Emrich Nicholson | |
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Born | September 4, 1913 |
Died | February 25, 2001 Puako, Hawaii United States |
Other names | Emrich Henry Nicholson |
Occupation | Art director |
Years active | 1948–1957 (film) |
Emrich Nicholson (1913–2001) was an American art director for Paramount and Universal Studios and painter of murals, and designer of furniture and merchandise associated with the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1948, he was nominated for an Academy Award for art direction for the film One Touch of Venus. He later was the national art director for the Loe Burnett Company advertising agency. Nicholson was the father of American calligrapher and stamp designer Mohamed Zakariya and three other children by his wife, Amy Aplin.[1][2]