Occupation set decorator Years active 1942-1970 | Name F. Gleason Role Set decorator | |
Born April 14, 1906 ( 1906-04-14 ) Minnesota, USA Died December 18, 1982, Los Angeles County, California, United States Awards Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White Set decorated Point Blank, The Wings of Eagles Similar People Edwin B Willis, Cedric Gibbons, Adrienne Fazan, Edward Carfagno, Joseph Ruttenberg | ||
Francis Keogh Gleason (April 14, 1906 – December 18, 1982) was a resident set decorator at MGM studios for over 40 years. In that time he won 4 Academy Awards (for An American in Paris in 1951, The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952, Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956 and "Gigi" in 1958) and was nominated an additional 3 times. Gleason graduated from the Minnesota School of Fine Arts (now known as the Minneapolis College of Art and Design) in 1927.
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