Wiard B. Ihnen

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-08-04 (82 years old)

Deathday

1979-06-22

Place of Birth

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Wiard B. Ihnen

Biography

Wiard B. “Bill” Ihnen was an American art director. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of an architect, he first studied his father's profession at Columbia University. He later attended the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Ihnen was married to Edith Head from 1940 until his death in 1979, aged 81.

Production

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Production Design

1935

Becky Sharp

as Assistant Art Director

1941

Hudson's Bay

as Art Direction

1933

Cradle Song

as Art Direction

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Art Direction

1956

Our Mr. Sun

as Set Designer

1956

The King and Four Queens

as Production Design

1923

Potash and Perlmutter

as Art Direction

1940

The Blue Bird

as Art Direction

1940

Maryland

as Art Direction

1940

1941

Man Hunt

as Art Direction

1941

Moon Over Miami

as Art Direction

1942

China Girl

as Art Direction

1943

Crash Dive

as Art Direction

1944

Wilson

as Art Direction

1941

Tall, Dark and Handsome

as Art Direction

1920

The Right to Love

as Art Direction

1953

A Lion Is in the Streets

as Production Design

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as Production Design

1932

Blonde Venus

as Art Direction

1933

Duck Soup

as Art Direction

1934

Thirty Day Princess

as Art Direction

1960

The Gallant Hours

as Art Direction

1953

I, the Jury

as Art Direction

1955

The Indian Fighter

as Art Direction

1954

This Is My Love

as Production Design

1937

Every Day's a Holiday

as Art Direction

1937

On Such a Night

as Art Direction

1937

Outcast

as Art Direction

1933

Terror Aboard

as Art Direction

1934

The Trumpet Blows

as Art Direction

1939

Stagecoach

as Assistant Art Director

1951

Only the Valiant

as Production Design

1943

Jane Eyre

as Art Direction

1937

Midnight Madonna

as Art Direction

1936

Go West Young Man

as Art Direction

1942

Roxie Hart

as Art Direction

1950

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Production Design

1945

Along Came Jones

as Art Direction

1945

It's a Pleasure

as Art Direction

1936

Dancing Pirate

as Art Direction

1948

The Time of Your Life

as Production Design

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