Thomas Little

Thomas Kane Little ( born August 27, 1886 in Ogden, Utah; † March 5, 1985 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American production designer in film.

Life

Thomas Little gained his first experience as a set designer in the theater, before he found regular work in film since 1932. In 1935 he received a contract with 20th Century Fox, where he served as one of the busiest Setdekorateure for renowned directors such as John Ford, Henry King, Fritz Lang, Ernst Lubitsch, Alfred Hitchcock or Howard Hawks was henceforth operate. Particularly often while he worked together with his colleagues Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Lyle R. Wheeler.

Little was a total of 21 times for the Oscar nominated in the category Best Art Direction. Six times he was able to win the trophy, among other things, for John Ford's social study Green Was My Valley ( How Green Was My Valley, 1941) and for the film musical The Queen of Broadway ( My Gal Sal, 1942). By 1953, he was involved in more than 470 film productions. He then retired from the film business. Thomas Little died in 1985 at the age of 98 in Santa Monica. His grave is at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

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Awards

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