Edward Carfagno

{{Short description|American art director (1907–1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Edward Carfagno | image = Edward Carfagno (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Carfagno, circa 1941–42 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|11|28}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|12|28|1907|11|28}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], United States | occupation = [[Art director#In film|art director]] | years_active= 1939–1989 }}

'''Edward Carfagno''' (November 28, 1907 – December 28, 1996) was an [[Art director#In film|art director]] who established himself in the 1950s with his [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning work on such films as [[Vincente Minnelli]]'s ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]'' (1952), [[Joseph Mankiewicz]]'s ''[[Julius Caesar (1953 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1953) and [[William Wyler]]'s ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959)<ref name="Oscars1960">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 |title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-21 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094204/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/32nd-winners.html |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> . Carfagno went on to work consistently on a variety of films, including five collaborations with [[Clint Eastwood]] including ''[[Tightrope (film)|Tightrope]]'' (1984) and ''[[Heartbreak Ridge]]'' (1987).

Carfagno began working at [[MGM]] in 1933, and was also a member of the US's [[1940 Summer Olympics|1940 Olympic]] [[fencing]] team.

==See also== * [[Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame]]

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0137063}}

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