Paul Groesse
art director · production designer
- February 28, 1906 · Austria–Hungary
- May 4, 1987 · Woodland Hills
- 81 years
- pneumonia
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Paul Groesse, 81, Hungarian-born American Academy Award–winning art director, pneumonia.
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|Paul Groesse (28 February 1906 – 4 May 1987) was a Hungarian-born American art director. He won three Academy Awards and was nominated for another eight in the category Best Art Direction.
Academy Awards
Groesse won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated a further eight times in the same category:
- Won
- Pride and Prejudice (1940)
- The Yearling (1946)
- Little Women (1949)
- Nominated
- Madame Curie (1943)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- Too Young to Kiss (1951)
- The Merry Widow (1952)
- Lili (1953)
- The Music Man (1962)
- Twilight of Honor (1963)
- Mister Buddwing (1966)
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