Robert W. Laing

{{short description|British production designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Robert W. Laing | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Production designer<br>Art director<br>Set decorator | yearsactive = 1968–2000 }} '''Robert W. Laing''' is a British [[production designer]], [[art director#In film|art director]] and [[set decorator]]. 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="theoscarsite.com">{{Cite web|url=http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho5/laing_r.htm |title=Robert W. Laing |access-date=2011-01-28|work=theoscarsite.com}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== Laing won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another:<ref name=OscarDB>{{cite web|access-date=December 28, 2008 |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1230488976332 |title=Academy Awards database |format=search on Laing}}</ref> ;Won for ''Art Direction'' at the [[55th Academy Awards]] for: * ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982) - Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton

;Nominated for ''Art Direction'' at the [[45th Academy Awards]] for * ''[[Travels with My Aunt (film)|Travels with My Aunt]]'' (1972) - John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0481925}}

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