William Kiernan
William R. Kiernan (born April 2, 1908 in New York City , † November 19, 1973 in Los Angeles ) was an American film set designer .
Life
William Kiernan was under contract as a production designer at Columbia Pictures from 1943 . By 1973 he was involved in more than 100 film productions. He worked with a number of important directors, such as George Cukor , Fritz Lang , Edward Dmytryk , Robert Wise and William Wyler . He created sets for film musicals such as A Goddess on Earth (1947), film comedies such as Die ist nicht von Yesterday (1950), several westerns and crime films in the style of film noir such as Affair in Trinidad (1952) and Hot Iron (1953) .
Over the years he and other production designers have been nominated six times for the Oscar in the category of Best Production Design, including Pal Joey (1957) with Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth and Gunboat on the Yangtze Kiang (1966) with Steve McQueen . However, he never won the Oscar. He died in Los Angeles in 1973 at the age of 65 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: Sahara - Director: Zoltan Korda
- 1946: The Jazz Singer ( The Jolson Story ) - Director: Alfred E. Green
- 1947: A Goddess on Earth ( Down to Earth ) - Director: Alexander Hall
- 1948: Liebesnächte in Sevilla ( The Loves of Carmen ) - Director: Charles Vidor
- 1948: The Return of October - Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
- 1949: Knock on Any Doo - directed by Nicholas Ray
- 1949: Riders of the Whistling Pines - Director: John English
- 1949: Honeymoon with Obstacles ( Tell It to the Judge ) - Director: Norman Foster
- 1950: a Lonely Place ( In a Lonely Place ) - Director: Nicholas Ray
- 1950: The Liar (1950) ( Harriet Craig ) - directed by Vincent Sherman
- 1950: Born Yesterday ( Born Yesterday ) - Director: George Cukor
- 1951: Death of a Salesman ( Death of a Salesman ) - Director: László Benedek
- 1952: Affair in Trinidad ( Affair in Trinidad ) - Directed by Vincent Sherman
- 1953: Salome - Director: William Dieterle
- 1953: The 5000 fingers of Dr. T. ( The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. ) - Director: Roy Rowland
- 1953: Hot Iron ( The Big Heat ) - Director: Fritz Lang
- 1954: Greed for Life ( Human Desire ) - Director: Fritz Lang
- 1956: The Harder They Fall ( The Harder They Fall ) - Director: Mark Robson
- 1956: The Eddy Duchin Story ( The Eddy Duchin Story ) - Director: George Sidney
- 1957: A Heartbeat to Eternity ( Jeanne Eagels ) - Director: George Sidney
- 1957: Count to three and pray ( 3:10 to Yuma ) - Directed by Delmer Daves
- 1957: Pal Joey - Directed by George Sidney
- 1958: Cowboy - Directed by Delmer Daves
- 1958: Jakobowsky und der Oberst ( Me and the Colonel ) - Director: Peter Glenville
- 1958: The Last Hurray ( The Last Hurray ) - Director: John Ford
- 1959: April discovers the men ( Gidget ) - Director: Paul Wendkos
- 1959: The wrath of the righteous ( The Last Angry Man ) - Director: Daniel Mann
- 1960: Pepe - What can the world cost ( Pepe ) - Director: George Sidney
- 1962: On glowing patches ( Walk on the Wild Side ) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
- 1966: Gunboat on the Yangtze River ( The Sand Pebbles ) - Director: Robert Wise
- 1968 Funny Girl - Director: William Wyler
- 1969: A Frog in Manhattan ( The April Fools ) - Director: Stuart Rosenberg
- 1970: Rio Lobo - Director: Howard Hawks
- 1970: They Want To Be Giants ( Sometimes a Great Notion ) - Director: Paul Newman
- 1971: Grandpa can't stop ( Kotch ) - Director: Jack Lemmon
- 1971: The Cowboys ( The Cowboys ) - Director: Mark Rydell
- 1972: Hell with Hosanna ( The Wrath of God ) - Director: Ralph Nelson
- 1973: The Way We Were ( The Way We Were ) - Director: Sydney Pollack
Nominations
Nominated:
- 1957: The woman in the golden Cadillac (with Ross Bellah , Louis Diage )
- 1958: Pal Joey (with Walter Holscher , Louis Diage)
- 1960: The Wrath of the Righteous (with Carl Anderson )
- 1961: Pepe - What can the world cost (together with Ted Haworth )
- 1967: Gunboat on the Yangtze River (together with Boris Leven , Walter M. Scott , John Sturtevant )
- 1974: The Way We Were (with Stephen B. Grimes )
Web links
- William Kiernan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kiernan, William |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kiernan, William R. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer for a film |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | 19th November 1973 |
Place of death | los Angeles |