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Gil Parrondo Rico OAXS (17 June 1921 – 24 December 2016) was a Spanish 
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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 ...
, set decorator and production designer. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another in the category of 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 ...
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Selected filmography
* '' High Fashion'' (1954) * ''An Andalusian Gentleman
''An Andalusian Gentleman'' (Spanish:''Un caballero andaluz'') is a 1954 Spanish musical film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Jorge Mistral, Carmen Sevilla and Manuel Luna.Mira p.280
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gil Pa ...
'' (1954)
* ''The Girl from the Red Cabaret
''The Girl from the Red Cabaret'' (Spanish: ''La chica del Molino Rojo'') is a 1973 Spanish musical drama film directed by Eugenio Martín and starring Marisol, Renaud Verley and Mel Ferrer.Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema p.198
The film' ...
'' (1973)
* '' The Grandfather'' (1998)
Parrondo won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another:
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* ''Patton
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'' (1970)
* '' Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971)
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* ''Travels with My Aunt
''Travels with My Aunt'' (1969) is a novel written by English author Graham Greene.
The novel follows the travels of Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric Aunt Augusta as they find their way across Europe, and eventually ev ...
'' (1972)
Honours
* Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts (Kingdom of Spain, 22 June 1983). * Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (''Posthumous'', Kingdom of Spain, 27 January 2017)./ref>
See also
* List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nomineesReferences
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parrondo, Gil 1921 births 2016 deaths People from Asturias Spanish art directors Spanish set decorators Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Spanish production designers Recipients of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise