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Willy Holt

Willy Holt

Actor, Production Designer, Art Director

Born November 30, 1921 in Quincy, Florida, USA

Died June 22, 2007

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Willy Holt (30 November 1921 – 22 June 2007) was an American production designer, art director and actor who lived in France for many years. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning?, and won a César Award for Best Production Design for Au revoir, les enfants.

Willy Holt was born in Quincy, Florida, in 1921, the son of an American military photographer and his French wife. After his parents divorced his mother returned with him to her home country, where he was naturalised as a French citizen in 1923. He graduated with a baccalauréat from the Lycée Fermat in Toulouse during the early years of the Occupation.

Holt was married for four years to the actress Micheline Bourday, subsequently marrying the actress Martine Pascal in 1958. He and Pascal had two children.

Holt was a member of the French Resistance and was arrested at Grenoble railway station in December 1943 while transferring money on behalf of anti-Nazi Resistance fighters. He was interned at Auschwitz, via the Drancy internment camp. He survived the death march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald, where he was one of those liberated on 13 April 1945. Holt wrote about his wartime experiences in his 1995 book Femmes en deuil sur camion.

After briefly working as a fashion designer, Holt was hired to work in television in 1946. His set designs for several television shows led to further work in cinema, initially as an art director.

As befitted his Franco-American origins, Holt worked on several productions in both countries, collaborating with a number of internationally renowned film directors such as John Frankenheimer, Stanley Donen, Otto Preminger, Robert Parrish, Fred Zinnemann, Bertrand Blier, Woody Allen, Michael Ritchie, Louis Malle and Roman Polanski.

Source: Article "Willy Holt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

Actor

9

Type

Year

La sonate des spectres Poster

La sonate des spectres Feature Film2015

The Ninth Gate Poster

The Ninth Gate Feature Film1999Andrew Telfer

Place Vendôme Poster

Place Vendôme Feature Film1998

Une ombre dans les yeux Poster

Une ombre dans les yeux Documentary1998Self

Zelig Feature Film1983Rally Chancellor

Pour la peau d'un flic Poster

Pour la peau d'un flic Feature Film1981L'homme qui a tué Fanch Tanguy

La nuit des Césars Poster

La nuit des Césars TV Series1976Self - Winner

Micros et caméras TV Series1965Self

Grand écran Poster

Grand écran TV Series1964Self

Production Designer

41

Type

Year

My Man Feature Film1996

Thirst for Gold Poster

Thirst for Gold Feature Film1993

Bitter Moon Poster

Bitter Moon Feature Film1992

La pagaille Poster

La pagaille Feature Film1991

May Fools Poster

May Fools Feature Film1990

Goodbye, Children Poster

Goodbye, Children Feature Film1987

A State of Emergency Poster

A State of Emergency Feature Film1985

Les enragés Poster

Les enragés Feature Film1985

Target Feature Film1985

A Friend of Vincent Poster

A Friend of Vincent Feature Film1983

Gramps Is in the Resistance Poster

Gramps Is in the Resistance Feature Film1983

Le ruffian Poster

Le ruffian Feature Film1983

Tout le monde peut se tromper Poster

Tout le monde peut se tromper Feature Film1983

Five Days One Summer Poster

Five Days One Summer Feature Film1982

Santa Claus Is a Stinker Poster

Santa Claus Is a Stinker Feature Film1982

Dead Certain Poster

Dead Certain Feature Film1981

The Other One's Mug Poster

The Other One's Mug Feature Film1979

Julia Feature Film1977

L'homme pressé Poster

L'homme pressé Feature Film1977

Boomerang Poster

Boomerang Feature Film1976

Maxim's Porter Poster

Maxim's Porter Feature Film1976

Rosebud Feature Film1975

The Gypsy Poster

The Gypsy Feature Film1975

The Destructors Poster

The Destructors Feature Film1974

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang Poster

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang Feature Film1974

The Annuity Poster

The Annuity Feature Film1972

Arsène Lupin Poster

Arsène Lupin TV Series1971

Swashbuckler Poster

Swashbuckler Feature Film1971

The Sergeant Poster

The Sergeant Feature Film1968

Au théâtre ce soir Poster

Au théâtre ce soir TV Series1966

Is Paris Burning? Poster

Is Paris Burning? Feature Film1966

Un beau dimanche TV Movie1966

Le vampire de Bougival TV Movie1965

Up from the Beach Poster

Up from the Beach Feature Film1965

The Train Poster

The Train Feature Film1964

L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête Poster

L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête TV Series1962

Le misanthrope Poster

Le misanthrope TV Movie1958

Le petit poucet TV Movie1954

Sleeping Beauty Poster

Sleeping Beauty TV Movie1954

The Four Musketeers Short Film1953

Les petites annonces matrimoniales Short Film1947

Art Director

8

Type

Year

An Almost Perfect Affair Poster

An Almost Perfect Affair Feature Film1979

Love and Death Poster

Love and Death Feature Film1975

Swashbuckler Poster

Swashbuckler Feature Film1971

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun Poster

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun Feature Film1970

Staircase Poster

Staircase Feature Film1969

Two for the Road Poster

Two for the Road Feature Film1967

Up from the Beach Poster

Up from the Beach Feature Film1965

C'est l'heure Short Film1961

Art Department

2

Type

Year

The Day of the Jackal Poster

The Day of the Jackal Feature Film1973

Le petit poucet TV Movie1954

Director

1

Pariser Kammertheater TV Series1961

Writer

1

L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête Poster

L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête TV Series1962

Other Crew

1

Les cinq dernières minutes Poster

Les cinq dernières minutes TV Series1958

Production Manager

1

Swashbuckler Poster

Swashbuckler Feature Film1971

Set Decorator

1

Deux romains en Gaule Poster

Deux romains en Gaule TV Movie1967

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