Albert S. D'Agostino (December 27, 1892 – March 14, 1970) was an American
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
. He was nominated for five
Academy Awards
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in the category
Best Art Direction.
He worked on 339 films between 1921 and 1959. He was born in
New York City, New York
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and died in
Los Angeles, California
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.
Selected filmography
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Princess O'Hara'' (1935)
D'Agostino was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
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The Magnificent Brute'' (1936)
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The Magnificent Ambersons
''The Magnificent Ambersons'' is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington, the second in his ''Growth'' trilogy after ''The Turmoil'' (1915) and before ''The Midlander'' (1923, retitled ''National Avenue'' in 1927). It won the Pulitzer Prize for fict ...
'' (1942)
* ''
Flight for Freedom'' (1943)
* ''
Step Lively'' (1944)
* ''
Experiment Perilous
''Experiment Perilous'' is a 1944 melodrama set at the turn of the 20th century. The film is based on a 1943 novel of the same name by Margaret Carpenter, and directed by Jacques Tourneur. Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, and Cl ...
'' (1944)
References
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1892 births
1970 deaths
American art directors
Artists from New York City
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