A. Earl Hedrick

Albert Earl Hedrick, A. Earl Hedrick also ( born March 2, 1896 in Los Angeles, † September 18, 1985 in Whittier, United States) was an American art director.

Life

Hedrick studied architecture at UCLA and then to design a Beaux Art School. His professional career began as an architect, 1930 Hedrick came to Paramount Pictures, where he started as a draftsman. Two years later, he began his career as an art director. Hedrick initially designed decorations for countless B- productions, and later some comedies were added with Bob Hope. Hedrick's most notable post-war design, were created for single top productions like Billy Wilder drinkers drama The Lost Weekend, Anatole Litvak's film noir thriller You're still alive 105 minutes, Wilder's cinematic sensation journalism criticism reporter of Satan and William Wyler's chamber exemplary staging police station 21

In 1957 he won both Hal Pereira and two other colleagues an Oscar nomination for his involvement in the scene picture for the war drama Heroes can also cry. Since 1959, Hedrick has worked almost exclusively for television, especially for long-term series Bonanza, where he was a partner Pereira again. Both men received a Primetime Emmy nomination for without power shown there in 1963. After returning to an isolated theater production 1972 Hedrick finished his career and retired into private life.

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Filmography