Hugh Hunt
{{short description|American set decorator}}
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{{Infobox person
|image = Quo Vadis (1951) trailer 8.jpg
| name = Hugh Hunt
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|3|8}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, USA
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|9|1|1902|3|8}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Set decorator
| yearsactive = 1935–1970
}}
Hugh Hunt (March 8, 1902 – September 1, 1988){{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=130272 |title=The Swedish Film Database |access-date=August 5, 2010|work=sfi.se}} was an American set decorator. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for eleven more in the category Best Art Direction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402474/awards |title=IMDb.com: Hugh Hunt - Awards |access-date=December 16, 2008|work=IMDb.com}}
Selected filmography
Hunt won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for eleven more:
;Won
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Julius Caesar (1953)
;Nominated
- Mister Buddwing (1966)
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
- Twilight of Honor (1963)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- Cimarron (1960)
- Raintree County (1957)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
- Quo Vadis (1951)
- The Red Danube (1949)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
- Madame Curie (1943)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0402474|Hugh Hunt}}
{{AcademyAwardBestArtDirection 1941–1960}}
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Category:American set decorators
Category:Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
Category:People from Memphis, Tennessee
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