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Paul Sylbert

Birthday: 1928-04-16
Died: 2016-11-19
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA


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. Sylbert also attended the Hans Hoffman School of Art and The Actors Studio. He is a veteran of the United States Army and served in Korea. Sylbert was a member of the faculty at the Film and Media Arts department of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he taught courses in film studies. He also taught a course called Film: The Creative Process at Temple University in the Spring of 2014. Sylbert died on November 19, 2016, at the age of 88.

Filmography

To End All Wars
Job: Production Design
Bad Company
Job: Production Design

Riot
Job: Production Design
Baby Doll
Job: Assistant Art Director
The Journey of Natty Gann
Job: Production Design

Instant Love
Job: Director
Conspiracy Theory
Job: Production Design
The Steagle
Job: Director

Teenage Millionaire
Job: Art Direction
Firstborn
Job: Production Design
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Job: Production Design

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Job: Production Design
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Job: Production Design
The Drowning Pool
Job: Production Design

The Pick-up Artist
Job: Production Design
Gorky Park
Job: Production Design
Sliver
Job: Production Design

Wolfen
Job: Production Design
Biloxi Blues
Job: Production Design
A Face in the Crowd
Job: Art Direction

The Prince of Tides
Job: Production Design
Kramer vs. Kramer
Job: Production Design
The Wrong Man
Job: Art Direction

The Steagle
Job: Writer
Rosewood
Job: Production Design
Mikey and Nicky
Job: Production Design

The Tiger Makes Out
Job: Production Design
Heaven Can Wait
Job: Production Design
Nadine
Job: Production Design

Rush
Job: Production Design
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Job: Production Design
Blow Out
Job: Production Design

Pontius Pilate
Job: Set Decoration
Nighthawks
Job: Story
Hardcore
Job: Production Design

Resurrection
Job: Production Design
Milk Money
Job: Production Design
The Grass Harp
Job: Production Design

Ishtar
Job: Production Design
Fresh Horses
Job: Production Design