Sam Comer
Art
Born July 13, 1893 · Topeka, Kansas, USA
Died December 27, 1974
Also known as Sam M. Comer
Biography
Samuel M. Comer was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1956
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1946
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1964 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1964 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1960 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1959 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1957 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1957 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1947 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1946 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1946 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1942 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Rear Window
Sunset Boulevard
Vertigo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Ten Commandments
Ace in the Hole
St. Louis Blues
Stalag 17
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sabrina
Peking Express
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Court Jester
To Catch a Thief
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Big Clock
The Lady Eve
Nothing But the Truth
Hud
Fear Strikes Out
We're No Angels
White Christmas
Darling, How Could You!
The Furies
The Sons of Katie Elder
Last Train from Gun Hill
A Foreign Affair
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
On the Double
The Matchmaker
The Tin Star
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Funny Face
The Trouble with Harry
The Desperate Hours
The Country Girl
To Each His Own
Five Graves to Cairo
The Trap
The Five Pennies
The Rose Tattoo
Forever Female
No Man of Her Own
O.S.S.
Who's Minding the Store?
Love with the Proper Stranger
Hatari!
One-Eyed Jacks
The Rat Race
Teacher's Pet