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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British set decorator and actor (1928–2022)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
|image =Ian Whittaker nonfree.png<br />
| name = Ian Whittaker<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|07|13|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = London, England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|16|1928|07|13|df=y}}<br />
| death_place =<br />
| occupation = [[Set decorator]], actor<br />
| yearsactive = 1949–2009<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ian Roy Whittaker''' (13 July 1928 – 16 October 2022) was a British [[set decorator]] and actor. He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and was nominated three more times in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]].<br />
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Whittaker died of [[prostate cancer]] on 16 October 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Ian Whittaker obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/26/ian-whittaker-obituary |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ian-whittaker-dead-alien-howards-end-1235250185/|title=Ian Whittaker, Set Decorator on ‘Alien,’ ‘Howards End’ and ‘Tommy,’ Dies at 94|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=October 27, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
Whittaker won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for three more:<br />
;Won<br />
* ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'' (1992)<ref name="Oscars1993">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2 August 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref><br />
;Nominated<br />
* ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979)<br />
* ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993)<ref name="Oscars1994">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=4 August 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Anna and the King]]'' (1999)<ref>{{cite news|title=Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 |access-date=January 3, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109141152/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0926434}}<br />
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{{Academy Award Best Production Design}}<br />
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[[Category:1928 births]]<br />
[[Category:2022 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:British set decorators]]<br />
[[Category:Best Art Direction Academy Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:Film people from London]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]]<br />
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