Director

Paul Sylbert

Art

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 1All crew credits: 40

TMDB ID: 19045

IMDb ID: nm0843128

Known for: Art

Born: April 16, 1928

Died: November 19, 2016

Age: 88

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2004

Years active: 53

Average TMDB rating: 6.4

Wikidata: Q2062658

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Director (3)Assistant Art Director (1)Production Design (31)Art Direction (3)Set Decoration (1)Story (1)

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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 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.

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