Art
Willy Holt
Born — Died
1921-11-30 — 2007-06-22
Place of birth
Quincy, Florida, USA
Known for
Art
Credits
4 titles
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 her home country, where he was naturalised as a French citizen in 1923. He graduated with a baccalauréat from the Lycée Fermat in Toulouse during the early years of the Occupation. Holt was married for…
Known for
6.5A 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.
The Ninth Gate
1999
5.9Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
For a Cop's Hide
1981
7.4Fictional 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.
Zelig
1983
7.0For 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.
A Shadowed Gaze
1998
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
6.5A 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.
The Ninth Gate
1999
7.0For 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.
A Shadowed Gaze
1998
1980s · 2 titles
5.9Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
For a Cop's Hide
1981
7.4Fictional 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.
Zelig
1983