Education
He studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets.
He studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets.
In 1949, he signed with 20th Century Fox where he worked on productions noted for their elaborate sets. At home with dramatic material (such as The House on Telegraph Hill 1951), musicals (such as There"s Number Business Like Show Business 1954), and comedy (Ghostbusters 1984) DeCuir earned eleven Oscar nominations, winning three: The King and I (1956), Cleopatra (1963), and Hello, Dolly!.