Mr. Robert Boyle,the well-known Hollywood production designer worked on more than 80 films as art director or production designer, synonyms for the work he once defined as "being responsible for the space in which a film takes place."
Robert Boyle's major motion picture credits include "The Birds"(1963), "Winter Kills" (1979), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982),"Private Benjamin"(1980),"Portnoy's Complaint" (1972),"The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968),"In Cold Blood"(1967),"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"(1967), "The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming" (1966) as well as the original "Cape Fear" (1962).
Robert Boyle's major motion picture credits include "The Birds"(1963), "Winter Kills" (1979), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982),"Private Benjamin"(1980),"Portnoy's Complaint" (1972),"The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968),"In Cold Blood"(1967),"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"(1967), "The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming" (1966) as well as the original "Cape Fear" (1962).
He is known to have who created some of the most outstanding scenes and images in cinematic history - Cary Grant clinging to Mount Rushmore in “North by Northwest,” the bird’s-eye view of the seagull attack in “The Birds,” the colorfully ramshackle shtetl for “Fiddler on the Roof” - died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 100.
Robert Foyle is a 4 time Academy Award Nominee for art direction. He received his honorary Oscar in 2008. At the 2008 Academy Awards, as his list of credits was read out loud, he stepped onto the stage to a loud applause to obtain a special Oscar for his life’s work in art direction.
He passed away recently on August 1 of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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