his career as an architect, but switched to film after the Great Depression of 1929. He has worked with Alfred Hitchcock since the 1940s (including on The Invisible Third , 1959, The Birds , 1963 and Marnie , 1964). He also worked on films such as J. Lee Thompson's Cape of Fear , Norman Jewison's Thomas Crown is unbelievable or Ernest Lehman 's Portnoy's Complaints .
In total, Boyle was nominated four times for an Oscar . 1960 for North by Northwest , 1970 for Norman Jewison's Gaily, Gaily , 1972 for Anatevka ( Fiddler on the Roof , also directed by Jewison) and in 1977 for The Shootist ( The Shootist ) by Don Siegel . However, he only received the Oscar in 2008 , when he received the honorary Oscar for his life's work. For the John Steinbeck film adaptation of The Last Word, Tilby was Boyle was nominated for an Emmy in 1973 . In 1997 he received its first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild . He was married to the author Bess Boyle (1913-2000).
In 2000 Daniel Raim produced an Oscar-nominated documentary about Robert F. Boyle entitled The Man on Lincoln's Nose .
Web links
- Robert F. Boyle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robert Boyle papers, Academy Museum Los Angeles
- Iconic Production Designer Robert F. Boyle Dies at 100
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyle, Robert F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyle, Robert Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 2010 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |