{{short description|American art director}} {{for|the Scottish fencer|Gordon Wiles (fencer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Gordon Wiles | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|10|10}} | birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|10|17|1904|10|10}} | death_place = | occupation = Art director<br>Film director | years_active = 1931-1950 }}

'''Gordon Wiles''' (October 10, 1904 &ndash; October 17, 1950) was an American [[Art director#In film|art director]] and [[film director]]. He won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] for the film ''[[Transatlantic (1931 film)|Transatlantic]]''.<ref name="NY Times">{{Cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/114339/Transatlantic/details|title=NY Times: Transatlantic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017091056/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/114339/Transatlantic/details|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2012|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref><ref name="oscars.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933 |title=The 5th Academy Awards (1931/32) Nominees and Winners |access-date=July 23, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> He was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. His father, Albert Wiles, was a doctor in Jerseyville, Illinois.

==Selected filmography== * ''[[Transatlantic (1931 film)|Transatlantic]]'' (art director; 1931) * ''[[Almost Married (1932 film)|Almost Married]]'' (art director; 1932) * ''[[Lady from Nowhere]]'' (director; 1936) * ''[[Charlie Chan's Secret]]'' (director; 1936) * ''[[Venus Makes Trouble]]'' (director; 1937) * ''[[Prison Train]]'' (director; 1938) * ''[[Mr. Boggs Steps Out]]'' (director; 1938) * ''[[Forced Landing (1941 film)|Forced Landing]]'' (director; 1941) * ''[[The Gangster (1947 film)|The Gangster]]'' (director; 1947)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0928781|Gordon Wiles}}

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