Steve Bass to be the Production Designer for 2011 Oscars

Oscar telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer stated recently that Steve Bass will be the Production Designer for the 83rd Academy Awards presentation This will be the first time the Emmy winning production designer has worked on the Oscar telecast.Mischer stated that he had collaborated with Steve quite a few times and that he is the ideal person for the approaching Oscars.He also stated that he’s an innovative creative talent who would do justice to the tradition and glamour of the Oscars and that he was truly a master at designing sophisticated and grand-scale events.

Bass had won two Emmys, in 1997 as art director of the "Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies " and another pairing with Mischer as well as in 2005 for his production design work on The 47th Annual Grammy Awards. He has 3 added Emmy nominations for the Grammys (in 2004, 2008 and 2009) and his most recent nomination was this year for his work on the 63rd Annual Tony Awards.

Robert F Boyle

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). 

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.