Oscar-winning ‘Heaven Can Wait’ production designer dies
LOS ANGELES — Paul Sylbert, a prolific production designer who won an Oscar for his work on Warren Beatty’s “Heaven Can Wait,” died Saturday at age 88 outside of Philadelphia, producer Hawk Koch said Wednesday.
A Brooklyn native and Korean War veteran, Sylbert and his late twin brother Richard Sylbert became some of the most sought-after production designers in the business following arts school, working together on Elia Kazan’s “A Face in the Crowd” and “Baby Doll.” Richard Sylbert, who won Oscars for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and “Dick Tracy” in addition to working on “Chinatown” and “Shampoo” died in 2002 of cancer.