Edwin B. Willis

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Edwin B. Willis (b.28 January 1893 in Illinois -d.26 November 1963) was an award-winning motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at MGM studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on 8 occasions. He died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. He was survived by his sister. He never married.

Academy Awards

Interior decoration (Color)

Blossoms in the Dust - 1941
The Yearling - 1946

Interior decoration (Black & white)

Gaslight - 1944

Art direction/Set decoration (Color)

Little Women - 1949
An American in Paris - 1951

Art direction/Set decoration (Black & white)

Academy Award Nominations

Interior decoration

The Great Ziegfeld - 1936
Romeo and Juliet - 1936

Interior decoration (Black & white)

When Ladies Meet - 1941
Random Harvest - 1942
Madame Curie - 1943
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 1945

Interior decoration (Color)

Thousands Cheer - 1943
Kismet - 1944
National Velvet - 1945

Art direction/Set decoration (Black & white)

Madame Bovary - 1949
The Red Danube - 1950
Too Young to Kiss - 1951
Executive Suite - 1954
I'll Cry Tomorrow - 1955
Blackboard Jungle - 1955

Art direction/Set decoration (Color)

Annie Get Your Gun - 1950
The Merry Widow - 1952
Lili - 1953
Young Bess -1953
The Story of Three Loves - 1953
Brigadoon - 1954
Lust For Life - 1956

Art Direction/Set Decoration

Les Girls - 1957
Raintree County - 1957

Edwin B. Willis at the Internet Movie Database

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