{{short description|American set decorator}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = Marypoppinssetdesign.jpg | caption = Gausman's set direction from ''Mary Poppins'' | name = Hal Gausman | birth_name = Hal Gordon Gausman | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|11|13}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|06|10|1917|11|13}} | death_place = Oxnard, California | occupation = Set decorator | years_active = 1952–1989 }}
'''Hal Gordon Gausman'''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://memim.com/hal-gausman.html | title=Hal Gausman }}</ref> (November 13, 1917 - June 10, 2003) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.<ref name="Hal">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19790421&id=vP1NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6063,3390115 | title=Set decorator tries to make it 'real' | publisher=The Free-Lance Star | date=April 21, 1979 | access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref>
==Biography== Gausman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1917, as the second son to Harvey Elwood Gausman (1886–1944) and his wife, Maude F. Coffy. His older brother was Harvey Elwood Gausman, Jr. (1913–1981).
Gausman married in 1947, and moved to Oxnard, California. He was hired by Walt Disney in 1961 to be the set decorator for ''The Absent-Minded Professor''. Having done set decorations for films since 1952, Gausman took the offer, and subsequently did set decorations for films including ''Mary Poppins'', ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', ''Escape to Witch Mountain'', ''Back to the Future'' (in which a photo of Gausman was used as former Hill Valley mayor Red Thomas), and ''Jaws: The Revenge''.
Gausman retired from set decorations in 1989, and died at home on June 10, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iatse.net/member-resources/in-memoriam?title=gausman|title=In Memoriam| date=August 29, 2001 |publisher=International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees|access-date=September 29, 2014}}</ref> He was 85 years old.
==Selected filmography== Gausman was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
* ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' (1961) * ''Mary Poppins'' (1964) * ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' (1971) * ''The Island at the Top of the World'' (1974) * ''The Untouchables'' (1987)<ref name="Oscars1988">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988 |title=The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners |access-date=July 31, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
Additional film credits include: * ''Animal House'' (1978) * ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980) * ''Back to the Future'' (1985) * ''Jaws: The Revenge'' (1987)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0310198}}
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