Gene Allen

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Gene Allen
Born	(1918-06-17) 17 June 1918 Los Angeles, California
Other names	Eugene Allen
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1938-1975

Eugene Allen (born 17 June 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. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
↑ "IMDb.com: Gene Allen - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2008.

External links

Gene Allen at the Internet Movie Database
Gene Allen at AllRovi

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Fay Kanin	President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences 1983-1985	Succeeded by Robert Wise

v t e Academy Award for Production Design (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, Raphaël 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 C. 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

Complete list (1927–1940) (1941–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

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Name	Allen, Gene
Alternative names
Short description	Art director
Date of birth	17 June 1918
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death
Place of death

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