Occupation Art director Spouse Edith Head (m. 1940–1979) Role Film Art Director | Name Wiard Ihnen Years active 1919-1960 Education Columbia University | |
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Born August 5, 1897 ( 1897-08-05 ) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. Died June 22, 1979, Los Angeles, California, United States Awards Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White Art directed Duck Soup, The Blue Bird, The Indian Fighter Similar People Edith Head, Richard Day, Hans Dreier, Leon Shamroy, Lamar Trotti | ||
Wiard B. "Bill" Ihnen (August 5, 1897 – June 22, 1979) was an American art director.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of an architect, he first studied his father's profession at Columbia University. He later attended the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Ihnen was married to Edith Head from 1940 until his death from prostate cancer in 1979, aged 81. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, next to his wife, Edith Head.
Selected filmography
Ihnen won two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
References
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