Hollywood production designer who worked with Alfred Hitchcock on North By Northwest
Two of the great set pieces in Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre are the thrilling climax of North By Northwest (1959), in which Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint are chased across the faces of the giant stone-carved presidents on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, and the bird's-eye view of seagulls as they swoop down on Tippi Hedren, trapped in a phone booth in The Birds (1963). Much of the impact of these scenes was due to the art director Robert Boyle, who has died aged 100. Boyle also worked with Hitchcock on Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Marnie (1964). "It was a meeting of equals," Boyle stated. "The director who knew exactly what he wanted, and the art director who knew how to get it done."
Simply put, the director conceives scenes, the art director creates them and the cinematographer captures them.
Two of the great set pieces in Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre are the thrilling climax of North By Northwest (1959), in which Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint are chased across the faces of the giant stone-carved presidents on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, and the bird's-eye view of seagulls as they swoop down on Tippi Hedren, trapped in a phone booth in The Birds (1963). Much of the impact of these scenes was due to the art director Robert Boyle, who has died aged 100. Boyle also worked with Hitchcock on Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Marnie (1964). "It was a meeting of equals," Boyle stated. "The director who knew exactly what he wanted, and the art director who knew how to get it done."
Simply put, the director conceives scenes, the art director creates them and the cinematographer captures them.
- 8/10/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
"Iconic Production Designer Robert F Boyle, who collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Jewison, and [was] the recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2008, died Sunday," reports Andre Soares at the Alt Film Guide. "He was 100. The Hitchcock films on which Boyle worked are: as associate art director, Saboteur (1942) and Shadow of a Doubt (1943); as production designer, The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), and most notably North by Northwest (1959), which features Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint facing nasty spies atop Mount Rushmore.... In addition to Hitchcock and Jewison, Boyle worked with the likes of Richard Brooks, Michael Gordon, Alexander Hall, Penny Marshall, Budd Boetticher, Joe Dante, Sylvester Stallone, Hal Ashby, Arthur Hiller, Don Siegel and Tom Mankiewicz (who died this past Saturday)."
"Boyle is the subject of Daniel Raim's Oscar-nominated documentary The Man on Lincoln's Nose (2000), which refers to Hitchcock's North by Northwest," notes the Hollywood Reporter. "He also is a prominent subject...
"Boyle is the subject of Daniel Raim's Oscar-nominated documentary The Man on Lincoln's Nose (2000), which refers to Hitchcock's North by Northwest," notes the Hollywood Reporter. "He also is a prominent subject...
- 8/4/2010
- MUBI
Robert F. Boyle, a four-time Academy Award nominee for art direction and a recipient of an honorary Oscar for his work on "North by Northwest," "Fiddler on the Roof" and nearly 90 other films, died Aug. 1 of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 100.
In 1997, Boyle was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild and four years later was honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently, he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Adg with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, "The Wolf Man" (1941) and "Gaily, Gaily" (1969).
Boyle received Oscar noms his work on "Gaily, Gaily," "Fiddler (1971), "North by Northwest" (1959) and "The Shootist" (1976).
Among his other major motion picture credits are "The Birds" (1963), "Winter Kills" (1979), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), "Private Benjamin" (1980), "Portnoy's Complaint...
In 1997, Boyle was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild and four years later was honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently, he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Adg with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, "The Wolf Man" (1941) and "Gaily, Gaily" (1969).
Boyle received Oscar noms his work on "Gaily, Gaily," "Fiddler (1971), "North by Northwest" (1959) and "The Shootist" (1976).
Among his other major motion picture credits are "The Birds" (1963), "Winter Kills" (1979), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), "Private Benjamin" (1980), "Portnoy's Complaint...
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