# Gil Parrondo

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Spanish art director

In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Parrondo* and the second or maternal family name is *Rico*.

The Most Excellent Gil Parrondo OAXS Born Gil Parrondo Rico (1921-06-17)17 June 1921 Luarca, Asturias, Spain Died 24 December 2016(2016-12-24) (aged 95) Madrid, Spain Occupations Art director set decorator production designer Years active 1952–2008

**Gil Parrondo Rico** [OAXS](/source/Civil_Order_of_Alfonso_X%2C_the_Wise) (17 June 1921 – 24 December 2016)[1] was a Spanish [art director](/source/Art_director#In_film), [set decorator](/source/Set_decorator) and [production designer](/source/Production_designer). He won two [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) and was nominated for another in the category of [Best Art Direction](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Art Director Gil Parrondo during a location scout in Southern Spain, in 2004

## Selected filmography

- *[Gloria Mairena](/source/Gloria_Mairena)* (1952)

- *[High Fashion](/source/High_Fashion_(film))* (1954)

- *[Love on Wheels](/source/Love_on_Wheels_(1954_film))* (1954)

- *[An Andalusian Gentleman](/source/An_Andalusian_Gentleman)* (1954)

- *[The Girl from the Red Cabaret](/source/The_Girl_from_the_Red_Cabaret)* (1973)

- *[The Grandfather](/source/The_Grandfather_(1998_film))* (1998)

Parrondo won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another:

**Won**

- *[Patton](/source/Patton_(film))* (1970)[2]

- *[Nicholas and Alexandra](/source/Nicholas_and_Alexandra)* (1971)[3]

**Nominated**

- *[Travels with My Aunt](/source/Travels_with_My_Aunt_(film))* (1972)[4]

## Honours

- Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts (Kingdom of Spain, 22 June 1983).[5]

- Knight Grand Cross of the [Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise](/source/Civil_Order_of_Alfonso_X%2C_the_Wise) (*Posthumous*, Kingdom of Spain, 27 January 2017).[6]

## See also

- [List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees](/source/List_of_Spanish_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Muere el director artístico español Gil Parrondo, ganador de dos Oscars](https://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/12/24/actualidad/1482597133_504604.html) (in Spanish)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-oscars.org_43_2-0)** ["The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners"](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971). *oscars.org*. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-oscars.org_44_3-0)** ["The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners"](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972). *oscars.org*. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-oscars.org_45_4-0)** ["The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners"](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973). *oscars.org*. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Boletín Oficial del Estado](https://boe.es/boe/dias/1983/07/15/pdfs/A19872-19872.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Boletín Oficial del Estado](https://boe.es/boe/dias/2017/02/18/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-1689.pdf)

## External links

- [Gil Parrondo](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663597/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design Interior Decoration (1927–1939) 1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1928/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler Black & White / Color (1940–1946) 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, and Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, and Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, and Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, and Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, and Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen and Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen and A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, and Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, and Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, and Edwin B. Willis Art Direction–Set Decoration Black & White / Color (1947–1956) 1947 (bw): John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth and Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, and Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, and Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day and George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff and Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan and Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, and Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1957–1958 1957: Ted Haworth and Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and F. Keogh Gleason Black & White / Color (1959–1966) 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle / (c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, and Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner and Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, and Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, and Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, and Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos / (c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, and George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy and Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, and Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert and George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss 1967–1980 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, and John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, and Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, and Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, and Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, and Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, and George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, and Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins and George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, and Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, and George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, and Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens 1981–2000 1981: Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing (art); Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp (art) 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein (art); Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes (art); Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow (art); Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti (art); Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig (art); Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst (art); Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art) 2001–present 2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set) 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set) 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set) 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set) 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set) 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set) 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set) 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set) 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set) 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set) 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set) 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set) 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set) 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set) 2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set) 2024: Nathan Crowley (art); Lee Sandales (set) 2025: Tamara Deverell (art); Shane Vieau (set)

v t e Goya Award for Best Art Direction 1986: Félix Murcia 1987: Rafael Palmero 1988: Wolfgang Burmann 1989: Ramiro Gómez and Javier Artiñano 1990: Rafael Palmero 1991: Félix Murcia 1992: Juan Botella 1993: Félix Murcia 1994: Gil Parrondo 1995: José Luis Arrizabalaga and Arturo García "Biaffra" 1996: Félix Murcia 1997: Félix Murcia 1998: Gerardo Vera 1999: Pierre-Louis Thévenet 2000: Gil Parrondo 2001: Benjamín Fernández 2002: Salvador Parra 2003: César Macarrón 2004: Gil Parrondo 2005: Gil Parrondo 2006: Benjamín Fernández 2007: Josep Rosell 2008: Antxón Gómez 2009: Guy Hendrix Dyas 2010: Ana Alvargonzález 2011: Juan Pedro de Gaspar 2012: Alain Bainée 2013: José Luis Arrizabalaga and Arturo García "Biaffra" 2014: Pepe Domínguez 2015: Antón Laguna 2016: Eugenio Caballero 2017: Mikel Serrano 2018: Juan Pedro de Gaspar 2019: Juan Pedro de Gaspar 2020: Mikel Serrano 2021: Balter Gallart 2022: Pepe Domínguez del Olmo 2023: Alain Bainée 2024: Javier Alvariño 2025: Laia Ateca Font

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