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Richard Day (art director)

Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (died 1972)

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Born
May 9, 1896
Died
May 23, 1972
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1896

About Richard Day (art director)

Richard Day was a Canadian art director in the film industry. He won seven Academy Awards and was nominated for a further 13 in the category of Best Art Direction. He worked on 265 films between 1923 and 1970. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and died in Hollywood, California. During that time, he won Academy Awards for his production design for The Dark Angel (1935) and Dodsworth (1936). He personally worked on selected films such as How Green Was My Valley (1941), for which he won his third Academy Award.

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Richard Day (art director) timeline

  1. He worked on 265 films between 1923 and 1970.
  2. During that time, he won Academy Awards for his production design for The Dark Angel (1935) and Dodsworth (1936).
  3. He personally worked on selected films such as How Green Was My Valley (1941), for which he won his third Academy Award.

The world when Richard Day (art director) was born

Richard Day (art director) was born in 1896. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst modern Olympic Games held in Athens
  • Top headlinePlessy v. Ferguson — "separate but equal" upheld
  • Technology milestoneGuglielmo Marconi patents wireless telegraph (radio)
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population69.0M

1896 versus 2026

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Measure18962026
Population69.0M341 million

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