John DeCuir - Awards & Nominations

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.

2004

Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame

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 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction	Hello, Dolly!

1969

Academy Award for Best Production Design

Honored for : Hello, Dolly!

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	Hello, Dolly!

1967

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	The Taming of the Shrew

1965

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	The Agony and the Ecstasy

1963

Academy Award for Best Production Design

Honored for : Cleopatra

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	Cleopatra

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	The Big Fisherman

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	A Certain Smile

1956

Academy Award for Best Production Design

Honored for : The King and I

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	The King and I

1955

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	Daddy Long Legs

1952

Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
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 »

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

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