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August 2010Our dear Bob Boyle passed away last night (August 1st) at the age of 100 years young. Bob lived an extraordinary life—painting on Sunday afternoons in the 1930s in Mexico with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, documenting World War II as a combat cameraman, becoming a husband and father, designing classic films with Alfred Hitchcock, Don Siegel and Norman Jewison, and spending the last 25 years of his life teaching a handful of lucky production design students at the AFI. Bob was extremely generous, witty, humble, wise, and humane. Bob’s spirit lives on, in his movies and in our hearts. We will miss him dearly.
Read more:
- New York Times (Obituary)November 2009
- A.V. Club (Obituary)
- Los Angeles Times (Obituary)Daniel Raim’s new documentary, SOMETHING’S GONNA LIVE (featuring eminent production designers Robert Boyle, Henry Bumstead, Harold Michelson and Albert Nozai, as well as master cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Conrad L. Hall) has received early critical acclaim during its initial festival run from noted publications including Variety, indieWIRE, San Francisco Chronicle, LA WEEKLY and more!
Click here to visit the Official Website and view the trailer.
January 2008Robert F. Boyle received an honorary Oscar® at the 80th Annual Academy Awards® presentation on February 24th, 2008.