# James Trittipo

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American art director

**James Trittipo** (June 30, 1928 — September 15, 1971) was an American television [art director](/source/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),[1] *[The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)](/source/The_Frank_Sinatra_Show_(CBS))*, *[The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis](/source/The_Frank_Sinatra_Timex_Show%3A_Welcome_Home_Elvis)*, and *[An Evening with Fred Astaire](/source/An_Evening_with_Fred_Astaire)*.[2] Trittipo won Art Direction [Emmy Awards](/source/Emmy_Award) for the [ABC Television](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) variety series *[The Hollywood Palace](/source/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 Pictures Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences) for the [41st Academy Awards](/source/41st_Academy_Awards) on April 14, 1969[3][4] and he designed a set "evocative of waterfront pilings" for [Rod McKuen](/source/Rod_McKuen)'s May 10, 1969 television special on [NBC](/source/NBC).[5] He died of a heart attack at age 43.

## See also

- [Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame](/source/Art_Directors_Guild_Hall_of_Fame)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gould, Jack (March 3, 1959). "The New York Times". {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ADG - Art Directors Guild / IATSE Local 800"](http://www.adg.org/?content=cm&section=14).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Champion Completes Production Staff; Show Plans On Schedule"](https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll4/id/2876/rec/2). *Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections*. [Oscars.org](/source/Oscars.org). April 1, 1969.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Program, Forty-first Annual Academy Awards Presentation"](https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/3667/rec/2). *[Margaret Herrick Library](/source/Margaret_Herrick_Library) Digital Collections*. [Oscars.org](/source/Oscars.org).{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** TV GUIDE, Carolina-Tennessee Edition, May 10-16 1969, p A-10.

## External links

- [James Trittipo](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1302841/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series 1950s William Ferrari / Otis Riggs (1956) Paul Barnes / Albert Heschong (1957) Rouben Ter-Arutunian (1958) Edward Stephenson / Claudio Guzmán (1959) 1960s Ralph Berger and Frank Smith John J. Lloyd (1961) Frank Smith (1962) Carroll Clark and Marvin Aubrey Davis (1963) Warren Clymer (1964) Warren Clymer / Bill Harp and Tom H. John (1965) James Trittipo (1966) No Award (1967) James Trittipo / George Gaines and Jan Scott (1968) Lucien Hafley and Bill Ross (1969) 1970s Earl Carlson and Jan Scott (1970) Peter Roden (1971) Jan Scott (1972) Tom H. John (1973) Jan Scott and Charles Kreiner (1974) Charles Lisanby and Robert Checchi (1975) Tom H. John, John A. Wendell and Wesley Laws (1976) Thomas Azzari / Tim Harvey (1977) Edward Stephenson and Robert Checchi / Tim Harvey (1978) Howard E. Johnson and Richard C. Goddard (1979) 1980s James D. Bissell and Bill Webb (1980) Howard E. Johnson, John M. Dwyer and Robert George Freer (1981) Ira Diamond and Joseph Stone (1982) John W. Corso, Frank Grieco and Robert George Freer (1983) James Hulsey and Bruce Kay (1984) Jeffrey Howard and Robert Lacey Jr. (1985) Jacqueline Webber and Norman Rockett (1986) Jeffrey L. Goldstein and Richard D. Kent / Richard B. Lewis, Bernard P. Cutler and Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer (1987) John B. Mansbridge and Charles Korian (1988) James J. Agazzi and Bill Harp (1989) 1990s Richard D. James and Jim Mees (1990) John C. Mula, Brian Savegar and Kevin Pfeiffer (1991) Woody Crocker, Kenneth Berg and Gene Serdena (1992) Dean Edward Mitzner and Tom Pedigo (1993) Paul Eads and Mary Ann Biddle (1994) Garvin Eddy and Rochelle Moser (1995) Paul Eads, Mindy Roffman and Mary Ann Biddle (1996) Graeme Murray, Gary Pembroke Allen and Shirley Inget (1997) Graeme Murray, Greg Loewen and Shirley Inget (1998) Jon Hutman, Tony Fanning and Ellen Totleben (1999) 2000s Jon Hutman, Tony Fanning and Ellen Totleben (2000) Paul Eads, Mindy Roffman and Jan Pascale (2001) Scott Chambliss, Cece Destefano and Karen Manthey (2002) Aaron Osborne and Jeannie Gunn (2003) Bernt Amadeus Capra, Jeremy Cassells, Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer, Dan Bishop, Roger L. King, Gary Kosko and Sara Andrews (2004) Maria Caso, James J. Murakami, David Potts and Ernie Bishop (2005) Joseph Bennett, Domenico Sinca, Christina Onori (2006) Joseph Bennett, Anthony D. G. Pratt, Carlo Serafin and Christiana Onori (2007) Bob Shaw, Henry Dunn and Rena DeAngelo (2008) Michael Wylie, Kenneth J. Creber and Halina Siwolop (2009) 2010s Tom Conroy, Colman Corish and Chrispian Sallis (2010) Bob Shaw, Doug Huszti and Debra Schutt (2011) Bill Groom, Adam Scher and Carol Silverman / Gemma Jackson, Frank Walsh and Tina Jones (2012) Bill Groom, Adam Scher and Carol Silverman (2013)

v t e Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame (2000s) 2005 Wilfred Buckland Richard Day John DeCuir Anton Grot Boris Leven William Cameron Menzies Van Nest Polglase 2006 John Box Hans Dreier Cedric Gibbons Jan Scott Alexandre Trauner 2007 Hilyard M. Brown Henry Bumstead Carroll Clark Stephen Goosson Harry Horner 2008 Edward Carfagno Stephen B. Grimes Dale Hennesy James Trittipo Lyle R. Wheeler 2009 Ted Haworth Joseph McMillan "Mac" Johnson Romain Johnston John Meehan Harold Michelson Complete list 2000s 2010s 2020s

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