Robert Priestley
Robert Willerton Priestley (born June 12, 1901 in Manhattan , New York City , New York , † November 27, 1986 in San Diego , California ) was an American art director and production designer who won two Oscar for best production design and one was nominated again for this Oscar.
Life
Priestley began his career as an art director and production designer in the Hollywood film industry in 1936 for the film Tell Your Children and worked on the stage equipment for around 110 films and television series until 1968 .
At the Academy Awards in 1956 , he won both the Oscar for best production design in a color film and was also nominated at this award for an Oscar for best production design in a black and white film. The Oscar he won along with William Flannery and jo mielziner for by Joshua Logan staged melodrama Picnic (1955) with William Holden , Kim Novak and Betty Field in the lead roles . He received the Oscar nomination together with Ted Haworth and Walter M. Simonds for the film drama Marty (1955) by Delbert Mann with the actors Ernest Borgnine , Betsy Blair and Esther Minciotti .
He won his second Oscar for best production design in 1958 with Haworth for Sayonara (1957), directed by Joshua Logan based on the novel by James A. Michener with Marlon Brando , Patricia Owen and Red Buttons .
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: Tell Your Children
- 1942: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
- 1942: A Tornado in the Saddle
- 1944: Secret Command
- 1944: U-Boat Prisoner
- 1946: Gilda
- 1947: The legendary Dorseys ( The Fabulous Dorseys )
- 1949: Cover Up
- 1951: Of Men and Music
- 1952: Feudin 'Fools
- 1954: Fire Dragon Combat Squadron
- 1955: The Kentucky Man ( The Kentuckian )
- 1956: Without love it does not work ( You Can not Run Away From It )
- 1958: babies made to order
- 1958: The cat on the hot tin roof
- 1960: Adventure on the Mississippi
- 1961: One Happy Family (TV series)
- 1961: The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
- 1967: The way to the west
- 1967: In the heat of the night
- 1968: PJ
Awards
Web links
- Robert Priestley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Priestley, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Priestley, Robert Willerton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhattan , New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1986 |
| Place of death | San Diego , California |