{{short description|Set decorator}} {{about||the English cricketer|Robert Priestley (cricketer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Robert Priestley | birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|6|12}} | birth_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | death_date = {{Death date and age |1986|11|27|1901|6|12}} | death_place = [[San Diego]], [[California]] | occupation = [[Set decorator]] | yearsactive = 1942–1968 }}

'''Robert Priestley''' (June 12, 1901 &ndash; November 27, 1986) was an [[Americans|American]] [[set decorator]]. He won two [[Academy Awards]] 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/nm0697369/awards |title=IMDb.com: Robert Priestley – Awards |access-date=December 22, 2008|work=IMDb.com}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== Priestley won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another: ;Won * ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'' (1955) * ''[[Sayonara]]'' (1957) ;Nominated * ''[[Marty (film)|Marty]]'' (1955)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0697369}}

{{AcademyAwardBestArtDirection 1941–1960}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Priestley, Robert}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1986 deaths]] [[Category:American set decorators]] [[Category:Best Production Design Academy Award winners]] [[Category:People from Manhattan]] [[Category:20th-century American people]]

{{US-setdecorator-stub}}