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Joan Ruth Fraenkel. . (m. 1952) . Children. 3; including James and Christopher. Harry Horner (July 24, 1910 – December 5, 1994) was a Czech -born American art director who made a successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar -winning art director and as a feature film and television director. [1] He was the father of Academy Award -winning film ...
Best Picture - Noel Pearson, Producer Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton
Dec 9, 1994 · Harry Horner, performing arts designer and director who won Academy Awards for his work on the films “The Heiress” and “The Hustler,” has died. He was 84.
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman Best Motion Picture - Joshua Logan, Producer
He won the first of two Academy Awards for The Heiress (1949) (in collaboration with John Meehan), having done meticulous and painstaking research on period detail, collecting numerous contemporary photographs.
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- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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- Director, Production Designer, Producer
Horner gave up directing in 1959 and turned full-time to art direction. From that point on, he produced wonderfully detailed and nuanced designs in a variety of genres. For The Hustler (1961) he created a dark world of seedy pool hustlers and small-time criminals; and he won his second Oscar®.
Best Picture - Jacques Perrin and Hamed Rachedi, Producers Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Jorge Semprun, Costa-Gavras
