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German art director
Carl Jules Weyl
Born (1890-12-06 ) 6 December 1890Died 12 July 1948(1948-07-12) (aged 57) Other names Karl Felix Julius Weyl
[1] Occupation Art director Years active 1930-1947 Spouse Irma Lois Chase (divorced)
[2]
Carl Jules Weyl (6 December 1890 – 12 July 1948) was a German
art director . He won an
Oscar in the category
Best Art Direction for the film
The Adventures of Robin Hood .
[3] He was also nominated in the same category for the film
Mission to Moscow .
[4]
Early life and education
Weyl was born in
Stuttgart ,
Germany . His father, Karl Friedrich Weyl, was an architect and field engineer of the
Gotthard Rail Tunnel through the Alps. Carl Jules Weyl studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris after architectural training in Berlin, Strasbourg, and Munich.
[5] He served as a first lieutenant of infantry in the German
Reichswehr , according to his World War I draft registration card.[
citation needed ]
Architect and art director
Weyl immigrated to the US on 31 March 1912, according to his 1933 petition for citizenship, on the
SS Königin Luise (1896) . He worked as an architect in California, first in San Francisco for the architect
John W. Reid Jr. , a designer of the
San Francisco Civic Center and many schools. Weyl moved to Los Angeles in 1923, where he designed the
Brown Derby Restaurant #2, the
Hollywood Playhouse , the Gaylord Apartments,
[6] as well as many other buildings and Hollywood estates.
[7] Weyl was best man at the Beverly Hills wedding of film comedian
Harry Langdon in 1929.
[8] When the Depression hit and building commissions dried up, Weyl joined
Cecil B. DeMille Productions,
[9] then
Warner Bros. as an art director. Weyl initially worked as an assistant to
Anton Grot and
Robert M. Haas . His first set for Warner Bros was the fountain in
Footlight Parade .
Death
Weyl died in
Los Angeles, California . He is interred in
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale .
[10]
Selected filmography
References
^ Germany, select births and baptisms, 1558-1898 on ancestry.com
^ 1930 US Census, 1940 US Census
^
"The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners" . Oscars.org . Retrieved 22 July 2011 .
^
"The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners" . Oscars.org . Retrieved 22 July 2011 .
^ Out of the Fountain. New York Times. 3 October 1943
^ Meares, Hadley (21 June 2013).
"The Gaylord Apartments: Luxury, Socialism, and L.A.'s First Failed Co-op" . Departures. KCET. Retrieved 19 March 2016 .
^
Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)
^ Harry Langdon, film star, to wed, 27 July. San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Tuesday, 16 July 1929 Page 8
^ French Normandy Design Employed. Los Angeles Times - 23 November 1930
^
Carl Jules Weyl on findagrave.com
External links
1927–1939 Interior Decoration 1940–1946 Black & White / Color separate
1940 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Paul Groesse / (c):
Vincent Korda
1941 (bw):
Richard Day ,
Nathan Juran ,
Thomas Little / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Urie McCleary ,
Edwin B. Willis
1942 (bw):
Richard Day ,
Joseph C. Wright ,
Thomas Little / (c):
Richard Day ,
Joseph C. Wright ,
Thomas Little
1943 (bw):
James Basevi ,
William S. Darling ,
Thomas Little / (c):
Alexander Golitzen ,
John B. Goodman ,
Russell A. Gausman ,
Ira S. Webb
1944 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
William Ferrari ,
Paul Huldschinsky ,
Edwin B. Willis / (c):
Wiard Ihnen ,
Thomas Little
1945 (bw):
Wiard Ihnen ,
A. Roland Fields / (c):
Hans Dreier ,
Ernst Fegté ,
Samuel M. Comer
1946 (bw):
William S. Darling ,
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
Thomas Little ,
