Lyle Wheeler

ABOUT LYLE WHEELER

Oscar-winning art director who worked on hundreds of films, including Gone With the Wind and The Diary of Anne Frank .

He was hired by David O. Selznick as a set designer for Selznick's film company and soon developed a reputation for creating superb sets at reasonable prices.

He created the amazing interiors for The King and I and the modernist night club in Selznick's The Young at Heart.

He was born in Los Angeles, California.

He was the Oscar-nominated art director for the classic film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, which starred William Holden .