Joseph C. Wright

{{Short description|American art director}} {{Other people|Joseph Wright|Joseph Wright (disambiguation){{!}}Joseph Wright}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Joseph C. Wright | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|8|19}} | birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|2|24|1892|8|19}} | death_place = [[Oceanside, California]] | occupation = Art director | years_active = 1923-1969 }}

'''Joseph C. Wright''' was an American [[Art director#In film|art director]]. He won two [[Academy Awards]] and was nominated for ten more in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]. He worked on 86 films between 1923 and 1969. He was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and died in [[Oceanside, California]].

==Academy Awards== Wright won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated a further ten times:

;Wins * ''[[This Above All (film)|This Above All]]'' (1942)<ref name="providence 2014">{{cite web |author1=Staff Writer |title=1942 Oscar statuette goes for $79,200 at R.I. auction |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/2014/06/24/20140623-1942-oscar-statue-goes-for-79200-at-r-i-auction-ece/35344180007/ |website=The Providence Journal |date=June 23, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[My Gal Sal]]'' (1942)<ref name="providence 2014"/>{{efn|In 2014, his Oscar statuette for ''My Gal Sal'', was auctioned off for $79,200 by his nephew who had inherited the statue after Wright's death<ref name="providence 2014"/>}}

;Nominated * ''[[Down Argentine Way]]'' (1940) * ''[[Lillian Russell (film)|Lillian Russell]]'' (1940) * ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]'' (1941) * ''[[The Gang's All Here (1943 film)|The Gang's All Here]]'' (1943) * ''[[Come to the Stable]]'' (1949) * ''[[On the Riviera]]'' (1951) * ''[[Guys and Dolls (film)|Guys and Dolls]]'' (1955) * ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' (1955) * ''[[Flower Drum Song (film)|Flower Drum Song]]'' (1961) * ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'' (1962)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0942532}}

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