Lyle R. Wheeler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (February 2, 1905 – January 10, 1990) was an American motion picture art director. He received five Academy Awards — for Gone with the Wind (1939), Anna and the King of Siam (1946), The Robe (1953), The King and I (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). Lyle 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 40 years, Wheeler created sets for more than 350 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 and in particular, Gone With the Wind, for which he drew some of the earliest examples of storyboards for film, illustrating not only the art design, but the framing, composition and even the color for nearly every shot in the film, greatly influencing the production. He also created matte paintings for all the ceilings for the sets as well as large set pieces like the facade of Tara. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction 29 times, winning five. In 1951, he was nominated for four different films, three in 1952 and twice for two films in one year. His television credits include the long-running CBS series, Perry Mason. Late in life, Wheeler suffered financial reverses and was forced to sell his home. He lost his five Academy Award statuettes when he was unable to pay a bill in excess of $30,000 at a storage facility. His 1959 Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank was purchased and returned to Wheeler in 1989 by a fan. Lyle Wheeler died January 10, 1990, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, of pneumonia. He was cremated, and his ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
Rebecca
(Art Direction)
Mother Didn't Tell Me
(Art Direction)
Gone with the Wind
(Art Direction)
The Diary of Anne Frank
(Art Direction)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
(Art Direction)
The Cardinal
(Production Design)
My Darling Clementine
(Art Direction)
Thieves' Highway
(Art Direction)
The Jackpot
(Art Direction)
Broken Arrow
(Art Direction)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
(Art Direction)
A Bell for Adano
(Art Direction)
There's No Business Like Show Business
(Art Direction)
Love That Brute
(Art Direction)
I'll Get By
(Art Direction)
Mister 880
(Art Direction)
The Best Man
(Production Design)
Can-Can
(Art Direction)
The Secret of Convict Lake
(Art Direction)
House of Bamboo
(Art Direction)
Wild River
(Art Direction)
The Girl Can't Help It
(Art Direction)
The Young in Heart
(Art Direction)
Come to the Stable
(Art Direction)
Warlock
(Art Direction)
Nothing Sacred
(Art Direction)
That Hamilton Woman
(Art Direction)
A Man Called Peter
(Art Direction)
Advise & Consent
(Production Design)
In Harm's Way
(Production Design)
Titanic
(Art Direction)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
(Art Direction)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
(Art Direction)
Gorilla at Large
(Art Direction)
Holiday for Lovers
(Art Direction)
Belles on Their Toes
(Art Direction)
Prince of Foxes
(Art Direction)
Boy on a Dolphin
(Art Direction)
The Hunters
(Art Direction)
The Glory Brigade
(Art Direction)
Les Miserables
(Art Direction)
The Girl Next Door
(Art Direction)
From Hell to Texas
(Art Direction)
Flight to Holocaust
(Art Direction)
River of No Return
(Art Direction)
Seven Thieves
(Art Direction)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
(Art Direction)
White Witch Doctor
(Art Direction)
The Street with No Name
(Art Direction)
Bigger Than Life
(Art Direction)
Made for Each Other
(Art Direction)
The Luck of the Irish
(Art Direction)
Where Do We Go from Here?
