Identité
Genre : homme
Pseudonyme(s) :
- Albert D'Agostino
- Al D'Agostino
Fonctions : Directeur artistique, Décorateur
Biographie
Formation :
Albert D’Agostino débute sa carrière comme décorateur de théâtre, puis, en 1918, comme assistant décorateur au cinéma.
Carrière :
Décorateur attitré de la RKO, Albert S. D’Agostino signe de nombreux décors de films d’épouvante devenus des classiques du genre.
Albert S. D’Agostino peut être considéré comme le décorateur attitré des studios de la RKO. Inspiré des grands maîtres de l’expressionisme allemand, il s’est surtout illustré dans des films d’horreur, comme ceux produits par Val Lewton et réalisés par Jacques Tourneur (La Féline, Vaudou, L’Homme-léopard) dans les années 1930 et 1940. Il travaille tour à tour pour les studios de la MGM, puis pour Universal, et enfin pour la RKO, où il restera jusqu’à la fin de sa carrière. Il y collabore avec Walter E. Keller sur de nombreux longs métrages, notamment Né pour tuer (Robert Wise, 1946), La Femme sur la plage (Jean Renoir, id.) ou encore Le Fils de Sinbad (Ted Tetzlaff, 1953). Il signe la plupart des décors des productions de la RKO durant les années 1950. Tout au long de sa carrière, il reçoit plusieurs nominations aux Oscars.
Autres activités :
Albert S. D’Agostino a travaillé occasionnellement pour la télévision.
Filmographie
Longs métrages
Directeur artistique
- 1930 - Today
- 1933 - I Cover the Waterfront
- 1934 - The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
- 1934 - Great Expectations
- 1934 - Strange Wives
- 1934 - Romance in the Rain
- 1934 - Finishing School
- 1935 - Three Kids and a Queen
- 1935 - The Raven
- 1935 - The Werewolf of London
- 1935 - King Solomon of Broadway
- 1936 - Parole !
- 1936 - The Magnificent Brute
- 1936 - Sutter's gold
- 1936 - Dracula's Daughter
- 1936 - Two in a Crowd
- 1936 - The Invisible Ray
- 1936 - Love Before Breakfast
- 1936 - John Meade's woman
- 1937 - She Asked for It
- 1937 - A Doctor's Diary
- 1937 - She's No Lady
- 1937 - Blossoms on Broadway
- 1938 - Tarnished Angel
- 1938 - The Saint Strikes Back
- 1938 - A Man to Remember
- 1938 - The Gladiator
- 1938 - Boy Slaves
- 1938 - Professor Beware
- 1939 - Allegheny Uprising
- 1939 - Three sons
- 1939 - The Great Man Votes
- 1939 - Almost a Gentleman
- 1940 - Curtain Call
- 1940 - The Saint's Double Trouble
- 1940 - Millionaire Playboy
- 1940 - A Date with the Falcon
- 1941 - Powder Town
- 1941 - The Tuttles of Tahiti
- 1941 - Joan of Paris
- 1941 - Syncopation
- 1941 - Obliging Young Lady
- 1941 - Father Takes a Wife
- 1941 - Unexpected Uncle
- 1941 - Playmates
- 1941 - A Girl, a Guy and a Gob
- 1941 - The Magnificent Ambersons
- 1942 - The Mayor of 44th Street
- 1942 - Sing Your Worries Away
- 1942 - Once Upon a Honeymoon
- 1942 - The Big Street
- 1942 - I Walked With a Zombie
- 1942 - This Land Is Mine
- 1942 - Seven Miles from Alcatraz
- 1942 - Seven Days' Leave
- 1942 - Cat People
- 1942 - The Falcon Takes Over
- 1942 - The Navy Comes Through
- 1942 - The Falcon's Brother
- 1942 - The Great Gildersleeve
- 1942 - Army Surgeon
- 1942 - My Favorite Spy
- 1942 - Journey Into Fear
- 1943 - Forever and a Day
- 1943 - Government Girl
- 1943 - The Ghost Ship
- 1943 - The Iron Major
- 1943 - Seven Days Ashore
- 1943 - Curse of the Cat People
- 1943 - Action in Arabia
- 1943 - Days of Glory
- 1943 - Gildersleeve on Broadway
- 1943 - The Leopard Man
- 1943 - The Fallen Sparrow
- 1943 - Higher and Higher
- 1943 - Bombardier
- 1943 - Behind the Rising Sun
- 1943 - Tender Comrade
- 1943 - Hitler's Children
- 1943 - The Falcon Strikes Back
- 1943 - The Falcon and the Co-eds
- 1943 - Show Business
- 1943 - Youth Runs Wild
- 1943 - Gildersleeve's Ghost
- 1943 - Gildersleeve's Bad Day
