Paul Sylbert
Publicity Photo of Paul Sylbert
Born	(1928-04-16)April 16, 1928 Brooklyn,New York, U.S.
Died	November 19, 2016(2016-11-19) (aged 88) Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Production designer, art director, set designer
Years active	1951–2008
Spouses	Anthea Sylbert (divorced) Jeannette D'Ambrosio Sylbert (his death)[1]
Relatives	Richard Sylbert (twin brother)

Paul Sylbert (April 16, 1928 – November 19, 2016) was an AmericanAcademy Award-winningproduction designer,art director, andset designer whodirected on occasion.

Born inBrooklyn,New York, the son of a dressmaker, Sylbert grew up in the borough'sFlatbush neighborhood and graduated fromErasmus Hall High School in 1946.^[1] He fought in theKorean War and attended theTyler School of Art atTemple University inElkins Park, Pennsylvania with his identical twin brotherRichard.^[2] Early in their careers, they collaborated onBaby Doll andA Face in the Crowd.^[3] 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 atTemple University in the Spring of 2014.

Sylbert died on November 19, 2016, at the age of 88.^[4][1]

• The Big Story(1951)
• The Home Show(1954)
• The Ira Hayes Story
• John Brown (1960)
• Songs for Sale
• Molly Goldberg
• Ford Theater
• Danger
• Suspense
• Studio One

• Roogie's Bump (1954)
• Baby Doll (1956)
• The Wrong Man (1956)
• A Face in the Crowd (1957)
• Country Music Holiday (1958)
• The Teenage Millionaire (1961)
• Without Each Other (1962)
• The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
• The Riot (1969)
• Bad Company (1972)
• The Drowning Pool (1975)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• Mikey and Nicky (1976)
• Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• Hardcore (1979)
• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
• Resurrection (1980)
• Wolfen (1981)
• Blow Out (1981)
• Without a Trace (1983)
• Gorky Park (1983)
• Firstborn (1984)
• The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
• Ishtar(1987)
• Nadine (1987)
• The Pick-up Artist (1987)
• Biloxi Blues (1988)
• Fresh Horses (1988)
• Career Opportunities (1989)
• Rush (1991)
• The Prince of Tides (1991)
• Sliver(1992)
• Milk Money (1994)
• Free Willy 2 (1995)
• The Grass Harp (1995)
• Rosewood (1997)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• To End All Wars (2001)

• Susannah (1957)
• Tale for a Deaf Ear (1958)
• Street Scene (1958)
• The Crucible (1959)
• Carmina Buranna (1960)
• Oedipus Rex (1960)
• Festival of Two Worlds, Spoletto, Italy: The Angel of Fire (1959), Lulu (1974)
• The Agon of Gross - Off-Broadway (1952)
• The Making of Moo - Off-Broadway (1956)
• The Four Poster - Theatron Kentrikon, Athens, Greece (1957)
• Two For The Seesaw- Theatron Kentrikon, Athens, Greece (1958)
• The Miracle Worker - Theatron Dionysus, Athens, Greece (1961)
• Night of the Iguana - Coconut Grove Playhouse (1961)
• The Duchess of Malfi - The Mark Taper Forum (1974)

• Oedipus Rex, New York City Opera Company (1960)
• The Four Poster - Theatron Kentrikon, Athens, Greece (1957)
• Two for the Seesaw - Theatron Kentrikon, Athens, Greece (1958)
• The Miracle Worker - Theatron Dionysus, Athens, Greece (1961)

• The Defenders (1963)
• The Nurses (1963)
• Mr. Broadway (1964)
• The Reporter (1964)

• Over 50 spots including Clairol, Dash, Burma Shave, Belvedere Cigarettes, Belmont Park, etc.
• TV Graphics and Group Productions (1965–1968)

• General Electric (1966)
• New York Telephone Co. (1967)

• Instant Love - Herbert Richards Productions, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1963)
• The Steagle - Avco-Embassy Pictures, Inc. (1971)

• The Steagle - Avco-Embassy Pictures, Inc. (1971)
• Nighthawks - Universal Studios (1981)

• Final Cut - The making and breaking of a film, Seasbury Press/Continuum Books (1974)
• 100 Ways to Beat the Blues (contributor), Tanya Tucker, Simon & Schuster (2003)
• Cows: A rumination (contributor), Carl Hileman, Emmis Books (2004)

• Academy Award -Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• Academy Award Nominee -The Prince of Tides (1992)
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Art Directors Guild (2009)

• Paul Sylbert atIMDb
• Paul Sylbert Temple University
• The Miami News August 19, 1960

• 1928 births
• 2016 deaths
• American television directors
• American male screenwriters
• Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
• People from Flatbush, Brooklyn
• American production designers
• Temple University faculty
• American art directors
• American identical twins
• Identical twin males
• Erasmus Hall High School alumni
• Film directors from New York City
• Screenwriters from New York (state)
• Screenwriters from Pennsylvania

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