(Art Direction)
You're in the Navy Now
(Art Direction)
Marooned
(Production Design)
The President's Lady
(Art Direction)
The Siege at Red River
(Art Direction)
Dangerous Crossing
(Art Direction)
Return of the Texan
(Art Direction)
The Three Faces of Eve
(Art Direction)
Taxi
(Art Direction)
The Guy Who Came Back
(Art Direction)
The Model and the Marriage Broker
(Art Direction)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
(Art Direction)
The I Don't Care Girl
(Art Direction)
Untamed
(Art Direction)
As Young as You Feel
(Art Direction)
The House on Telegraph Hill
(Art Direction)
Follow the Sun
(Art Direction)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
(Art Direction)
The Walls of Jericho
(Art Direction)
April Love
(Art Direction)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
(Art Direction)
Monkey Business
(Art Direction)
Mister Scoutmaster
(Art Direction)
Love Nest
(Art Direction)
Let's Make It Legal
(Art Direction)
Tonight We Sing
(Art Direction)
My Blue Heaven
(Art Direction)
Carousel
(Art Direction)
The Love Machine
(Production Design)
That Lady in Ermine
(Art Direction)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
(Art Direction)
David and Bathsheba
(Art Direction)
People Will Talk
(Art Direction)
With a Song in My Heart
(Art Direction)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
(Art Direction)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
(Art Direction)
The Egyptian
(Art Direction)
Seven Cities of Gold
(Art Direction)
On the Threshold of Space
(Art Direction)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
(Art Direction)
The King and I
(Art Direction)
The Sun Also Rises
(Art Direction)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
(Art Direction)
The Iron Curtain
(Art Direction)
King of the Khyber Rifles
(Art Direction)
Winged Victory
(Art Direction)
Leave Her to Heaven
(Art Direction)
Dragonwyck
(Art Direction)
Centennial Summer
(Art Direction)
The Foxes of Harrow
(Art Direction)
Nightmare Alley
(Art Direction)
Forever Amber
(Art Direction)
Gentleman's Agreement
(Art Direction)
Call Northside 777
(Art Direction)
Sitting Pretty
(Art Direction)
Fury at Furnace Creek
(Art Direction)
Give My Regards to Broadway
(Art Direction)
Road House
(Art Direction)
Cry of the City
(Art Direction)
Apartment for Peggy
(Art Direction)
That Wonderful Urge
(Art Direction)
The Fan
(Art Direction)
It Happens Every Spring
(Art Direction)
Sand
(Art Direction)
The Story of Ruth
(Art Direction)
Slattery's Hurricane
(Art Direction)
Pinky
(Art Direction)
Father Was a Fullback
(Art Direction)
Twelve O'Clock High
(Art Direction)
Under My Skin
(Art Direction)
Cheaper by the Dozen
(Art Direction)
A Letter to Three Wives
(Art Direction)
A Private's Affair
(Art Direction)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Art Direction)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(Art Direction)
The Desert Rats
(Art Direction)
A Royal Scandal
(Art Direction)
The Bravados
(Art Direction)
Return of the Fly
(Art Direction)
Golden Girl
(Art Direction)
5 Fingers
(Art Direction)
Panic in the Streets
(Art Direction)
No Way Out
(Art Direction)
Stella
(Art Direction)
The Big Noise
(Art Direction)
Halls of Montezuma
(Art Direction)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
(Production Design)
The Story on Page One
(Art Direction)
Pickup on South Street
(Art Direction)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
(Art Direction)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
(Production Design)
The Prisoner of Zenda
(Art Direction)
Vicki
(Art Direction)
Cluny Brown
(Art Direction)
All About Eve
(Art Direction)
Fixed Bayonets!
(Art Direction)
The Fly
(Art Direction)
Mardi Gras
(Art Direction)
Deep Waters
(Art Direction)
Within These Walls
(Art Direction)
The Caribbean Mystery
(Art Direction)
Night Without Sleep
(Art Direction)
Diplomatic Courier
(Art Direction)
The Alligator People
(Art Direction)
Unfaithfully Yours
(Art Direction)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(Art Direction)
Garden of Evil
(Art Direction)
Love Me Tender
(Art Direction)
Dragon Seed
(Art Direction)
Laura
(Art Direction)
You're My Everything
(Art Direction)
Niagara
(Art Direction)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(Art Direction)
The Gunfighter
(Art Direction)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(Art Direction)
The Enemy Below
(Art Direction)
Broken Lance
(Art Direction)
Colonel Effingham's Raid
(Art Direction)
The Garden of Allah
(Set Decoration)
Three Coins in the Fountain
(Art Direction)
Anna and the King of Siam
(Art Direction)
The Long, Hot Summer
(Art Direction)
The Last Wagon
(Art Direction)
Bird of Paradise
(Art Direction)
Stand Up and Be Counted
(Production Design)
Posse
(Production Design)
Yellow Sky
(Art Direction)
Beloved Infidel
(Art Direction)
Peyton Place
(Art Direction)
The Virgin Queen
(Art Direction)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
(Art Direction)
Way of a Gaucho
(Art Direction)
Down to the Sea in Ships
(Art Direction)
The Frogmen
(Art Direction)
We're Not Married!
