Willy Holt

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-11-30 (86 years old)

Deathday

2007-06-22

Place of Birth

Quincy, Florida, USA

Willy Holt

Biography

Willy Holt (30 November 1921 – 22 June 2007) was an American production designer, art director and actor who lived in France for many years. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning?, and won a César Award for Best Production Design for Au revoir, les enfants. Willy Holt was born in Quincy, Florida, in 1921, the son of an American military photographer and his French wife. After his parents divorced his mother returned with him to her home country, where he was naturalised as a French citizen in 1923. He graduated with a baccalauréat from the Lycée Fermat in Toulouse during the ea...

Acting

1999

The Ninth Gate

as Andrew Telfer

1983

Zelig

as Rally Chancellor

1981

For a Cop's Hide

as L'homme qui a tué Fanch Tanguy

Production

1990

May Fools

as Production Design

1987

Au Revoir les Enfants

as Production Design

1969

Staircase

as Art Direction

1974

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

as Production Design

1964

The Train

as Production Design

1983

The Ruffian

as Production Design

1979

The Other One's Mug

as Production Design

1968

The Sergeant

as Production Design

1985

Les enragés

as Production Design

1975

Love and Death

as Art Direction

1983

A Friend of Vincent

as Production Design

1992

Bitter Moon

as Production Design

1986

A State of Emergency

as Production Design

1967

Two for the Road

as Art Direction

1977

Julia

as Production Design

1975

The Gypsy

as Production Design

1981

A Business of Men

as Production Design

1972

The Annuity

as Production Design

1996

My Man

as Production Design

1974

The Marseille Contract

as Production Design

1982

Five Days One Summer

as Production Design

1973

The Day of the Jackal

as Set Designer

1982

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

as Production Design

1985

Target

as Production Design

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Production Design

1979

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Art Direction

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