Harold Michelson (February 15, 1920 – March 1, 2007) was an American production designer and art director. In addition, he worked as an illustrator and/or storyboard artist on numerous films from the 1940s through the 1990s.

Biography

A native of New York City, Michelson worked with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. after graduating from high school. He then served as a bombardier-navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, flying more than 40 missions over Germany.

After the war, Michelson became an illustrator. He worked onedit

Michelson died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund retirement home, following a long illness, at the age of 87.^[1]

The documentary film Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story describes the life and career of Michelson and his wife Lillian, who became a respected film researcher.^[2]

Awards and honorsedit

Michelson shared his first Academy Award nomination for his production designs on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, contributing to the interior and exterior design on the newly refit USS Enterprise. He shared a second nomination for his art direction on the 1983 film Terms of Endearment.^[3]

In 1999 Michelson was honored with the Art Directors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2002, he received the Outstanding Achievement in Production Design award from the Hollywood Film Festival.^[4]

He was inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2009.^[5]

Referencesedit

External linksedit

• Harold Michelson at IMDb
• Harold and Lillian:A Hollywood Love Story (2015) at IMDb
• Harold Michelson at Memory Alpha