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George DeTitta Jr.

Born
February 14, 1955
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
The first son of George & June DeTitta; George DeTitta Jr. has a long film legacy stretching to the beginning of film. George's father, George DeTitta Sr, also worked as a set decorator, retiring in 2004. Some of George's father's credits include Three Days of the Condor, The Exorcist, State of Grace & Fatal Attraction. George's grandfather, also George, or affectionately known to the family as Pop, entered the film industry in the early 1920's , first as an electrician & then moving into sound when sound became a craft in the late 1920's. His early credits include working with the Marx Brothers & the director, D W Griffith. George's grandfather finished his career as a soundman in the mid 1960's, working on the Julie Andrews movie, Star. George Jr's career started in 1977; before starting to work as a set decorator in 1980. He worked alongside his father George on the Paramount film Ragtime. The film was nominated for multiple Oscars the following year, including one for art direction. George's second Oscar nomination came a few years later for the 1988 film, Radio Days. George also would share in the Emmy for best Production Design awarded to the Mike Nichols show, Angels in America (HBO) in 2004. The Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design in the contemporary field award was awarded in 2015 for the film, Birdman which George decorated. In 2020, the HBO show, Succession, earned George his second Emmy nomination. In 2022, Succession/Season 3, was nominated for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary one hour show by the Art Directors Guild. In 2022, George earned his third Prime Time Emmy nomination for the episode "Too Much Birthday" for the HBO show, Succession. In 2023, Succession was once again nominated for Excellence in Production Design for a Creative Emmy for the Season 4 episode of " America Decides" & the Creative Emmy ceremony was postponed until January 2024 due to the writers/actor strike. Succession was awarded numerous Emmy's for their 4th and final season.
Known For
Trading Places
(1983)
Set Decoration
I Am Legend
(2007)
Set Decoration
Inside Man
(2006)
Set Decoration
The Lovely Bones
(2009)
Set Decoration
Big
(1988)
Set Decoration
Enchanted
(2007)
Set Decoration
Awakenings
(1990)
Set Decoration
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
(2014)
Set Decoration
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(2010)
Set Decoration
The Other Guys
(2010)
Set Decoration
Scent of a Woman
(1992)
Set Decoration
A League of Their Own
(1992)
Set Decoration
The Pink Panther
(2006)
Set Decoration
Shaft
(2000)
Set Decoration
Munich
(2005)
Set Decoration
Stay
(2005)
Set Decoration
Full Filmography
Art
Amityville II: The Possession
(1982)
Set Decoration
Trading Places
(1983)
Set Decoration
Beat Street
(1984)
Set Decoration
Desperately Seeking Susan
(1985)
Set Decoration
The Money Pit
(1986)
Set Dresser
Brighton Beach Memoirs
(1986)
Set Decoration
September
(1987)
Set Decoration
Working Girl
(1988)
Set Decoration
Bright Lights, Big City
(1988)
Set Decoration
Another Woman
(1988)
Set Decoration
Big
(1988)
Set Decoration
She-Devil
(1989)
Set Decoration
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(1989)
Set Decoration
New York Stories
(1989)
Set Decoration
Awakenings
(1990)
Set Decoration
Shadows and Fog
(1991)
Set Decoration
Scent of a Woman
(1992)
Set Decoration
A League of Their Own
(1992)
Set Decoration
The Good Son
(1993)
Set Decoration
Mixed Nuts
(1994)
Set Decoration
It Could Happen to You
(1994)
Set Decoration
Sabrina
(1995)
Set Decoration
The Preacher's Wife
(1996)
Set Decoration
Stepmom
(1998)
Set Decoration
Music of the Heart
(1999)
Set Decoration
The Out-of-Towners
(1999)
Set Decoration
Shaft
(2000)
Set Decoration
Riding in Cars with Boys
(2001)
Set Decoration
The Emperor's Club
(2002)
Set Decoration
Stay
(2005)
Set Decoration
Munich
(2005)
Set Decoration
Inside Man
(2006)
Set Decoration
The Pink Panther
(2006)
Set Decoration
Just My Luck
(2006)
Set Decoration
I Am Legend
(2007)
Set Decoration
Enchanted
(2007)
Set Decoration
Michael Clayton
(2007)
Set Decoration
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
(2008)
Set Decoration
Duplicity
(2009)
Set Decoration
The Lovely Bones
(2009)
Set Decoration
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(2010)
Set Decoration
The Other Guys
(2010)
Set Decoration
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
(2011)
Set Decoration
Premium Rush
(2012)
Set Decoration
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
(2014)
Set Decoration
Ricki and the Flash
(2015)
Set Decoration
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