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Hugo Ballin
New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia Hugo Ballin NA (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York. When the Wisconsin State Capital…
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From Wikipedia Hugo Ballin NA (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York. When the Wisconsin State Capital was built in the early 20th Century, Ballin created 26 murals for its interior. In 1917 he began working for Goldwyn Pictures in New Jersey as an art director and production designer and in 1921 he moved to Los Angeles at the request of Samuel Goldwyn. He was soon also directing, writing, and producing silent films for his own production company. He was married to the actress Mabel Croft Ballin. When Hollywood began making talking pictures, Ballin left the film industry to return to his first career as a classically trained artist. He became one of the foremost muralists in the Los Angeles area, producing murals which still stand at landmark locations such as Griffith Observatory, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, LA County General Hospital (now known as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center), and Burbank City Hall. Ballin was made a National Academician in 1940. He is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica.
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1927
The Love of Sunya
Movie Art Direction
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1925
The Prairie Wife
Movie Director
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1923
Souls for Sale
Movie Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited)
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1923
Vanity Fair
Movie Writer
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1922
Other Women's Clothes
Movie Director
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1921
Jane Eyre
Movie Screenplay
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1920
Pagan Love
Movie Director
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1920
Help Yourself
Movie Director
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1919
Strictly Confidential
Movie Art Direction
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1919
Lord and Lady Algy
Movie Art Direction
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1919
Upstairs
Movie Art Direction
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1919
The Stronger Vow
Movie Art Direction
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1919
Daughter of Mine
Movie Screenplay
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1919
Sis Hopkins
Movie Art Direction
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1918
A Perfect Lady
Movie Art Direction
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1918
Thirty a Week
Movie Art Direction
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1918
The Kingdom of Youth
Movie Art Direction
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1918
Just for Tonight
Movie Art Direction
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1918
Peck's Bad Girl
Movie Art Direction
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1918
The Turn of the Wheel
Movie Art Direction
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1918
Friend Husband
Movie Art Direction
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1918
Back to the Woods
Movie Production Designer
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1918
All Woman
Movie Production Design
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1918
The Floor Below
Movie Production Design
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1918
Our Little Wife
Movie Production Designer
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1917
Thais
Movie Director
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1917
The Cinderella Man
Movie Production Design
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1917
Baby Mine
Movie Director
