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Albert Brenner is an American production designer and art director. His numerous credits include "Bullitt" (1968), "Monte Walsh" (1970), "The Goodbye Girl" (1977), "Coma" (1978), "The Presidio" (1988), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Backdraft" (1991), and "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992).
Born in New York, Brenner is a graduate of the New York School of Industrial Arts and he worked on department store window displays before World War II. After the war, he was a graduate student at the Yale Drama School and later taught scenic design, costume design and techn
Albert Brenner is an American production designer and art director. His numerous credits include "Bullitt" (1968), "Monte Walsh" (1970), "The Goodbye Girl" (1977), "Coma" (1978), "The Presidio" (1988), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Backdraft" (1991), and "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992).
Born in New York, Brenner is a graduate of the New York School of Industrial Arts and he worked on department store window displays before World War II. After the war, he was a graduate student at the Yale Drama School and later taught scenic design, costume design and technical theatre at the University of Kansas City. After returning to New York in the early 1950s, Brenner worked in theater as an assistant to designer Sam Leve. He designed live television programs for ABC and CBS, as well as television commercials and industrial films. Other television credits are "Car 54", "Where Are You" (1961) and "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955). Brenner repeatedly worked with directors Herbert Ross, Peter Hymas and Garry Marshall.
He has been nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. In 2003, he was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild.
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