# Samuel M. Comer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_M._Comer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_M._Comer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_M._Comer > Source revision: 1320106655 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American set decorator (1893–1974) Samuel M. Comer Born (1893-07-13)July 13, 1893 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. Died December 27, 1974(1974-12-27) (aged 81) La Jolla, California, U.S. Years active 1934–1968 Children Anjanette Comer (b. 1939) Awards Best Art Direction - Color 1945: Frenchman's Creek 1950: Samson and Delilah Best Art Direction - Black and White 1950: Sunset Boulevard 1955: The Rose Tattoo **Samuel M. Comer** (July 13, 1893 – December 27, 1974) was a [set decorator](/source/Set_decorator) who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) and was nominated for another 22 in the category [Best Art Direction](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design).[1] He guided his niece, [Anjanette Comer](/source/Anjanette_Comer), into "the biz." ## Academy Awards **Won** - *[The Rose Tattoo](/source/The_Rose_Tattoo_(film))* (1955) - *[Sunset Boulevard](/source/Sunset_Boulevard_(film))* (1950) - *[Samson and Delilah](/source/Samson_and_Delilah_(1949_film))* (1949) - *[Frenchman's Creek](/source/Frenchman's_Creek_(film))* (1944) **Nominated** - *[Hud](/source/Hud_(1963_film))* (1963) - *[Love with the Proper Stranger](/source/Love_with_the_Proper_Stranger)* (1963) - *[Come Blow Your Horn](/source/Come_Blow_Your_Horn_(film))* (1963) - *[The Pigeon That Took Rome](/source/The_Pigeon_That_Took_Rome)* (1962) - *[Breakfast at Tiffany's](/source/Breakfast_at_Tiffany's_(film))* (1961) - *[Summer and Smoke](/source/Summer_and_Smoke_(film))* (1961) - *[Visit to a Small Planet](/source/Visit_to_a_Small_Planet)* (1960) - *[It Started in Naples](/source/It_Started_in_Naples)* (1960) - *[Career](/source/Career_(1959_film))* (1959) - *[Vertigo](/source/Vertigo_(film))* (1958) - *[Funny Face](/source/Funny_Face)* (1957) - *[The Proud and Profane](/source/The_Proud_and_Profane)* (1956) - *[The Ten Commandments](/source/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film))* (1956) - *[To Catch a Thief](/source/To_Catch_a_Thief_(film))* (1955) - *[The Country Girl](/source/The_Country_Girl_(1954_film))* (1954) - *[Sabrina](/source/Sabrina_(1954_film))* (1954) - *[Red Garters](/source/Red_Garters_(film))* (1954) - *[Kitty](/source/Kitty_(1945_film))* (1945) - *[Love Letters](/source/Love_Letters_(1945_film))* (1945) - *[No Time for Love](/source/No_Time_for_Love_(1943_film))* (1943) - *[Take a Letter, Darling](/source/Take_a_Letter%2C_Darling)* (1942) - *[Hold Back the Dawn](/source/Hold_Back_the_Dawn)* (1941) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-IMDb_1-0)** ["IMDb: Samuel M. Comer - Awards"](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173754/awards). *IMDb*. Retrieved 2008-12-13. ## External links - [Samuel M. Comer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173754/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design Interior Decoration (1927–1939) 1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1928/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler Black & White / Color (1940–1946) 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, and Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, and Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, and Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, and Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, and Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen and Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen and A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, and Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, and Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, and Edwin B. Willis Art Direction–Set Decoration Black & White / Color (1947–1956) 1947 (bw): John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth and Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, and Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, and Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day and George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff and Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan and Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, and Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1957–1958 1957: Ted Haworth and Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and F. Keogh Gleason Black & White / Color (1959–1966) 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle / (c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, and Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner and Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, and Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, and Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, and Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos / (c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, and George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy and Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, and Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert and George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss 1967–1980 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, and John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, and Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, and Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, and Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, and Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, and George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, and Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins and George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, and Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, and George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, and Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens 1981–2000 1981: Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing (art); Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp (art) 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein (art); Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes (art); Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow (art); Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti (art); Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig (art); Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst (art); Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art) 2001–present 2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set) 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set) 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set) 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set) 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set) 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set) 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set) 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set) 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set) 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set) 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set) 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set) 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set) 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set) 2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set) 2024: Nathan Crowley (art); Lee Sandales (set) 2025: Tamara Deverell (art); Shane Vieau (set) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND National United States People Deutsche Biographie Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Samuel M. Comer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_M._Comer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_M._Comer?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.