Lewis J. Rachmil (July 3, 1908 – February 19, 1984)[citation needed] was an American film producer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Art Direction for the film Our Town.[1] In the mid and late 1940s, he produced several of William Boyd's popular Hopalong Cassidy B-Westerns.[citation needed] In 1959, he was producer of Men into Space,[citation needed] a one-season CBS TV series that tried to give a serious science fiction preview of where the then-new American space program seemed to be heading. During the 1960s he produced several films in England for Mirisch Films.[citation needed]
Lewis J. Rachmil | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1908 New York City |
| Died | February 19, 1984 (aged 75) |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, art director |
| Years active | 1934–1984 |
He was born in New York City and died in Beverly Hills, California.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
- Carnival Lady (1933)
- Our Town (1940)
- Hunt the Man Down (1950)
- Gun Fury (1953)
- The Violent Men (1955)
- Over-Exposed (1956)
- Reprisal! (1956)
- Gidget (1959)
- Kings of the Sun (1963)
- 633 Squadron (1964)
- Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- Footloose (1984)
- ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.