Oliver Emert

American set decorator

Oliver Emert
Born	(1902-12-09)December 9, 1902 Los Angeles, California
Died	August 13, 1975(1975-08-13) (aged 72) Oxnard, California
Occupation	Set decorator
Years active	1945-1969

Oliver Emert (December 9, 1902 – August 13, 1975) was an American set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film To Kill a Mockingbird.^[1]

Selected filmography

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

References

^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.

External links

Oliver Emert at IMDb
Oliver Emert at AllMovie

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Academy Award for Best Production Design

1927–1939
Interior Decoration

1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies
1929/1929: Cedric Gibbons
1929/1930: Herman Rosse
1930/1931: Max Rée
1931/1932: Gordon Wiles
1932/1933: William S. Darling
1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope
1935: Richard Day
1936: Richard Day
1937: Stephen Goosson
1938: Carl Jules Weyl
1939: Lyle R. Wheeler

1940–1946
Black & White
/ Color separate

1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda
1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis
1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little
1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer
1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis

1947–1956 renamed
Art Direction
- Set Decoration
Black & White
/ Color separate

1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge
1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson
1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès
1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri
1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley
1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox

1957–1958

1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley
1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason

1959–1966
Black & White
/ Color separate

1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt
1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin
1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni
1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins
1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni
1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

1967–1980

1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown
1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston
1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton
1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet
1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon
1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel
1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne
1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson
1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon
1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines
1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian
1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines
1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink
1980: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens

1981–2000

1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set)
1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set)
1983: Anna Asp
1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set)
1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set)
1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set)
1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set)
1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set)
1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set)
1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set)
1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set)
1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set)
1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set)
1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set)
1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art)
1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set)
1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set)
1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set)
1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set)
2000: Timmy Yip (art)

2001–present

2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set)
2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set)
2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set)
2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set)
2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set)
2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set)
2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set)
2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set)
2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set)
2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set)
2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set)
2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set)
2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set)
2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set)
2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set)
2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set)
2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set)
2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set)
2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set)
2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set)

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