Wiard Ihnen
Wiard B. "Bill" Ihnen was an American art director. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of an architect, he first studied his father's profession at Columbia University. He later attended the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He worked as an art director on films beginning in 1919.
Ihnen was married to Edith Head from 1940 until his death from prostate cancer in 1979, aged 81. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, next to his wife.- Blonde Venus
- Madame Butterfly
- Duck Soup
- Every Day's a Holiday
- Wilson
Ihnen won two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
