Victor J. Zolfo is a set decorator who has worked in the film industry since the late 1980s. Zolfo won the

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for Best Art Direction and the

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for the 2008 film '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'', sharing the awards for the film with art director and production designer Donald Graham Burt. He was also part of the 20-person team who won the

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's Excellence in Production Design Award for ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. Zolfo is the son of an art director who worked at a publishing house in New York City. After Zolfo went to college, he worked as a

set dresser A set dresser in drama (theater, film etc.) prepares the set with props and furniture to give it correct appearance and make sure each item is in correct position for each performance. In film Set dressers arrange objects on a film set before rolli ...

in theater. He assisted set decorators in several films before entering the mainstream as a set decorator for ''

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''.

Filmography

*'' Forever, Lulu'' (1987) *''

'' (1998) *'' The Thirteenth Floor'' (1999) *''

Mystery Men ''Mystery Men'' is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut) and written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's '' Flaming Carrot Comics'', and starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azar ...

'' (1999) *'' The Patriot'' (2000) *''

The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively for ...

'' (2002) *'' Daredevil'' (2003) *''

The Day After Tomorrow ''The Day After Tomorrow'' is a 2004 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book '' The Coming Global Superstorm'' by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film stars De ...

'' (2004) *'' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) *'' Yes Man'' (2008) *'' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008) *''

Terminator Salvation ''Terminator Salvation'' is a 2009 American military science fiction action film directed by McG and written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. It is the fourth installment of the ''Terminator'' franchise and serves as a sequel to '' Termi ...

'' (2009) *''

The Social Network ''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book ''The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networking websi ...

'' (2010) *''

Real Steel ''Real Steel'' is a 2011 American science fiction sports drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures. The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Mathe ...

'' (2011) *'' The Avengers'' (2012) *'' Blackhat'' (2015) *''

The Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover dated Nov. 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the fir ...

'' (2015) *''

Deepwater Horizon ''Deepwater Horizon'' was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by BP. On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion ...

'' (2016) *'' Alien: Covenant'' (2017) *'' Gemini Man'' (2019)

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