{{Short description|British art director (1903–1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Paul Sheriff | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Moscow]], Russia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|9|25|1903|11|13|df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = Art director | years_active = 1940-1960 }}

'''Paul Sheriff''' (13 November 1903 &ndash; 25 September 1960) was a Russian-born British [[art director]]. In early life he used the names '''Paul Schouvaloff''',<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=106581|first=Kate|last=Dorney|title=Schouvaloff, Alexander}}</ref> or '''Paul Shouvalov'''.<ref name="Clarke">{{Cite book|title=Pseudonyms|author=Joseph F. Clarke|publisher=BCA|date=1977|page=149}}</ref><ref>Also Pawel Alexandrowitsch Schuwalow ({{lang|ru|Павел Александрович Шувалов}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}</ref> He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and was nominated for another in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]].<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792293/awards |title=IMDb.com: Paul Sheriff - Awards |access-date=20 December 2008|work=IMDb.com}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''[[The Divorce of Lady X]]'' (1938) * ''[[French Without Tears (film)|French Without Tears]]'' (1940) * ''[[Freedom Radio]]'' (1941) * ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' (1944) * ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952) * ''[[Three Cases of Murder]]'' (1955) * ''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]'' (1957)

==Awards and nominations== Sheriff won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another:

===Won=== * ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952)

===Nominated=== * ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' (1944)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0792293|Paul Sheriff}}

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