(Art Direction)
Desk Set
(Art Direction)
My Pal Gus
(Art Direction)
I Was a Male War Bride
(Art Direction)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
(Art Direction)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
(Art Direction)
How to Marry a Millionaire
(Art Direction)
Deadline - U.S.A.
(Art Direction)
An Affair to Remember
(Art Direction)
The Robe
(Art Direction)
South Pacific
(Art Direction)
Doctors' Wives
(Production Design)
From the Terrace
(Art Direction)
Blue Denim
(Art Direction)
Say One for Me
(Art Direction)
Something for the Birds
(Art Direction)
The Seven Year Itch
(Art Direction)
The Proud Ones
(Art Direction)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
(Art Direction)
D-Day the Sixth of June
(Art Direction)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
(Art Direction)
Fraulein
(Art Direction)
Wabash Avenue
(Art Direction)
The Fiend Who Walked The West
(Art Direction)
The Best of Everything
(Art Direction)
Do You Love Me
(Art Direction)
Bus Stop
(Art Direction)
Two Flags West
(Art Direction)
Inferno
(Art Direction)
Daddy Long Legs
(Art Direction)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
(Art Direction)
Anne of the Indies
(Art Direction)
Three Brave Men
(Art Direction)
Fourteen Hours
(Art Direction)
Posse
(Set Decoration)
Let's Make Love
(Art Direction)
The Gift of Love
(Art Direction)
My Wife's Best Friend
(Art Direction)
Man in the Attic
(Art Direction)
Powder River
(Art Direction)
On the Riviera
(Art Direction)
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
(Art Direction)
The Bottom of the Bottle
(Art Direction)
Hilda Crane
(Art Direction)
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
(Art Direction)
23 Paces to Baker Street
(Art Direction)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
(Art Direction)
Between Heaven and Hell
(Art Direction)
Young Jesse James
(Art Direction)
The Young Lions
(Art Direction)
State Fair
(Art Direction)
Wing and a Prayer
(Art Direction)
Kiss of Death
(Art Direction)
Nob Hill
(Art Direction)
You Were Meant for Me
(Art Direction)
Elopement
(Art Direction)
Stars and Stripes Forever
(Art Direction)
A Star Is Born
(Art Designer)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(Art Direction)
Daisy Kenyon
(Art Direction)
Call Me Madam
(Art Direction)
Black Widow
(Art Direction)
The Racers
(Art Direction)
Don Juan Quilligan
(Art Direction)
Circumstantial Evidence
(Art Direction)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
(Art Direction)
Bataan
(Art Direction)
A Hatful of Rain
(Art Direction)
Hangover Square
(Art Direction)
The 13th Letter
(Art Direction)
Dancing in the Dark
(Art Direction)
A Blueprint for Murder
(Art Direction)
Behind Green Lights
(Art Direction)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
(Art Direction)
Don't Bother to Knock
(Art Direction)
Three Came Home
(Art Direction)
Rawhide
(Art Direction)
Viva Zapata!
(Art Direction)
Soldier of Fortune
(Art Direction)
The Left Hand of God
(Art Direction)
Diamond Horseshoe
(Art Direction)
Doll Face
(Art Direction)
Fallen Angel
(Art Direction)
Whirlpool
(Art Direction)
Junior Miss
(Art Direction)
The Bullfighters
(Art Direction)
The Dolly Sisters
(Art Direction)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(Art Direction)
Shock
(Art Direction)
The Tall Men
(Art Direction)
Perfect Gentlemen
(Production Design)
Three Young Texans
(Art Direction)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
(Art Direction)
The Big Mouth
(Production Design)
The Man Who Understood Women
(Art Direction)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
(Art Direction)
House of Strangers
(Art Direction)
The Big Lift
(Art Direction)
Molly and Me
(Art Direction)
The Wayward Bus
(Art Direction)
What Price Glory
(Art Direction)
Violent Saturday
(Art Direction)
Woman's World
(Art Direction)
Rawhide
(Art Direction)