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Paul Sylbert

Born April 16, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied November 19, 201636 films

Paul Sylbert (April 16, 1928 – November 19, 2016) was an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion.

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Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a dressmaker, Sylbert grew up in the borough's Flatbush neighborhood and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1946. He fought in the Korean War and attended the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania with his identical twin brother Richard.

Early in their careers, they collaborated on Baby Doll and A Face in the Crowd. Sylbert also attended the Hans Hoffman School of Art and The Actors Studio. He is a veteran of the United States Army and served in Korea. Sylbert was a member of the faculty at the Film and Media Arts department of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he taught courses in film studies. He also taught a course called Film: The Creative Process at Temple University in the Spring of 2014.

Sylbert died on November 19, 2016, at the age of 88.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest posterFirst watchOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest19758.4A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering…View film

Essential films

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Kramer vs. Kramer poster7.6Kramer vs. Kramer1979Blow Out poster7.4Blow Out1981Conspiracy Theory poster6.6Conspiracy Theory1997The Wrong Man poster7.1The Wrong Man1956Career Opportunities poster6.9Career Opportunities1991A Face in the Crowd poster7.6A Face in the Crowd1957Heaven Can Wait poster6.7Heaven Can Wait1978Hardcore poster6.8Hardcore1979

Filmography

36 films
  1. 2001To End All WarsProduction Design
  2. 1997Conspiracy TheoryProduction Design
  3. 1997RosewoodProduction Design
  4. 1996The Grass HarpProduction Design
  5. 1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeProduction Design
  6. 1994Milk MoneyProduction Design
  7. 1993SliverProduction Design
  8. 1991The Prince of TidesProduction Design
  9. 1991RushProduction Design
  10. 1991Career OpportunitiesProduction Design
  11. 1988Fresh HorsesProduction Design
  12. 1988Biloxi BluesProduction Design
  13. 1987The Pick-up ArtistProduction Design
  14. 1987NadineProduction Design
  15. 1987IshtarProduction Design
  16. 1985The Journey of Natty GannProduction Design
  17. 1984FirstbornProduction Design
  18. 1984The Pope of Greenwich VillageProduction Design
  19. 1983Gorky ParkProduction Design
  20. 1981WolfenProduction Design
  21. 1981Blow OutProduction Design
  22. 1980ResurrectionProduction Design
  23. 1979Kramer vs. KramerProduction Design
  24. 1979HardcoreProduction Design
  25. 1978Heaven Can WaitProduction Design
  26. 1976Mikey and NickyProduction Design
  27. 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestProduction Design
  28. 1975The Drowning PoolProduction Design
  29. 1972Bad CompanyProduction Design
  30. 1969RiotProduction Design
  31. 1967The Tiger Makes OutProduction Design
  32. 1961Teenage MillionaireArt Direction
  33. 1957A Face in the CrowdArt Direction
  34. 1956Baby DollAssistant Art Director
  35. 1956The Wrong ManArt Direction
  36. 1952Pontius PilateSet Decoration