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Edwin B. Willis Biography

Birth Name:Edwin Booth Willis

Birth Place:Decatur, Illinois, United States

Profession Set decorator, Art department, Art director

Fast Facts

  • Was married to Verna Willis
  • Worked as a set decorator at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures

Awards

  • 1937Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 1937Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 1942Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: winner
  • 1942Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1943Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1944Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1944Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1945Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1945Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
  • 1946Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1946Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1947Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: winner
  • 1950Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1950Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: winner
  • 1951Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1951Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1952Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: winner
  • 1952Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1953Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
  • 1953Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
  • 1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1955Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1955Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1956Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1956Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
  • 1957Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
  • 1957Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
  • 1958Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: nominated
  • 1958Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: nominated