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name: "Jo Mielziner"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "19 March 1901"
died: "15 March 1976"
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# Jo Mielziner

Production designer. Born 19 March 1901 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. Died 15 March 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 19 March 1901, 14th arrondissement of Paris
- **Died:** 15 March 1976
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Mielziner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585758/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1518623

## Biography

Jo Mielziner (1901–1976) was an American theatrical scenic and lighting designer, also active in film as a production designer. Born in Paris, he studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League in New York, as well as in Paris and Vienna, before working under designers Robert Edmond Jones and Lee Simonson.

Mielziner designed scenery and often lighting for more than 200 Broadway productions from the 1920s to the 1970s, including the original stagings of *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1947), *Death of a Salesman* (1949), *South Pacific* (1949), *Guys and Dolls* (1950) and *The King and I* (1951). He received seven Tony Awards and five further nominations for his stage work. His film credits include production design on *Picnic* (1955), for which he shared an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Colour).

During the Second World War he served as a camouflage specialist with the US Air Force and later with the Office of Strategic Services. He also contributed to the design of theatres including the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Picnic* (1955), Fi1m 63, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Picnic* (1955), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *Pillar of Fire*, Set Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1956: Best Art Direction, Color (won), for *Picnic*

### Other awards — 5 won, 7 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1971: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Design 1970: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1970: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1969: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play 1961: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical 1960: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play 1960: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1958: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1956: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1952: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1950: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1949: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (won)

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

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