Lyle R. Wheeler

Lyle Wheeler
Born	February 2, 1905(1905-02-02) Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
Died	January 10, 1990(1990-01-10) (aged 84) Woodland Hills, California
Occupation	art director
Years active	1936 - 1978
Spouse	Donna G. Wheeler (1954 - 1987), Kay Nelson ((27 March 1949 - ?)

Lyle Reynolds Wheeler, (b. February 2, 1905 in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. d. January 10, 1990 in Woodland Hills, California, USA), was an Academy Award-winning American motion picture art director.

Wheeler studied at the University of Southern California, then worked as a magazine artist and industrial designer. In 1936 he was hired by David O. Selznick to work as a set designer for Selznick's motion picture production company. Wheeler proved to be a creative genius when it came to designing quality sets at reasonable costs and was very much in demand in the industry. By the end of World War II, Wheeler had joined Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, where he remained as chief art director until the end of the 1950s.

In a career spanning forty years, Wheeler created sets for more than three hundred and fifty motion pictures, many of which are considered film classics. His credits include A Star is Born, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, State Fair, The Dolly Sisters, Forever Amber, The Fan, The Pride of St. Louis, The Seven Year Itch, and Carousel. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction twenty-nine times, winning five. In 1951, he was nominated for four different films, three in 1952 and twice for two films in one year.

On his passing in 1990, Wheeler was cremated, and his ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. His Oscar statuettes were unknowingly bought by the purchaser of a sealed carton at a storage facility default sale months before his death.^[1]

Contents 1 Academy Awards 1.1 Wins 1.2 Nominations 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Academy Awards

Wins

1. 1939: Gone with the Wind
2. 1946: Anna and the King of Siam
3. 1953: The Robe
4. 1956: The King and I
5. 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank

Nominations

1. 1937: The Prisoner of Zenda
2. 1938: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3. 1940: Rebecca
4. 1944: Laura
5. 1945: Leave Her to Heaven
6. 1947: The Foxes of Harrow
7. 1949: Come to the Stable
8. 1950: All About Eve
9. 1951: Fourteen Hours, House on Telegraph Hill, David and Bathsheba, On the Riviera
10. 1952: My Cousin Rachel, Viva Zapata!, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
11. 1953: The President's Lady, Titanic
12. 1954: Desirée
13. 1955: Daddy Long Legs, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
14. 1956: Teenage Rebel
15. 1958: A Certain Smile
16. 1959: Journey to the Center of the Earth
17. 1963: The Cardinal

See also

• Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame

References

External links

• Lyle R. Wheeler at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Wheeler, Lyle R.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 2, 1905
Place of birth	Woburn, Massachusetts
Date of death	January 10, 1990
Place of death	Woodland Hills, California

Academy Award for Art Direction (1927–1940) 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 Black & White / Color separate 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda Complete list (1927–1940) (1941–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

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)