Edward Carfagno
Edward Carfagno was an art director who established himself in the 1950s with his Oscar-winning work on such films as Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful, Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar and William Wyler's Ben-Hur
. Carfagno went on to work consistently on a variety of films, including five collaborations with Clint Eastwood including Tightrope and Heartbreak Ridge.
Carfagno began working at MGM in 1933, and was also a member of the US's 1940 Olympic fencing team.
