About Rudolph Sternad
Lived 1906 – 1963 (aged 56). Rudolph Sternad was an American art director and production designer.
Rudolph Sternad (October 6, 1906 – April 23, 1963) was an American art director and production designer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was a frequent collaborator of producer-director Stanley Kramer, working with him on virtually all of the films that Kramer directed, and many famous ones that he only produced, such as High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Men.
Selected filmography Sternad was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) (for which he was actually production designer; no art director was credited) A Thousand and One Nights (1945) The Talk of the Town (1942)
Only one of the nominations (Judgment at Nuremberg) was for a Stanley Kramer film.
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Who was Rudolph Sternad?
art director (1906–1963)
When was Rudolph Sternad born?
Rudolph Sternad was born on 6 October 1906 in The Bronx.
When did Rudolph Sternad die?
Rudolph Sternad died on 1 April 1963 in Los Angeles.
What was Rudolph Sternad's occupation?
Rudolph Sternad was an art director and production designer.
What nationality was Rudolph Sternad?
Rudolph Sternad was American.
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