Claude E. Carpenter
Claude E. Carpenter ( born September 26, 1904 in Glendale, Utah, † February 18, 1976 in Seattle, Washington) was an American production designer who was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
Life
Carpenter began his career as a set designer in the film industry in Hollywood in 1938 in the resulting directed by George Stevens Adventure uprising in Sidi Hakim ( Gunga Din) with Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen. He worked until 1968 at the scenic and facilities for over sixty films.
At the Academy Awards in 1945, he was first nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design in a black and white film, along with Albert S. D' Agostino, Carroll Clark and Darrell Silvera for the musical film Step Lively (1944 ) by Tim Whelan with Frank Sinatra, George Murphy and Adolphe Menjou.
The next Oscar nomination for Best Production Design in a black and white film received Carpenter again along with Albert S. D' Agostino, Darrell Silvera and Jack Okey 1946 Experiment in Terror ( 1944), one of Jacques Tourneur with Hedy Lamarr, George Brent and Paul Luke in the lead roles.
His third and final nomination for the Academy Award for Best Production Design in a black and white film received Lyle R. Wheeler Carpenter together, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little and at the Academy Awards in 1953 for the damage under the direction of Elia Kazan film Viva Zapata! (1952 ) with Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata ' and Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn in other major roles.