{{Short description|American art director}} '''James Trittipo''' (June 30, 1928 — September 15, 1971) was an American television [[art director]] and stage set designer in New York and Hollywood, known for his designs of television variety shows including ''The Bing Crosby Show'' (ABC-March 2, 1959),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gould |first1=Jack |title=The New York Times |date=March 3, 1959}}</ref> ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)]]'', ''[[The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis]]'', and ''[[An Evening with Fred Astaire]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adg.org/?content=cm&section=14|title = ADG - Art Directors Guild / IATSE Local 800}}</ref> Trittipo won Art Direction [[Emmy Award]]s for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Television]] variety series ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'' and ''An Evening with Fred Astaire''. He was the art director on behalf of both ABC Television and the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]] for the [[41st Academy Awards]] on April 14, 1969<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 1969 |title=Champion Completes Production Staff; Show Plans On Schedule |url=https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll4/id/2876/rec/2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240625192359/https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll4/id/2876/rec/2 |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |website=Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections |publisher=[[Oscars.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Program, Forty-first Annual Academy Awards Presentation |url=https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/3667/rec/2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240702002357/https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/3667/rec/2 |archive-date=July 2, 2024 |website=[[Margaret Herrick Library]] Digital Collections |publisher=[[Oscars.org]]}}</ref> and he designed a set "evocative of waterfront pilings" for [[Rod McKuen]]'s May 10, 1969 television special on [[NBC]].<ref>TV GUIDE, Carolina-Tennessee Edition, May 10-16 1969, p A-10.</ref> He died of a heart attack at age 43.

==See also== * [[Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame]]

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|1302841}}

{{Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series}} {{Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame (2000s)}}

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