James Trittipo (June 30, 1928 — September 15, 1971) was an American television
art director and stage set designer in New York and Hollywood, known for his designs of television variety shows including ''The Bing Crosby Show'' (ABC-March 2, 1959), ''
The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)'', ''
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis'', and ''
An Evening with Fred Astaire''. Trittipo won Art Direction
Emmy Awards for the
ABC Television variety series ''
The Hollywood Palace
''The Hollywood Palace'' was an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it was seen Monday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. Titl ...
'' and ''An Evening with Fred Astaire''. He designed a set "evocative of waterfront pilings" for
Rod McKuen's May 10, 1969 television special on
NBC
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.
[TV GUIDE, Carolina-Tennessee Edition, May 10-16 1969, p A-10.] He died of a heart attack at age 43.
See also
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Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry.
2005 inductees
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American art directors
1971 deaths
1928 births