Gene Allen

For the White House butler, see Eugene Allen.

Gene Allen
Born	1918 (age 93–94) Los Angeles, California
Other names	Eugene Allen
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1938 - 1975

Eugene Allen (b. 1918 in Los Angeles, California^[1]) is an American art director.

He followed his father, and became a Los Angeles Police officer after he was laid off from his first job as a sketch artist. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Allen went to art school to pursue his career. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for My Fair Lady,^[2] and nominated for Les Girls and A Star Is Born.^[3]

References

^ The Art Directors Guild profile Accessed 7 January 2009
^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/37th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
^ "IMDb.com: Gene Allen - Awards". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020537/awards. Retrieved 2008-12-14.

External links

Gene Allen at the Internet Movie Database
Gene Allen at AllRovi

Persondata
Name	Allen, Gene
Alternative names
Short description	Art director
Date of birth	1918
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death
Place of death

Academy Award for Art Direction (1961–1980)

1961–1966 Black & White / Color separate	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 Hopkins • 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni • 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George 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 Hopkins, Raphael 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 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

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