Wiard Ihnen

Wiard Ihnen
Born	August 5, 1897(1897-08-05) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	June 22, 1979(1979-06-22) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	W. B. Ihnen Ward Ihnen Wiard B. Ihnen William B. Ihnen
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1923 – 1960
Spouse	Edith Head 1949-1979

Wiard B. "Bill" Ihnen (August 5, 1897 – June 22, 1979) was an American art director.

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of an architect, he first studied his father's craft at Columbia University. He later attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.

He won two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.^[1]

1 Death
2 Selected filmography
3 References
4 External links

Death

Ihnen was married to Edith Head from 1949 until his death from prostate cancer in 1979, aged 81.

Selected filmography

Ihnen won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:^[2]

Wilson (1944)
Blood on the Sun (1945)

References

^ "IMDb.com: Wiard Ihnen - Awards". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407311/awards. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
^ Hall, Mordaunt. "NY Times: Wiard Ihnen bio". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/95377/Wiard-Ihnen. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

External links

Wiard Ihnen at the Internet Movie Database
Wiard Ihnen at AllRovi
Wiard Ihnen at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Ihnen, Wiard
Alternative names	Ihnen, Bill
Short description	Art director
Date of birth	1897-8-5
Place of birth	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death	1979-6-22
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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

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Wiard Ihnen

Contents

Death

Selected filmography

References

External links