Paul Sylbert
Profile info
Known forArt
GenderMale
Birthday16 April 1928
Died19 November 2016 (age 88)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Known credits42
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 Hoff…
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
2004 · Self
To End All Wars
2001 · Production Design
Conspiracy Theory
1997 · Production Design
Rosewood
1997 · Production Design
The Grass Harp
1996 · Production Design
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995 · Production Design
Milk Money
1994 · Production Design
Sliver
1993 · Production Design
The Prince of Tides
1991 · Production Design
Rush
1991 · Production Design
Career Opportunities
1991 · Production Design
Fresh Horses
1988 · Production Design
Biloxi Blues
1988 · Production Design
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Production Design
Nadine
1987 · Production Design
Ishtar
1987 · Production Design
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · Production Design
Firstborn
1984 · Production Design
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984 · Production Design
Gorky Park
1983 · Production Design
Wolfen
1981 · Production Design
Blow Out
1981 · Production Design
Nighthawks
1981 · Story
Resurrection
1980 · Production Design
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Production Design
Hardcore
1979 · Production Design
Heaven Can Wait
1978 · Production Design
Mikey and Nicky
1976 · Production Design
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Production Design
The Drowning Pool
1975 · Production Design
Bad Company
1972 · Production Design
The Steagle
1971 · Director
The Steagle
1971 · Writer
Riot
1969 · Production Design
The Tiger Makes Out
1967 · Production Design
Reporter
1964 · Director
Instant Love
1964 · Director
The Defenders
1961 · Director
Teenage Millionaire
1961 · Art Direction
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Art Direction
Baby Doll
1956 · Assistant Art Director
The Wrong Man
1956 · Art Direction
Pontius Pilate
1952 · Set Decoration
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