Paul Sylbert, ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Production Designer, Dies at 88

Oscar winner’s credits also include “A Face in the Crowd,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Kramer vs.

Production designer and art director Paul Sylbert, who won an Academy Award for “Heaven Can Wait,” has died.

In addition to “Heaven Can Wait” (1978), Sylbert also received an Oscar nomination for designing Barbra Streisand’s “The Prince of Tides” (1991).

Sylbert had recently served on the faculty of the Film & Media Arts Department at Temple University in Philadelphia.

They also designed A Face in the Crowd (1957) for director Elia Kazan, and Paul did “Bad Company” (1972), Kramer vs.

[...] Sylbert’s film résumé includes such notable works such as “Mikey and Nicky” (1976), “Gorky Park” (1983), “Blow Out” (1981), “The Pope of Greenwich Village” (1984), “Ishtar” (1987), “Biloxi Blues” (1988), “Rush” (1991) and “Rosewood” (1997).