Edwin B. Willis

Edwin Booth Willis
Born	January 28, 1893(1893-01-28) Decatur, Illinois
Died	November 26, 1963(1963-11-26) (aged 70) Hollywood, California
Cause of death	Cancer
Other names	Edwin B. Willis Edwin Willis
Occupation	Motion picture set designer & decorator

Edwin Booth Willis (28 January 1893 – 26 November 1963) was an award-winning motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at MGM studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on eight occasions. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. He was survived by his sister.

Contents 1 Major awards 1.1 Academy Awards 1.2 Academy Award Nominations 2 External links

Major awards

Academy Awards

Interior decoration (Color)

• Blossoms in the Dust - 1941
• The Yearling - 1946

Interior decoration (Black & white)

• Gaslight - 1944

Art direction/Set decoration (Color)

• Little Women - 1949
• An American in Paris - 1951

Art direction/Set decoration (Black & white)

• The Bad and the Beautiful - 1952
• Julius Caesar - 1953
• Somebody Up There Likes Me - 1956

Academy Award Nominations

Interior decoration

• The Great Ziegfeld - 1936
• Romeo and Juliet - 1936

Interior decoration (Black & white)

• When Ladies Meet - 1941
• Random Harvest - 1942
• Madame Curie - 1943
• The Picture of Dorian Gray - 1945

Interior decoration (Color)

• Thousands Cheer - 1943
• Kismet - 1944
• National Velvet - 1945

Art direction/Set decoration (Black & white)

• Madame Bovary - 1949
• The Red Danube - 1950
• Too Young to Kiss - 1951
• Executive Suite - 1954
• I'll Cry Tomorrow - 1955
• Blackboard Jungle - 1955

Art direction/Set decoration (Color)

• Annie Get Your Gun - 1950
• The Merry Widow - 1952
• Lili - 1953
• Young Bess -1953
• The Story of Three Loves - 1953
• Brigadoon - 1954
• Lust For Life - 1956

Art Direction/Set Decoration

• Les Girls - 1957
• Raintree County - 1957

External links

• Edwin B. Willis at the Internet Movie Database
• Edwin B. Willis at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Willis, Edwin B.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 January 1893
Place of birth	Decatur, Illinois
Date of death	26 November 1963
Place of death	Hollywood, California

Academy Award for Art Direction (1941–1960) 1941–1946 Black & White / Color separate 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan H. 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 1947–1958 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 (posthumous award), E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason 1959–1960 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 Complete list (1927–1940) (1941–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)