Frank E. Hughes / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Paul Groesse ,
Edwin B. Willis
1947–1956 renamed Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate
1947 (bw):
John Bryan ,
Wilfred Shingleton / (c):
Alfred Junge
1948 (bw):
Roger K. Furse ,
Carmen Dillon / (c):
Hein Heckroth ,
Arthur Lawson
1949 (bw):
Harry Horner ,
John Meehan ,
Emile Kuri / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Paul Groesse ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
Jack D. Moore
1950 (bw):
Hans Dreier ,
John Meehan ,
Samuel M. Comer ,
Ray Moyer / (c):
Hans Dreier ,
Walter Tyler ,
Samuel M. Comer ,
Ray Moyer
1951 (bw):
Richard Day ,
George James Hopkins / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
E. Preston Ames ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
F. Keogh Gleason
1952 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Edward Carfagno ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
F. Keogh Gleason /(c):
Paul Sheriff ,
Marcel Vertès
1953 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Edward Carfagno ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
Hugh Hunt / (c):
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
George Davis ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Paul S. Fox
1954 (bw):
Richard Day / (c):
John Meehan ,
Emile Kuri
1955 (bw):
Hal Pereira ,
Tambi Larsen ,
Samuel M. Comer ,
Arthur Krams / (c):
William Flannery ,
Jo Mielziner ,
Robert Priestley
1956 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Malcolm F. Brown ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
F. Keogh Gleason / (c):
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
John DeCuir ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Paul S. Fox
1957–1958 1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate
1959 (bw):
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
George Davis ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Stuart A. Reiss / (c):
William A. Horning (
posthumous award ),
Edward Carfagno ,
Hugh Hunt
1960 (bw):
Alexandre Trauner ,
Edward G. Boyle /(c):
Alexander Golitzen ,
Eric Orbom (
posthumous award ),
Russell A. Gausman ,
Julia Heron
1961 (bw):
Harry Horner ,
Gene Callahan / (c):
Boris Leven ,
Victor A. Gangelin
1962 (bw):
Alexander Golitzen ,
Henry Bumstead ,
Oliver Emert /(c):
John Box ,
John Stoll ,
Dario Simoni
1963 (bw):
Gene Callahan / (c):
John DeCuir ,
Jack Martin Smith ,
Hilyard M. Brown ,
Herman A. Blumenthal ,
Elven Webb ,
Maurice Pelling ,
Boris Juraga ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Paul S. Fox ,
Ray Moyer
1964 (bw):
Vassilis Photopoulos /(c):
Gene Allen ,
Cecil Beaton ,
George James Hopkins
1965 (bw):
Robert Clatworthy ,
Joseph Kish /(c):
John Box ,
Terence Marsh ,
Dario Simoni
1966 (bw):
Richard Sylbert ,
George James Hopkins / (c):
Jack Martin Smith ,
Dale Hennesy ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Stuart A. Reiss
1967–1980
1967:
John Truscott ,
Edward Carrere ,
John W. Brown
1968:
John Box ,
Terence Marsh ,
Vernon Dixon ,
Ken Muggleston
1969:
John DeCuir ,
Jack Martin Smith ,
Herman A. Blumenthal ,
Walter M. Scott ,
George James Hopkins ,
Raphaël Bretton
1970:
Urie McCleary ,
Gil Parrondo ,
Antonio Mateos ,
Pierre-Louis Thévenet
1971:
John Box ,
Ernest Archer ,
Jack Maxsted ,
Gil Parrondo ,
Vernon Dixon
1972:
Rolf Zehetbauer ,
Jurgen Kiebach ,
Herbert Strabel
1973:
Henry Bumstead ,
James W. Payne
1974:
Dean Tavoularis ,
Angelo P. Graham ,
George R. Nelson
1975:
Ken Adam ,
Roy Walker ,
Vernon Dixon
1976:
George C. Jenkins ,
George Gaines
1977:
John Barry ,
Norman Reynolds ,
Leslie Dilley ,
Roger Christian
1978:
Paul Sylbert ,
Edwin O'Donovan ,
George Gaines
1979:
Philip Rosenberg ,
Tony Walton ,
Edward Stewart ,
Gary J. Brink
1980:
Pierre Guffroy ,
Jack Stephens
1981–2000 2001–present
International National Artists People