---
name: "Albert Brenner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-brenner"
fi1m_id: "albert-brenner"
imdb_id: "nm0107447"
tmdb_id: 1222
wikidata_id: "Q984073"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "17 February 1926"
died: "8 December 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T21:39:41.376383+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Albert Brenner

## Identity

Albert Brenner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-brenner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-brenner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0107447
- **TMDB ID:** 1222
- **Wikidata ID:** Q984073
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Brenner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107447/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222

Production designer. Born 17 February 1926 in Brooklyn, New York,  USA. Died 8 December 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 17 February 1926, Brooklyn, New York,  USA
- **Died:** 8 December 2022
- **Active:** 1961–1991
- **Frequently works with:** [Herbert Ross](https://film.one/person/herbert-ross.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 5 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (2), 1970s 69 (2), 1990s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $729m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Brenner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107447/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Goodbye Girl*](https://film.one/film/the-goodbye-girl.md) (68)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Backdraft*](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Albert Brenner was an American production designer and art director. Born on 17 February 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, he died on 8 December 2022 in Los Angeles, aged 96. He trained at the New York School of Industrial Arts and the Yale School of Drama, and began his career in window displays, live television and theatre before moving into feature films.

Brenner received five Academy Award nominations for best art direction, for *The Sunshine Boys* (1975), *The Turning Point* (1977), *California Suite* (1978), *2010* (1984) and *Beaches* (1988). He was awarded the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. His credits include *Bullitt* (1968), *The Hustler* (1961), *Pretty Woman* (1990), *Backdraft* (1991), *The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement* (2004) and *Valentine's Day* (2010). He collaborated frequently with directors Herbert Ross and Garry Marshall, and rebuilt Paramount's New York Street backlot in the 1980s.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, deadline.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Backdraft* (1991), Fi1m 62, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), Fi1m 77, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)
- *The Goodbye Girl* (1977), Fi1m 68, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-goodbye-girl.md)
- *The Turning Point* (1977), Fi1m 70, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)
- *Point Blank* (1967), Fi1m 84, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/point-blank.md)
- *The Hustler* (1961), Fi1m 88, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Valentine's Day* (2010), Production Design
- *Georgia Rule* (2007), Production Design
- *The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement* (2004), Production Design
- *Dear God* (1996), Production Design
- *Under Siege 2: Dark Territory* (1995), Production Design
- *The Program* (1993), Production Design
- *Mr. Saturday Night* (1992), Production Design
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1992), Production Design
- *Frankie and Johnny* (1991), Production Design
- *Backdraft* (1991), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)
- *The Lottery* (1989), Production Design
- *The Presidio* (1988), Production Design
- *The Monster Squad* (1987), Production Design
- *The Morning After* (1986), Production Design
- *Running Scared* (1986), Production Design
- *Sweet Dreams* (1985), Production Design
- *2010* (1984), Production Design
- *Unfaithfully Yours* (1984), Production Design
- *Two of a Kind* (1983), Production Design
- *Max Dugan Returns* (1983), Production Design
- *I Ought to Be in Pictures* (1982), Production Design
- *Only When I Laugh* (1981), Production Design
- *The Legend of the Lone Ranger* (1981), Production Design
- *Hero at Large* (1980), Production Design
- *Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter* (1979), Production Design
- *California Suite* (1978), Production Design
- *Coma* (1978), Production Design
- *Capricorn One* (1977), Production Design
- *The Goodbye Girl* (1977), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-goodbye-girl.md)
- *The Turning Point* (1977), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)
- *Silent Movie* (1976), Production Design
- *The Missouri Breaks* (1976), Production Design
- *Peeper* (1975), Production Design
- *The Sunshine Boys* (1975), Production Design
- *The Master Gunfighter* (1975), Production Design
- *The Bank Shot* (1974), as Art Direction
- *Zandy's Bride* (1974), Production Design
- *Winter Kill* (1974), as Art Direction
- *Fade In* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Scarecrow* (1973), Production Design
- *Trouble Man* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Rolling Man* (1972), Production Design, Art Direction
- *The Other* (1972), Production Design, Art Direction
- *T.R. Baskin* (1971), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Brother John* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Summer of '42* (1971), Production Design
- *I Walk the Line* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Monte Walsh* (1970), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Some Kind of a Nut* (1969), Production Design
- *Where It's At* (1969), Production Design
- *Bullitt* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Blue* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Point Blank* (1967), as Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/point-blank.md)
- *Luv* (1967), Production Design
- *The Happening* (1967), as Art Direction
- *The Pawnbroker* (1965), Assistant Art Director
- *Fail Safe* (1964), as Art Direction
- *Light Fantastic* (1964), Production Design
- *Ladybug Ladybug* (1963), as Art Direction
- *The Connection* (1962), as Art Direction
- *Something Wild* (1961), as Art Direction
- *The Hustler* (1961), as Art Direction — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- 1989: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Beaches*
- 1985: Best Production Design (nominated), for *2010: The Year We Make Contact*
- 1979: Best Production Design (nominated), for *California Suite*
- 1978: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Turning Point*
- 1976: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Sunshine Boys*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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