Richard Day

Birth Name:

Richard Day

Birth Place:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Profession

Art director, Art department, Set decorator, Costume designer, Production designer, Producer, Assistant director

In 2005, he was inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
Was first hired as a set decorator for director Erich von Stroheim
Designed the set for every major film at Samuel Goldwyn Studios for eight years
Frequently collaborated with Samuel Goldwyn on film projects
Widely recognized for his use of modern realism in set pieces
Cinematographer Hal Mohr wanted to be married at the cathedral altar set that Day built because it was so authentic looking
His village set for "How Greene Was My Valley" was used in several projects from 1941 to 1962
On his set design for the 1970s restaging of Pearl Harbor in "Tora! Tora! Tora!," 20th Century Fox spent more money than the Japanese did in the actual attack in 1941
Was the first free-lance art director to work in Hollywood
Was the head designer at Fox until he joined the Marine Corps in 1942

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