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Paul Sylbert is a Director, Scriptwriter and Production Design American born on 16 april 1928 at Brooklyn (USA)
Paul Sylbert (born 16 April 1928) is an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sylbert fought in the Korean War and attended the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania with his identical twin brother Richard. Early in their careers, they collaborated on Baby Doll and A Face in the Crowd.
Sylbert's additional design credits include The Wrong Man, The Tiger Makes Out, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Drowning Pool, Heaven Can Wait, Kramer vs. Kramer, Wolfen, Blow Out, Gorky Park, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Ishtar, Biloxi Blues, Fresh Horses, The Prince of Tides, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, The Grass Harp, Rosewood, Conspiracy Theory, and To End All Wars.
Sylbert's one foray into writing and directing for feature films was The Steagle (1971) starring Richard Benjamin. The screenplay for the 1981 film Nighthawks was adapted from a story he wrote. He directed episodes of the television series The Defenders, The Nurses, and The Reporter.
Sylbert's lone theatre credit is a 1990 revival of the Elmer Rice play Street Scene at the New York State Theater in Lincoln Center.
Sylbert won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Heaven Can Wait and was nominated for The Prince of Tides.
Sylbert's first marriage was to artist Victoria Delacorte and they had one child named Christopher. His second marriage was to costume designer Anthea Sylbert; the couple had no children. His third marriage was to Jeanette D'Ambrosio; they have two children a girl named Olivia and a boy named Christian.
Sylbert currently is a member of the faculty at the Film and Media Arts department of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA where he teaches courses in film studies.
Paul assure un cours sur le processus de création dans le département cinéma de l'Université de Pennsylvanie.
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Paul Sylbert (born 16 April 1928) is an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sylbert fought in the Korean War and attended the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania with his identical twin brother Richard. Early in their careers, they collaborated on Baby Doll and A Face in the Crowd.
Sylbert's additional design credits include The Wrong Man, The Tiger Makes Out, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Drowning Pool, Heaven Can Wait, Kramer vs. Kramer, Wolfen, Blow Out, Gorky Park, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Ishtar, Biloxi Blues, Fresh Horses, The Prince of Tides, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, The Grass Harp, Rosewood, Conspiracy Theory, and To End All Wars.
Sylbert's one foray into writing and directing for feature films was The Steagle (1971) starring Richard Benjamin. The screenplay for the 1981 film Nighthawks was adapted from a story he wrote. He directed episodes of the television series The Defenders, The Nurses, and The Reporter.
Sylbert's lone theatre credit is a 1990 revival of the Elmer Rice play Street Scene at the New York State Theater in Lincoln Center.
Sylbert won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Heaven Can Wait and was nominated for The Prince of Tides.
Sylbert's first marriage was to artist Victoria Delacorte and they had one child named Christopher. His second marriage was to costume designer Anthea Sylbert; the couple had no children. His third marriage was to Jeanette D'Ambrosio; they have two children a girl named Olivia and a boy named Christian.
Sylbert currently is a member of the faculty at the Film and Media Arts department of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA where he teaches courses in film studies.
Biography
Après avoir servi dans l'infanterie lors de la Guerre de Corée, Paul Sylbert et son frère Richard étudient la peinture à la Tyler School of Art de l'Université Temple à Philadelphie.Paul assure un cours sur le processus de création dans le département cinéma de l'Université de Pennsylvanie.
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The Steagle (1971)
, 1h27Directed by Paul Sylbert
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Benjamin, Chill Wills, Cloris Leachman, Suzanne Charney, George Kline Mann, Ivor Francis
Rating52%
During the Cuban missile crisis, a professor decides to live out all of his dreams, travelling across the country and taking on a different persona in each city.
Scriptwriter
Nighthawks (1981)
, 1h33Directed by Gary Nelson, Bruce Malmuth
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport
Roles Story
Rating63%
Three armed assailants mug a woman who turns out to be NYPD Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva in drag. His partner, Detective Sergeant Matthew Fox, immobilizes two of the suspects as Deke chases the third upstairs to the subway station platform, taunts him, and incapacitates him with a scarf. On the same day in London, terrorist Heymar Reinhardt, alias Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer) bombs a department store. Meanwhile, back in New York City, DaSilva and Fox serve a high-risk warrant in the Bronx. They raid a known drug distribution spot, where they discover corrupt police officers among the dealers. After the arrest, DaSilva meets his estranged wife, Irene, and professes his love for her. Irene initially rebuffs DaSilva's advances but eventually renews their relationship.
The Steagle (1971)
, 1h27Directed by Paul Sylbert
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Benjamin, Chill Wills, Cloris Leachman, Suzanne Charney, George Kline Mann, Ivor Francis
Roles Writer
Rating52%
During the Cuban missile crisis, a professor decides to live out all of his dreams, travelling across the country and taking on a different persona in each city.
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To End All Wars (2001)
, 2h5Directed by David L. Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciarán McMenamin, Mark Strong, James Cosmo, Masayuki Yui
Roles Production Design
Rating68%
The film is set in a Japanese prisoner of war labour camp where the inmates are building the Burma Railway during the last three and a half years of World War II.
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
, 2h9Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about psychiatry, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Steve Kahan, Cylk Cozart, Alex McArthur
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) is a lawyer working for the U.S. government at the Justice Department. Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson), a conspiracy-theory obsessed New York City taxi driver, continually expounds his ideas to her. Alice humors him because he once saved her from a mugging, but does not know he has been spying on her at home. Her own obsession is to solve the mystery of her father's murder.
