Mel Bourne
{{Short description|Production designer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Mel Bourne
| birthname = Melvin B. Bornstein
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|22}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|1|14|1923|11|22}}
| death_place = New York City, New York
| occupation = Production designer
Art director
| spouse = {{marriage|Sarah Marshall|1952|1957|end=divorced}}
| children = 1
| yearsactive = 1950–2000
}}
Mel Bourne (November 22, 1923 – January 14, 2003) was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100080/awards |title=IMDb.com: Mel Bourne - Awards |accessdate=December 31, 2008|work=IMDb.com}} He was born Melvin B. Bornstein in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Frieda and Max Bornstein.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Mel-Bourne.html|title=Mel Bourne Biography (1923-)|website=www.filmreference.com|accessdate=September 18, 2018}}
Family
Bourne married actress Sarah Marshall June 13, 1952.{{cite news|title=Love Laughs at Jinx (caption)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58060933/|accessdate=May 1, 2015|agency=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=June 14, 1952|page=2}} They had one child, Timothy Bourne, and they divorced in 1957.{{cite web |authorlink1=Robert Simonson|last1=Simonson |first1=Robert |title=Sarah Marshall, Tony-Nominated English Actress, Dies at 80 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sarah-marshall-tony-nominated-english-actress-dies-at-801-215593/print |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203951/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sarah-marshall-tony-nominated-english-actress-dies-at-801-215593/print |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |website=Playbill |accessdate=May 1, 2015 |date=January 21, 2014 }}
Selected filmography
Bourne was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
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External links
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Category:American art directors
Category:American production designers
Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
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