Paul Sheriff (13 November 1903 – 25 September 1960) was a Russian-born British
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
. In early life he used the names Paul Schouvaloff, or Paul Shouvalov.
[Also Pawel Alexandrowitsch Schuwalow ()] He won an
Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category
Best Art Direction
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Divorce of Lady X'' (1938)
* ''
French Without Tears'' (1940)
* ''
Freedom Radio'' (1941)
* ''
Henry V'' (1944)
* ''
Moulin Rouge'' (1952)
* ''
Three Cases of Murder'' (1955)
* ''
Interpol'' (1957)
Awards and nominations
Sheriff won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another:
Won
* ''
Moulin Rouge'' (1952)
Nominated
* ''
Henry V'' (1944)
References
External links
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1903 births
1960 deaths
British art directors
Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom
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