Paul Sylbert

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-04-16 (88 years old)

Deathday

2016-11-19

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Paul Sylbert

Biography

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 v...

Production

2001

To End All Wars

as Production Design

1972

Bad Company

as Production Design

1969

Riot

as Production Design

1956

Baby Doll

as Assistant Art Director

1985

The Journey of Natty Gann

as Production Design

1964

Instant Love

as Director

1997

Conspiracy Theory

as Production Design

1971

The Steagle

as Director

1961

Teenage Millionaire

as Art Direction

1984

Firstborn

as Production Design

1984

The Pope of Greenwich Village

as Production Design

1991

Career Opportunities

as Production Design

1975

1975

The Drowning Pool

as Production Design

1987

The Pick-up Artist

as Production Design

1983

Gorky Park

as Production Design

1993

Sliver

as Production Design

1981

Wolfen

as Production Design

1988

Biloxi Blues

as Production Design

1957

A Face in the Crowd

as Art Direction

1991

The Prince of Tides

as Production Design

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Production Design

1956

The Wrong Man

as Art Direction

1971

The Steagle

as Writer

1997

Rosewood

as Production Design

1976

Mikey and Nicky

as Production Design

1967

The Tiger Makes Out

as Production Design

1978

Heaven Can Wait

as Production Design

1987

Nadine

as Production Design

1991

Rush

as Production Design

1995

1981

Blow Out

as Production Design

1952

Pontius Pilate

as Set Decoration

1981

Nighthawks

as Story

1979

Hardcore

as Production Design

1980

Resurrection

as Production Design

1994

Milk Money

as Production Design

1996

The Grass Harp

as Production Design

1987

Ishtar

as Production Design

1988

Fresh Horses

as Production Design

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