Rosewood (1997)
, 2h20Directed by John Singleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Roles Production Design
Rating71%
A married white woman, Fanny Taylor, claims to have been beaten and raped by a black man. The movie shows a white man, not Fanny’s husband, in her bedroom where they have sex. They have an argument and strike each other. Some black workers outside heard what was happening but did not think they should intervene in white people's business. The white residents readily believe Fanny's claim. Hearing of an escaped black convict, a posse and other unaffiliated white men from Sumner and nearby towns go to Rosewood to investigate. The black residents of Rosewood quickly become targeted by a white mob, including men from out of state and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
, 1h35Directed by Dwight H. Little
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Jon Tenney, Elizabeth Peña
Roles Production Design
Rating51%
It's been two years since Jesse saved and freed his orca friend, Willy. Jesse, now a teenager, has since been adopted by his foster parents, Glen and Annie Greenwood. Jesse and his adoptive parents are preparing to go on a family camping trip to the Pacific Northwest. Before they leave town, however, Dwight, Jesse's former social worker, shows up to inform them that Jesse's biological mother, who abandoned him 8 years ago when Jesse was 6, was found in New York City, but has died and left behind her other son, Jesse's 8 year-old half-brother named Elvis (Francis Capra). Elvis is morose, overly talkative, and mischievous, and he is also prone to telling lies and easily gets on Jesse's nerves. He is invited on their trip to San Juan Island so that he and Jesse might get to know one another.
The Grass Harp (1995)
, 1h47Directed by Charles Matthau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong, Nell Carter, Jack Lemmon
Roles Production Design
Rating65%
Set in a small 1940s Alabama town, the film follows Collin Fenwick (Edward Furlong) as he is sent to live with his father's maiden cousins, the sweet Dolly (Piper Laurie) and the overbearing Verena (Sissy Spacek), following the death of his mother. He soon discovers that the Talbo household is anything but normal. After also losing his father, Collin grows to be close to Dolly and Catherine (Nell Carter) and becomes acquainted with the eccentric townspeople, from the gossip-loving barber (Roddy McDowall) to a traveling evangelist with fifteen illegitimate kids (Mary Steenburgen). To escape Verena's oppression, Dolly, Collin, and Catherine run away to an old tree house in the woods. Their rebellion sparks a series of events that change their lives and the entire town as well.
Milk Money (1994)
, 1h50Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Adam LaVorgna, Casey Siemaszko, Anne Heche
Roles Production Design
Rating56%
Three boys — Brad, Frank and Kevin — go from their bedroom suburb of Middletown to the city, bringing money with hopes of seeing a naked woman. They find a bemused hooker named "V" willing to show her breasts for that amount. However, when the boys go to head home, their bikes have been stolen. They're broke and stuck in the city.
Sliver (1993)
, 1h49Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, CCH Pounder, Martin Landau
Roles Production Design
Rating51%
Carly Norris (Sharon Stone) moves into an exclusive New York residential building, not long after the previous tenant, Naomi Singer, falls to her death from her balcony. She immediately crosses paths with other tenants including the handsome Zeke (William Baldwin).
Career Opportunities (1991)
, 1h23Directed by Bryan Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Frank Whaley, Jennifer Connelly, Dermot Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney, John M. Jackson, Jenny O'Hara
Roles Production Design
Rating58%
Jim Dodge (Frank Whaley) is a self-proclaimed "people person" and dreamer who is perceived as lazy and good for nothing. After being fired from numerous low-paying jobs, Jim is given the choice by his father, Bud Dodge (John M. Jackson), to either land a job at the local Target or be put on a bus to St. Louis.
Rush (1991)
, 2hDirected by Lili Zanuck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, William Sadler, Tony Frank
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
In Texas, seasoned undercover narcotics police officer, Jim Raynor (Jason Patric), is told by his superior Lt. Dodd (Sam Elliott) to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for his undercover investigation, which has been ongoing for two years. His choice of Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh) surprises Dodd, but Raynor is confident she is the right fit for what he needs.
The Prince of Tides (1991)
, 2h12Directed by Barbra Streisand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Rape in fiction, Films about psychiatry
Actors Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé, Melinda Dillon
Roles Production Design
Rating67%
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), after his sister Savannah's (Melinda Dillon) latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York and reluctantly accepts, but largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and an overly proud, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty.
Biloxi Blues (1988)
, 1h42Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, Films about virginity, LGBT-related film
Actors Christopher Walken, Matthew Broderick, Michael Dolan, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Casey Siemaszko
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
The story centers on Eugene Morris Jerome, a 20-year-old Jewish Brooklynite who is drafted into the United States Army during the last year of World War II and is sent to Biloxi, Mississippi for basic training. While there he learns to cope with fellow soldiers from all walks of life, falls in love, and loses his virginity in less than ideal circumstances, all while having to cope with an eccentric drill instructor.
Fresh Horses (1988)
, 1h45Directed by David Anspaugh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Patti D'Arbanville, Ben Stiller, Leon Russom, Molly Hagan
Roles Production Design
Rating50%
Cincinnati college senior Matt Larkin (Andrew McCarthy) seems to have a picture perfect life: he is well-liked at his mid-western college, that he is soon to graduate, has a beautiful, waspy fiancée, friends, parties and good times. But when Matt meets Jewel (Molly Ringwald), his carefully constructed house of cards falls apart and changes him forever.