Albert Nozaki
Albert Nozaki (1 January 1912 – 16 November 2003) was a
Biography
Born in Japan, Nozaki's family moved to the United States when he was 3 and settled in
In 1938, and for many years thereafter, Al Nozaki lived in Echo Park, California. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Nozaki was abruptly dismissed from his job at Paramount. Following the signing of Executive Order 9066 in the spring of 1942, and the subsequent roundup of 120,000 West Coast residents of Japanese descent, he and his wife, Lorna, were sent to the Manzanar internment camp in California's Owens Valley.[1]
Among his many other credits as an art director are When Worlds Collide, The Big Clock, Sorrowful Jones, Appointment with Danger, Pony Express, Houdini, The Buccaneer, and Loving You.
Nozaki died on November 16, 2003, in
Documentaries
Albert Nozaki appeared in the documentary The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985) (produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit).
Albert Nozaki appeared in the documentary ‘’Something’s Gonna Live’’ (2009) (produced and directed by Daniel Raim).
References
- ^ a b McLellan, Dennis (November 29, 2003), "Albert Nozaki, 91; Art Director for Movie 'War of the Worlds'", Los Angeles Times
External links
- Albert Nozaki at IMDb
- "War of the Worlds" page compiled by Roger Russell at roger-russell.com including information about Al [Albert] Nozaki retrieved 2 February 2012
- Albert Nozaki papers, 1950-1956., Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Click on Production Art inventory to see examples of Nozaki's work.)
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