Wiard Ihnen

Date of birth : 08/04/1897

Date of death : 06/22/1979

City of birth : New York City, New York, USA

Trained as a painter, Wiard Ihnen entered the film business in 1919 and became a set decorator and an art director, designing many productions during the 1930s, '40s and '50s. He won two Academy Awards, for his art direction of Wilson (1944) and Blood on the Sun (1945). He was married for more than 30 years to famed costume designer Edith Head.