Albert Brenner Dies: ‘Bullitt’ Art Director, ’Turning Point’ & ‘Pretty Woman’ Production Designer, Five-Time Oscar Nominee Was 96
deadline.comAlbert Brenner, a production designer and/or art director on such films as Bullitt, The Turning Point, Pretty Woman and Backdraft who racked up five career Oscar nominations, has died.
He was 96. The Mirisch Agency told Deadline he died December 8 in his sleep. A 2003 recipient of the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Brenner scored Best Art Direction/Set Decoration Academy Award nominations for Beaches (1988), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), California Suite (1978), The Turning Point (1977) and The Sunshine Boys (1975).
Born on February 17, 1926, in New York City, Brenner served in the Air Force during World War II. His training later at the Yale School of Drama proved invaluable when he began working as a production designer and/or art director — first in commercials and then live TV.
He moved his family to Los Angeles during the 1960s and began working on feature films, with early credits including 1969’s Where It’s At and Some Kind of a Nut.
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