Lewis J. Rachmil
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| Lewis J. Rachmil | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1908 New York City, New York |
| Died | February 19, 1984 (aged 75) Beverly Hills, California |
| Other names | Lewis Rachmil |
| Occupation | Film producer Art director |
| Years active | 1934 - 1984 |
Lewis J. Rachmil (3 July 1908 – 19 February 1984) was an American film producer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Our Town.[1][2] In the mid and late 1940s, he produced several of William Boyd's popular Hopalong Cassidy B-Westerns. In 1959, he was producer of Men Into Space, a one-season CBS TV series that tried to give a serious science fiction preview of where the then-new American space program seemed to be heading. During the 1960s he produced several films in England for Mirisch Films.
He was born in New York City, New York and died in Beverly Hills, California.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Our Town (1940)
- Gun Fury (1953)
- The Violent Men (1955)
- Over-Exposed (1956)
- Gidget (1959)
- Kings of the Sun (1963)
- 633 Squadron (1964)
- Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- Footloose (1984)
[edit] References
- ^ "Lewis J. Rachmil". theoscarsite.com. http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho2/rachmil_l.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "IMDb.com: Lewis J. Rachmil - Awards". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705135/awards. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
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