Cause of death Cancer Siblings Verna B. Willis Role Set designer | Name Edwin Willis Years active 1925-1957 | |
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Other names Edwin B. WillisEdwin Willis Occupation Motion picture set designer & decorator Died November 26, 1963, Hollywood, California, United States Spouse Naomi Agnes Willis (m. 1922–1930) Awards Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White Similar People Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Lyle R Wheeler, Arthur Krams, Douglas Shearer | ||
Art Direction Winners: 1957 Oscars
Edwin Booth Willis (January 28, 1893 – November 26, 1963) was an American motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on eight occasions. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. He was survived by his sister, Verna B. Willis, Film Editor for MGM Studios, (hired by Dorothy Asner) and niece, Ouida L. Burchfield, hat designer, and designer of Christmas decor sold nationally.
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Academy Awards
Interior decoration (Color)
Interior decoration (Black & white)
Art direction/Set decoration (Color)
Art direction/Set decoration (Black & white)
Academy Award Nominations
Interior decoration
Interior decoration (Black & white)
Interior decoration (Color)
Art direction/Set decoration (Black & white)
Art direction/Set decoration (Color)
Art Direction/Set Decoration