Occupation Set decorator Years active 1952-1989 | Name Hal Gausman Role Set decorator | |
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Born November 13, 1917 ( 1917-11-13 ) Los Angeles County, California Parents Maude F. Coffy, Harvey Elwood Gausman Siblings Harvey Elwood Gausman, Jr. Nominations Academy Award for Best Production Design Similar People Emile Kuri, Peter Ellenshaw, Lawrence G Paull, Cotton Warburton, Patrizia von Brandenstein | ||
Hal Gausman (November 13, 1917 – June 10, 2003) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
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Life
Gausman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1917 to Harvey Elwood Gausman (1886-1944) and his wife, Maude F. Coffy. He was the younger brother to Harvey Elwood Gausman, Jr. (1913-1981). He married in 1947, and moved to Oxnard, in Ventura County, California.
He was hired by Walt Disney in 1961, to be the set decorator for The Absent-Minded Professor. Having done set decorations for films since 1952, Gausman took the offer, and since then has done set decorations for films including Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Escape to Witch Mountain, Back to the Future and Jaws: The Revenge.
Death
Gausman retired from set decorations in 1989, and died at home on June 10, 2003. He was 85 years old.
Selected filmography
Gausman was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
Additional film credits include: