Henry Bumstead, Hollywood veteran

LOS ANGELES – Henry Bumstead, an Academy Award-winning production designer who created sets for such classic films as ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and ‘Vertigo’ in a career spanning 70 years, has died.

He was 91. The designer, affectionately known as Bummy, worked on more than 100 films, including 13 for Clint Eastwood.Eastwood said in a statement: “He seamlessly bridged the gap between what I saw on the page and what I saw through the camera lens.He is a legend in his field and a cherished friend.We will all miss him terribly.”Bumstead was also nominated for Oscars for his work on Eastwood’s 1992 western, ‘Unforgiven’ and the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock thriller ‘Vertigo’ and received the Art Directors Guild’s lifetime achievement award in 1998.Other credits included ‘Cape Fear’, ‘Mystic River’ and ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’.- Nampa-APThe designer, affectionately known as Bummy, worked on more than 100 films, including 13 for Clint Eastwood.Eastwood said in a statement: “He seamlessly bridged the gap between what I saw on the page and what I saw through the camera lens.He is a legend in his field and a cherished friend.We will all miss him terribly.”Bumstead was also nominated for Oscars for his work on Eastwood’s 1992 western, ‘Unforgiven’ and the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock thriller ‘Vertigo’ and received the Art Directors Guild’s lifetime achievement award in 1998.Other credits included ‘Cape Fear’, ‘Mystic River’ and ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’.- Nampa-AP

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