- 1944 - Two O'clock Courage
- 1944 - Experiment Perilous
- 1944 - Back to Bataan
- 1944 - A Night of Adventure
- 1944 - Marine Raiders
- 1944 - Girl Rush
- 1944 - Gangway for Tomorrow
- 1944 - Zombies on Broadway
- 1944 - Tall in the Saddle
- 1944 - Mademoiselle Fifi
- 1944 - Step Lively
- 1944 - The Falcon in Hollywood
- 1944 - Music in Manhattan
- 1944 - Murder, My Sweet
- 1945 - China Sky
- 1945 - George White's Scandals
- 1945 - Sing Your Way Home
- 1945 - Sunset Pass
- 1945 - Isle of the Dead
- 1945 - The Spiral Staircase
- 1945 - Cornered
- 1945 - The Spanish Main
- 1945 - The Body Snatcher
- 1945 - The Bamboo Blonde
- 1945 - Having Wonderful Crime
- 1945 - The Falcon in San Francisco
- 1945 - Dick Tracy
- 1945 - First Yank into Tokyo
- 1945 - The Stranger
- 1945 - Notorious
- 1945 - The Bells of St. Mary's
- 1946 - Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
- 1946 - From This Day Forward
- 1946 - Without Reservations
- 1946 - Nocturne
- 1946 - They Won't Believe Me
- 1946 - Deadline at Dawn
- 1946 - The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer
- 1946 - Sinbad, the Sailor
- 1946 - Born to Kill
- 1946 - Genius at Work
- 1946 - The Woman on the Beach
- 1946 - San Quentin
- 1946 - Badman's Territory
- 1946 - Thunder Mountain
- 1946 - The Locket
- 1946 - Trail Street
- 1946 - Out of the Past
- 1946 - Child of Divorce
- 1947 - Banjo
- 1947 - Night Song
- 1947 - They Live by Night
- 1947 - I Remember Mama
- 1947 - Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
- 1947 - Tycoon
- 1947 - Riffraff
- 1947 - If You Knew Susie
- 1947 - Crossfire
- 1947 - Return of the Bad Men
- 1948 - Bodyguard
- 1948 - Every girl should be married
- 1948 - The Boy With Green Hair
- 1948 - The Set-up
- 1948 - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
- 1948 - Walk Softly Stranger
- 1948 - Berlin Express
- 1948 - Follow Me Quietly
- 1948 - The Clay Pigeon
- 1948 - A Woman's Secret
- 1949 - Roughshod
- 1949 - Holiday Affair
- 1949 - Easy Living
- 1949 - Jet Pilot
- 1949 - Bride for Sale
- 1949 - A Dangerous Profession
- 1949 - The Woman on Pier 13
- 1949 - Rachel and the Stranger
- 1949 - My Forbidden Past
- 1949 - The Big Steal
- 1950 - Payment on Demand
- 1950 - Armored Car Robbery
- 1950 - On Dangerous Ground
- 1950 - Flying Leathernecks
- 1950 - The Thing from Another World = The Thing
- 1950 - Born to Be Bad
- 1950 - The Company She Keeps
- 1950 - The Pace that Thrills
- 1950 - His Kind of Woman
- 1950 - The Thing
- 1950 - Macao
- 1951 - Gambling House
- 1951 - Overland Telegraph
- 1951 - The Narrow Margin
- 1951 - Best of the Badmen
- 1951 - Hard, Fast and Beautiful
- 1951 - Clash by Night
- 1951 - The Las Vegas Story
- 1951 - Double Dynamite
- 1951 - Two Tickets to Broadway
- 1951 - Saddle Legion
- 1951 - The Blue Veil
- 1951 - The Big Sky
- 1951 - Behave Yourself!
- 1951 - The Racket
- 1951 - The Half-Breed
- 1952 - The Lusty Men
- 1952 - Beware, My Lovely
- 1952 - Androcles and the Lion
- 1952 - A Girl in Every Port
- 1952 - At Sword's Point
- 1952 - Angel Face
- 1952 - The Hitch-hiker
- 1953 - The French Line
- 1953 - Dangerous Mission
- 1953 - Second Chance
- 1953 - Underwater !
- 1953 - Split Second
- 1953 - Son of Sinbad
- 1953 - Affair with a Stranger
- 1954 - Susan Slept Here
- 1955 - Glory
- 1955 - Great Day in the Morning
- 1955 - The Conqueror
- 1956 - Back from Eternity
- 1956 - Run of the Arrow
- 1957 - The Girl Most Likely
- 1958 - I Married a Woman
- 1959 - The Big Circus
Décorateur
- 1933 - Headline Shooter
- 1955 - Great Day in the Morning
Bibliographie éditoriale
- Périodique : Cinefantastique, vol. 1, n° 3, juillet 1971. « Albert S. D’Agostino »
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