Aug 4, 2010

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Oscar winning production designer Robert F. Boyle dead at 100

He had a long, distinguished career and worked with many of the greats.

From The New York Times:

Robert F. Boyle, the eminent Hollywood production designer who created some of the most memorable scenes and images in cinematic history —Cary Gran clinging to Mount Rushmore in “North by Northwest,” the bird’s-eye view of the seagull attack in”The Birds” the colorfully ramshackle shtetl for”Fiddler on the Roof”— died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 100.

He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and lived in Los Angeles, a son-in-law, John Biddle, said.

Mr. Boyle worked on more than 80 films as art director or production designer, synonyms for a job he once defined as “being responsible for the space in which a film takes place.”…..

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