William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American two-time

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winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. Together they had three sons. He joined

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in 1931 as a draftsman and became an assistant to the studio's supervising art director

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in 1936. Together with Gibbons, he received his first

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

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Oscar nominations (bringing his nominations total to eight), one for Alfred Hitchcock's ''

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'' and another for the

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epic film '' Ben-Hur''. At the

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ceremony, Horning won the

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for '' Ben-Hur'', that year's

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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.

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* 1904 births 1959 deaths American art directors Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives People from Missouri {{US-artdirector-stub

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