William A. Horning

American art director

William A. Horning

Born| (1904-11-09)November 9, 1904

Missouri

Died| March 2, 1959(1959-03-02) (aged 54)

Los Angeles, California

Occupation| Art director
Years active| 1931-1959
Employer| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1931–1959)[1]

William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 - March 2, 1959) was an American art director and two-time Academy Award winner.[2]

## Career

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He joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931 as a draftsman and became an assistant to the studio's supervising art director Cedric Gibbons in 1936.[1]

Together with Gibbons, he received his first Academy Award nomination in 1937 for Best Art Direction for Conquest. Two years later, he received another nomination for The Wizard of Oz. He waited 12 years for his next nomination for Quo Vadis.

Following Gibbons' retirement in 1956, he became the studio's supervising art director. His first Academy Award nominations without Gibbons was for Les Girls and Raintree Country in 1957.

The week before he died, Horning received another nomination for Best Art Direction for Gigi and at the 31st Academy Awards ceremony in April, he received a posthumous Academy Award.

The following year, he received two additional posthumous Oscar nominations (bringing his nominations total to eight), one for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and another for the 1959 epic film Ben-Hur. At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Horning won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Ben-Hur, that year's Best Picture winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only person ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies.

## Personal life

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He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. Together they had three sons.[1]

## See also

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* List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Obituaries". Variety. March 11, 1959. p. 86. Retrieved June 23, 2019 - via Archive.org.
2. ^ "IMDb.com: William A. Horning - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

## External links

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* William A. Horning at IMDb

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Academy Award for Best Production Design

1927–1939
Interior Decoration|

* 1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies
* 1929/1929: Cedric Gibbons
* 1929/1930: Herman Rosse
* 1930/1931: Max Rée
* 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles
* 1932/1933: William S. Darling
* 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope
* 1935: Richard Day
* 1936: Richard Day
* 1937: Stephen Goosson
* 1938: Carl Jules Weyl
* 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler

1940–1946
Black & White
/ Color separate|

* 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda
* 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis
* 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
* 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
* 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little
* 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer
* 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis

1947–1956 renamed
Art Direction
\- Set Decoration
Black & White
/ Color separate|

* 1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge
* 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson
* 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
* 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
* 1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
* 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès
* 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
* 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri
* 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley
* 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox

1957–1958|

* 1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley
* 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason

1959–1966
Black & White
/ Color separate|

* 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt
* 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
* 1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin
* 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni
* 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
* 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins
* 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni
* 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

1967–1980|

* 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown
* 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston
* 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton
* 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet
* 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon
* 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel
* 1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne
* 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson
* 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon
* 1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines
* 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian
* 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines
* 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink
* 1980: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens

1981–2000|

* 1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set)
* 1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set)
* 1983: Anna Asp
* 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set)
* 1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set)
* 1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set)
* 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set)
* 1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set)
* 1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set)
* 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set)
* 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set)
* 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set)
* 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set)
* 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set)
* 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art)
* 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set)
* 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set)
* 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set)
* 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set)
* 2000: Timmy Yip (art)

2001–present|

* 2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set)
* 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set)
* 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set)
* 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
* 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set)
* 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set)
* 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
* 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set)
* 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set)
* 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set)
* 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set)
* 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set)
* 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set)
* 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set)
* 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set)
* 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set)
* 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set)
* 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set)
* 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set)
* 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set)
* 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set)
* 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set)
* 2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set)

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