Gordon Wiles

American art director

Gordon Wiles
Born	(1904-10-10)October 10, 1904 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	October 17, 1950(1950-10-17) (aged 46)
Occupation(s)	Art director Film director
Years active	1931-1950

Gordon Wiles (October 10, 1904 – October 17, 1950) was an American art director and film director. He won an Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film Transatlantic.^[1]^[2] He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Albert Wiles, was a doctor in Jerseyville, Illinois.

Selected filmography

Transatlantic (art director; 1931)
Almost Married (art director; 1932)
Lady from Nowhere (director; 1936)
Charlie Chan's Secret (director; 1936)
Venus Makes Trouble (director; 1937)
Prison Train (director; 1938)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (director; 1938)
Forced Landing (director; 1941)
The Gangster (director; 1947)

References

^ "NY Times: Transatlantic". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "The 5th Academy Awards (1931/32) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved July 23, 2011.

External links

Gordon Wiles at IMDb
Gordon Wiles at AllMovie

Academy Award for Best Production Design

1927–1939
Interior Decoration

1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies
1929/1929: Cedric Gibbons
1929/1930: Herman Rosse
1930/1931: Max Rée
1931/1932: Gordon Wiles
1932/1933: William S. Darling
1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope
1935: Richard Day
1936: Richard Day
1937: Stephen Goosson
1938: Carl Jules Weyl
1939: Lyle R. Wheeler

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

1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley
1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason

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

1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set)
1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set)
1983: Anna Asp
1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set)
1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set)
1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set)
1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set)
1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set)
1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set)
1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set)
1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set)
1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set)
1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set)
1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set)
1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art)
1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set)
1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set)
1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set)
1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set)
2000: Timmy Yip (art)

2001–present

2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set)
2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set)
2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set)
2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set)
2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set)
2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set)
2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set)
2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set)
2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set)
2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set)
2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set)
2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set)
2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set)
2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set)
2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set)
2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set)
2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set)
2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set)
2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set)
2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set)

v t e Films directed by Gordon Wiles
Blackmailer (1936) Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) Lady from Nowhere (1936) Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936) Venus Makes Trouble (1937) Women of Glamour (1937) Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) Prison Train (1938) Forced Landing (1941) The Gangster (1947)