Robert F. Boyle

Birthday: October 10, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Robert Francis Boyle

Robert F. Boyle was born on October 10, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Robert Francis Boyle. He was an art director and production designer, known for La mort aux trousses (1959), Un violon s ...Show More

[on working with Alfred Hitchcock] On each picture I recognized again, as if for the first time, tha Show more [on working with Alfred Hitchcock] On each picture I recognized again, as if for the first time, that I was working with a master. He is one of the few who really knows the materials of his craft and their effect--and he will use anything--in any combination, in any form, conventional or not--to make his statement, to tell his story. Hide

I'm all for construction [of a film's setting], because we're dealing with the magic of movies. And Show more I'm all for construction [of a film's setting], because we're dealing with the magic of movies. And I always feel that if you build it, you build it for the dream rather than the actuality. We make up our own truth. Hide

[his definition of the job of an art director or production designer] Being responsible for the spac Show more [his definition of the job of an art director or production designer] Being responsible for the space in which a film takes place. Hide

[on Alfred Hitchcock] No director I've worked with knew as much about films as he did. A lot of dire Show more [on Alfred Hitchcock] No director I've worked with knew as much about films as he did. A lot of directors I worked with knew a great deal, but they didn't have that technical skill. Hide

Robert F. Boyle's FILMOGRAPHY

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Winter Kills

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Fiddlers Journey to the Big Screen