Urie McCleary

{{short description|American art director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person |image = | name = Urie McCleary | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|7|10}} | birth_place = [[Arkansas]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|12|1905|7|10}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]] | occupation = [[Art director#In film|Art director]] | yearsactive = 1929-1970 }}

'''Urie McCleary''' (July 10, 1905 – December 12, 1980) was an American [[Art director#In film|art director]]. He won two [[Academy Awards]] and was nominated for four more in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]. He was born in [[Arkansas]] and died in [[Los Angeles, California]].

==Selected filmography== McCleary won two Academy Awards and was nominated for four more for Best Art Direction:

;Won * ''[[Blossoms in the Dust]]'' (1941)<ref name="Oscars1942">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 13, 2011 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/14th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970)<ref name="academy">{{Cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=1&BSFromYear=43 |title=The Official Acadademy Awards® Database |access-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140609212525/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1402298700305 |archive-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Oscars1971">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners |access-date=July 4, 2015 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702005544/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 }}</ref>

;Nominated * ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' (1944) * ''[[Young Bess]]'' (1953) * ''[[Raintree County (film)|Raintree County]]'' (1957) * ''[[A Patch of Blue]]'' (1965)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0565720|Urie McCleary}}

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