Awards & Winners

John DeCuir

Date of Birth 04-June-1918
Place of Birth San Francisco
(California, United States of America, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Peninsula, Area code 415)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John De Cuir, John F. DeCuir Sr., John F. DeCuir
Profession Film Art Director, Production Designer
John DeCuir was a Hollywood Art Director and Production Designer known for his elaborate set designs that were illustrated with his own watercolor paintings. He studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets. In 1949, he signed with 20th Century Fox where he worked on productions noted for their elaborate sets. At home with dramatic material and musicals, DeCuir earned eleven Oscar nominations, winning three: The King and I, Cleopatra, and Hello, Dolly!. His son, John DeCuir, Jr. is also a production designer.

Awards by John DeCuir

Check all the awards nominated and won by John DeCuir.

1978


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Dramatic Special
Honored for : Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Dramatic Special Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

1970


Nominations 1970 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction Hello, Dolly!

1969


Academy Award for Best Production Design
Honored for : Hello, Dolly!

Nominations 1969 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design Hello, Dolly!

1967


Nominations 1967 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design The Taming of the Shrew

1965


Nominations 1965 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design The Agony and the Ecstasy

1963


Academy Award for Best Production Design
Honored for : Cleopatra

Nominations 1963 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design Cleopatra

1959


Nominations 1959 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design The Big Fisherman

1958


Nominations 1958 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design A Certain Smile

1956


Academy Award for Best Production Design
Honored for : The King and I

Nominations 1956 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design The King and I

1955


Nominations 1955 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design Daddy Long Legs

1952


Nominations 1952 »

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Academy Award for Best Production Design The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White My Cousin Rachel

1951


Nominations 1951 »

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Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White The House on Telegraph Hill