Person
Tambi Larsen
Art · 1914–2001 · Bangalore, India
Biography
Tambi Larsen was a Dane born in Bangalore, India. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 20, where he attended Yale Drama School. He married Barbara Dole (daughter of James Dole) in 1941 and became an American citizen in 1943. Tambi (pronounced "Tom' bee") struggled to make a living as a set designer for Broadway shows. During World War II, Larsen worked for the Office of War Information, first broadcasting the news in Danish, and after V-E Day, designing exhibits in Denmark as Assistant Cultural Relations Officer. After the war, the family—which now included son Peter and daughter Pamela—moved to Hollywood, where Larsen tried his hand in the movie industry. He was immediately hired by Paramount Pictures as an Assistant Art Director. His first official job was on 1953's The Secret of the Incas. Two years after that debut, he won an Oscar for The Rose Tattoo. He was also nominated for Hud, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Molly Maguires, and Heaven's Gate, and he won the British BAFTA award for The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. He designed at least 41 movies during his career. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Production Design
Heaven's Gate
Production Design
Hud
Art Direction
The Sacketts
Production Design
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Art Direction
The Outfit
Art Direction
The Message
Production Design
The White Buffalo
Production Design
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Production Design
Breakheart Pass
Art Direction
Filmography
- 1980Heaven's GateProduction Design
- 1979The SackettsProduction Design
- 1978Circle of IronProduction Design
- 1977The White BuffaloProduction Design
- 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesProduction Design
- 1976The MessageProduction Design
- 1975Breakheart PassArt Direction
- 1974Thunderbolt and LightfootArt Direction
- 1974Where the Lilies BloomProduction Design
- 1973The OutfitArt Direction
- 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanArt Direction
- 1972Pocket MoneyArt Direction
- 1971A GunfightProduction Design
- 1970The GrasshopperProduction Design
- 1970The Molly MaguiresArt Direction
- 1968The BrotherhoodArt Direction
- 1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdProduction Design
- 1964The Disorderly OrderlyArt Direction
- 1964The OutrageArt Direction
- 1963HudArt Direction
- 1962It's Only MoneyArt Direction
- 1961Too Late BluesArt Direction
- 1961The Pleasure of His CompanyArt Direction
- 1960The Rat RaceArt Direction
- 1959The Five PenniesArt Direction
- 1958The Geisha BoyArt Direction
- 1958The Party CrashersArt Direction
- 1958Rock-a-Bye BabyArt Direction
- 1958Hot SpellArt Direction
- 1957Wild Is the WindArt Direction
- 1957Spanish AffairArt Direction
- 1956The Scarlet HourArt Direction
- 1955The Rose TattooArt Direction
- 1955Artists and ModelsArt Direction
- 19543 Ring CircusArt Direction
- 1954Secret of the IncasArt Direction
- 1945Johannes Larsen
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