{{Short description|Set decorator}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Victor J. Zolfo | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Set decorator]] | years_active = 1987 – present | spouse = | children = }}
'''Victor J. Zolfo''' is a set decorator who has worked in the film industry since the late 1980s. Zolfo won the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design]] for the 2008 film ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', sharing the awards for the film with art director and production designer [[Donald Graham Burt]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ | title=Academy Awards Database | publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] | access-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?sq=victor+j.+zolfo | title=Awards Database | publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] | access-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref> He was also part of the 20-person team who won the [[Art Directors Guild]]'s [[ADG Excellence in Production Design Award|Excellence in Production Design Award]] for ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adg.org/?art=2008_award | title=13th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards | publisher=[[Art Directors Guild]] | access-date=August 23, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809223157/http://www.adg.org/?art=2008_award | archive-date=August 9, 2011 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Zolfo is the son of an [[art director]] who worked at a publishing house in New York City. After Zolfo went to college, he worked as a [[set dresser]] in theater. He assisted set decorators in several films before entering the mainstream as a set decorator for ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Gross | first=Michael Joseph | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3665275/The-joy-of-sets.html | title=The joy of sets | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=May 20, 2007 | access-date=September 24, 2014 }}</ref>
==Filmography== {{Div col}} *''[[Forever, Lulu (1987 film)|Forever, Lulu]]'' (1987) *''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1998) *''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]'' (1999) *''[[Mystery Men]]'' (1999) *''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]'' (2000) *''[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]'' (2002) *''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'' (2003) *''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' (2004) *''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'' (2005) *''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' (2007) *''[[Yes Man (film)|Yes Man]]'' (2008) *''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' (2008) *''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' (2009) *''[[The Social Network]]'' (2010) *''[[Real Steel]]'' (2011) *''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012) *''[[Blackhat (film)|Blackhat]]'' (2015) *''[[The Fantastic Four (2015 film)|The Fantastic Four]]'' (2015) *''[[Deepwater Horizon (film)|Deepwater Horizon]]'' (2016) *''[[Alien: Covenant]]'' (2017) *''[[Gemini Man (film)|Gemini Man]]'' (2019) {{Div end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0957672|Victor J. Zolfo}}
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