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Wiard B. Ihnen

Scenographer | * 08/05/1897 († 81, 06/22/1979) | Jersey City, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Wiard Boppo "Bill" Ihnen (August 5, 1897 – June 22, 1979) was an American art director. He was active from 1919 to 1960 and won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for Wilson (1944) and Blood on the Sun (1945). He was married to Edith Head. ()

Wiard B. “Bill” Ihnen was an American art director. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of an architect, he first studied his father's profession at Columbia University. He later attended the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Ihnen was married to Edith Head from 1940 until his death in 1979, aged 81.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process. ...

Stagecoach

Certification unknown

1939 | 3.9/5 | 1h 36min
Western, Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance / Love
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Nick Condon, an American journalist in 1945 Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowe ...

Blood on the Sun

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1945 | 2.9/5 | 1h 33min
Action, Drama, War
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The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the U ...

Wilson

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1944 | 2.9/5 | 2h 34min
Romance / Love, Drama, History, Music
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When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest, she manages to expose the crooked police chief and smooth the path for the reform mayoral candidate. ...

Every Day's a Holiday

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1937 | 2.9/5 | 1h 20min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Wiard B. Ihnen

Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
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Movies with Wiard B. Ihnen as Crew(38)

Art/Production Design1956 The King and Four Queens
Art/Set Designer1956 Our Mr. Sun
Art/Art Direction1955 The Indian Fighter
Art/Production Design1954 This Is My Love
Art/Production Design1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
Art/Art Direction1953 I, the Jury
Art/Production Design1952 Rancho Notorious
Art/Production Design1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Art/Production Design1948 The Time of Your Life
Art/Production Design1946 Tomorrow Is Forever
Art/Art Direction1945 It's a Pleasure
Art/Art Direction1945 Along Came Jones
Art/Art Direction1944 Wilson
Art/Art Direction1943 Jane Eyre
Art/Art Direction1943 Crash Dive
Art/Art Direction1942 China Girl
Art/Art Direction1942 Roxie Hart
Art/Art Direction1941 Hudson's Bay
Art/Art Direction1941 Man Hunt
Art/Art Direction1941 Moon Over Miami
Art/Art Direction1941 Tall, Dark and Handsome
Art/Art Direction1940 Maryland
Art/Art Direction1940 The Blue Bird
Art/Art Direction1940 The Return of Frank James
Art/Art Direction1939 Hollywood Cavalcade
Art/Art Direction1937 Every Day's a Holiday
Art/Art Direction1937 Midnight Madonna
Art/Art Direction1936 Go West Young Man
Art/Art Direction1936 Dancing Pirate
Art/Assistant Art Director1935 Becky Sharp
Art/Art Direction1934 Thirty Day Princess
Art/Art Direction1934 The Trumpet Blows
Art/Art Direction1933 Cradle Song
Art/Art Direction1933 Duck Soup
Art/Art Direction1933 Terror Aboard
Art/Art Direction1932 Blonde Venus
Art/Art Direction1923 Potash and Perlmutter
Art/Art Direction1920 The Right to Love

Born: Thursday, 08/05 1897 (August) in Jersey City, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 06/22 1979 (June) in Los Angeles (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Educated at: Columbia University, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Spouses (current/former): Edith Head
Other names for Wiard B. Ihnen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"W.B. Ihnen"
"Ward Ihnen"
"William B. Ihnen"
"Wiard Ihnen"
Wiard B. Ihnen frequently works together with these people:
Thomas Little (13x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (12x, Crew)
Richard Day (11x, Crew)
Travis Banton (8x, Crew)
Alfred Newman (7x, Crew)
Walter Thompson (5x, Crew)
Roger Heman Sr. (5x, Crew)
Leon Shamroy (5x, Crew)
Guy Pearce (5x, Crew)
Emanuel Cohen (4x, Crew)
Ray Curtiss (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:81394, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024