{{short description|American set decorator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = Quo Vadis (1951) trailer 8.jpg | name = Hugh Hunt | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|3|8}} | birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], USA | death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|9|1|1902|3|8}} | death_place = | occupation = Set decorator | years_active = 1935–1970 }}

'''Hugh Hunt''' (March 8, 1902 &ndash; September 1, 1988)<ref name="sfi.se">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=130272 |title=The Swedish Film Database |access-date=August 5, 2010|work=sfi.se}}</ref> was an American [[set decorator]]. He won two [[Academy Awards]] and was nominated for eleven more in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]].<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402474/awards |title=IMDb.com: Hugh Hunt - Awards |access-date=December 16, 2008|work=IMDb.com}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== Hunt won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for eleven more: ;Won * ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959) * ''[[Julius Caesar (1953 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1953) ;Nominated * ''[[Mister Buddwing]]'' (1966) * ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964) * ''[[Twilight of Honor]]'' (1963) * ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962) * ''[[Cimarron (1960 film)|Cimarron]]'' (1960) * ''[[Raintree County (film)|Raintree County]]'' (1957) * ''[[I'll Cry Tomorrow]]'' (1955) * ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951) * ''[[The Red Danube]]'' (1949) * ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1945) * ''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' (1943)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0402474|Hugh Hunt}}

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