John Meehan
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- This article is about the filmmaker. For the screenwriter, see John Meehan (screenwriter). For the Librarian of Congress, see John Silva Meehan.
John Meehan (June 13, 1902 – May 15, 1963) was an American art director and production designer.
He was born in Tehachapi, California and attended the University of Southern California. Meehan won three Academy Awards for his art direction: William Wyler's 1949 The Heiress, Billy Wilder's 1950 Sunset Boulevard and Richard Fleischer's 1954 adaptation of the Jules Verne classic for Walt Disney, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He also worked on The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (one of his first films in 1946), and It Should Happen to You in 1956.