PAUL SYLBERT
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Paul Sylbert (April 16, 1928 – November 19, 2016) was an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a dressmaker, Sylbert grew up in the borough's Flatbush neighborhood and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1946.
He fought in the Korean War and attended the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania with his identical twin brother Richard.
Early in their careers, they collaborated on Baby Doll and A Face in the Crowd.
- To End All Wars 2001
- Bad Company 1972
- Riot 1969
- The Journey of Natty Gann 1985
- Conspiracy Theory 1997
- Firstborn 1984
- The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984
- Career Opportunities 1991
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
- The Pick-up Artist 1987
- The Drowning Pool 1975
- Gorky Park 1983
- Sliver 1993
- Wolfen 1981
- Biloxi Blues 1988
- The Prince of Tides 1991
- Kramer vs. Kramer 1979
- Rosewood 1997
- Mikey and Nicky 1976
- Heaven Can Wait 1978
- Nadine 1987
- Rush 1991
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 1995
- Blow Out 1981
- Hardcore 1979
- Resurrection 1980
- Milk Money 1994
- The Grass Harp 1995
- Ishtar 1987
- Fresh Horses 1988