Eric Orbom

Eric Walter Orbom (July 6, 1915 – May 23, 1959) was an American art director.[1] He won a posthumous Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Spartacus.[2][3]

Eric Walter Orbom
Born(1915-07-06)July 6, 1915
Stockholm, Sweden
DiedMay 23, 1959(1959-05-23) (aged 43)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationArt director
Years active1950 – 1959

Biography

He was born on July 6, 1915 in Stockholm, Sweden to Walter Eric Gustav Orbom (1890–1915) and Signe Albertina Jonsson (1891–1961). He migrated to the United States in 1918 and lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on May 23, 1959 in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Selected filmography
gollark: Can't even be negative.
gollark: They're actually "doing things z times" abs(z) times.
gollark: I've seen your doers, and they're actually wrong.
gollark: What if I want to do it an arbitrary real number of times?
gollark: What if I want to do something half a time?

References
  1. "Eric W. Orbom". Los Angeles Times. May 27, 1959 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  3. "IMDb.com: Eric Orbom - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.