Willy Holt

Production designer

November 30, 1921 (85 years)

† June 22, 2007

Quincy, Florida, USA

Biography

Willy Holt (30 November 1921 – 22 June 2007) was an American production designer, art director and actor who lived in France for many years. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning?, and won a César Award for Best Production Design for Au revoir, les enfants. Willy Holt was born in Quincy, Florida, in 1921, the son of an American military photographer and his French wife. After his parents divorced his mother returned with him to he…

Filmography

6.5

The Ninth Gate

Andrew Telfer

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

7.4

Zelig

Rally Chancellor

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

5.8

For a Cop's Hide

L'homme qui a tué Fanch Tanguy

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

7.0

A Shadowed Gaze

For fifty years, Willy Holt was silent. He wanted to live, to have a family : he needed to forget. In 1995, however, this famous art director decided to pass on his memory through the story of his deportation.

You've seen it all! · 4 titles displayed