Carroll Clark (February 6, 1894 – May 17, 1968) was an American
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
. He was nominated for seven
Academy Awards
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in the category
Best Art Direction.
He worked on 173 films between 1927 and 1968. He was born in
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the population was 82,376 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Mountain V ...
and died in
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city located primarily in the Verdugo Mountains region, with a small portion in the San Fernando Valley, of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located about north of downtown Los Angeles.
As of 2024, Glendale ha ...
.
Early filmography
Award Nominations
Clark was nominated for seven Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
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The Gay Divorcee
''The Gay Divorcee'' is a 1934 American Musical film, musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes (actor, born 1906), Erik ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Top Hat
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'' (1935)
* ''
A Damsel in Distress'' (1937)
* ''
Flight for Freedom'' (1943)
* ''
Step Lively'' (1944)
* ''
The Absent-Minded Professor
''The Absent-Minded Professor'' is a 1961 American science fiction comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is based on the 1943 short story "A Situation of Gravity" (May 22, 1943 ''Liberty'') by ...
'' (1961)
* ''
Mary Poppins Mary Poppins may refer to:
* Mary Poppins (character), a nanny with magical powers
* Mary Poppins (franchise), based on the fictional nanny
** Mary Poppins (book series), ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fanta ...
'' (1964)
See also
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Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry.
Inductees 2005
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References
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1894 births
1968 deaths
American art directors
People from Mountain View, California
American production designers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Disney people
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
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