{{short description|Spanish art director}} {{family name hatnote|Parrondo|Rico|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | honorific_prefix = [[The Most Excellent]] | name = Gil Parrondo | honorific_suffix = [[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise|OAXS]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|6|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Luarca]], [[Asturias]], Spain | birth_name = Gil Parrondo Rico | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|24|1921|6|17|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain | occupation = {{flatlist| *[[Art director#In film|Art director]] *[[set decorator]] *[[production designer]]}} | years_active = 1952–2008 }}

'''Gil Parrondo Rico''' <small>[[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise|OAXS]]</small> (17 June 1921 &ndash; 24 December 2016)<ref>[https://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/12/24/actualidad/1482597133_504604.html Muere el director artístico español Gil Parrondo, ganador de dos Oscars] {{in lang|es}}</ref> was a Spanish [[Art director#In film|art director]], [[set decorator]] and [[production designer]]. He won two [[Academy Awards]] and was nominated for another in the category of [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}

[[File:Gil Parrondo in Chipiona, Spain.jpg|thumb|Art Director Gil Parrondo during a location scout in Southern Spain, in 2004]]

==Selected filmography== * ''[[Gloria Mairena]]'' (1952) * ''[[High Fashion (film)|High Fashion]]'' (1954) * ''[[Love on Wheels (1954 film)|Love on Wheels]]'' (1954) * ''[[An Andalusian Gentleman]]'' (1954) * ''[[The Girl from the Red Cabaret]]'' (1973) * ''[[The Grandfather (1998 film)|The Grandfather]]'' (1998)

Parrondo won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another: ;Won * ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970)<ref name="oscars.org 43">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners |access-date=23 July 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' (1971)<ref name="oscars.org 44">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |title=The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners |access-date=23 July 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> ;Nominated * ''[[Travels with My Aunt (film)|Travels with My Aunt]]'' (1972)<ref name="oscars.org 45">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973 |title=The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners |access-date=23 July 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==Honours== * Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts (Kingdom of Spain, 22 June 1983).<ref>[https://boe.es/boe/dias/1983/07/15/pdfs/A19872-19872.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]</ref> * Knight Grand Cross of the [[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise]] (''Posthumous'', Kingdom of Spain, 27 January 2017).<ref>[https://boe.es/boe/dias/2017/02/18/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-1689.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]</ref>

==See also== * [[List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0663597}}

{{Academy Award Best Production Design}} {{Goya Award for Best Art Direction}} {{Authority control}}

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