Paul Sylbert

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-04-16

Deathday 2016-11-19 (88 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York, USA

Paul Sylbert

Biography

Paul Sylbert (April 16, 1928 – November 19, 2016) was an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion. Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a dressmaker, Sylbert grew up in the borough's Flatbush neighborhood and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1946. He 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 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 at Temple University in the Spring of 2014. Sylbert died on November 19, 2016, at the age of 88.

Known For

Art

2001
To End All Wars

as Production Design

1997
Conspiracy Theory

as Production Design

1997
Rosewood

as Production Design

1995
1995
The Grass Harp

as Production Design

1994
Milk Money

as Production Design

1993
Sliver

as Production Design

1991
Career Opportunities

as Production Design

1991
The Prince of Tides

as Production Design

1991
Rush

as Production Design

1988
Biloxi Blues

as Production Design

1988
Fresh Horses

as Production Design

1987
The Pick-up Artist

as Production Design

1987
Nadine

as Production Design

1987
Ishtar

as Production Design

1985
The Journey of Natty Gann

as Production Design

1984
Firstborn

as Production Design

1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village

as Production Design

1983
Gorky Park

as Production Design

1981
Wolfen

as Production Design

1981
Blow Out

as Production Design

1980
Resurrection

as Production Design

1979
Kramer vs. Kramer

as Production Design

1979
Hardcore

as Production Design

1978
Heaven Can Wait

as Production Design

1976
Mikey and Nicky

as Production Design

1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Production Design

1975
The Drowning Pool

as Production Design

1972
Bad Company

as Production Design

1969
Riot

as Production Design

1967
The Tiger Makes Out

as Production Design

1961
Teenage Millionaire

as Art Direction

1957
A Face in the Crowd

as Art Direction

1956
Baby Doll

as Assistant Art Director

1956
The Wrong Man

as Art Direction

1952
Pontius Pilate

as Set Decoration

Director

1971
The Steagle

as Director

1964
Instant Love

as Director

1964
Reporter

as Director

1961
The Defenders

as Director

Writer

1981
Nighthawks

as Story

1971
The Steagle

as Writer