Ted Haworth (26 September 1917 – 18 February 1993) was an American production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated five more times in the category Best Art Direction.He is the father of production designer Sean Haworth and pop artist Jann Haworth.
Production Designer, Art Director, Special Effects
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Ted Haworth (1917-1993 [age75]) was hired, by Darryl F. Zanuck in 1961, as the American production designer for the film "The Longest Day." The Twentieth Century Fox feature was filmed on European (French and English stages, with exteriors and actual interiors) locations. In the early 1960's the Production Designer "principal art director" credit was not used nor designated in feature film art director listings. Two additional art directors, French art director Leon Barssacq (1906-1969 [age 63]) and English art director Vincent Korda (1897-1979 [age 82]) were hired by the production as additional art directors covering the scope of the film's location demands.. The feature's "Art Director" credit list included the three art department's art directors. The end credits were to be listed alphabetically, which would have placed "Ted Haworth's art director credit" in the middle of the listed associates names. Ted deliberately dropped his first (last name) letter "H"aworth, in order for his name to be at the top of the alphabetical listing - "Ted Aworth." Ted often was amused about his art director "title credit placement" on "The Longest Day" end credit crawl.
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Ted Haworth was part of the Motion Picture cadre of art directors and illustrators, teaching motion picture and television art classes at the fabled Chouinard Art Institute (when the art school was located near Alvarado and Wilshire Boulevard). The John Powers Modeling School was near the campus. Hayworth taught script and storyboard illustration and charcoal drawing techniques. Harold Michelson taught set plan projection, a 1, 2, and 3 point horizon perspective system for set illustration; Jack Senter taught classes in set design, drafting, model making; Mentor Huebner taught life drawing techniques (nude models).
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Early in his career billed as Edward S. Haworth.
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Attended the University of Southern California.
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Inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2008.
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