Claude E. Carpenter

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Claude E. Carpenter (September 26, 1904 – February 18, 1976) was an American set decorator who worked in Hollywood. He was born in Glendale, Utah, and died in Seattle, Washington, at age 71.

Carpenter started his career as a production designer in 1938 with the adventure film Gunga Din, directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen. He worked on the design of more than 60 films through 1968.

He was nominated three times for Academy Awards in the Best Art Direction category for black-and-white films:

- Step Lively (1944) — nominated at the 1945 Oscars. Collaborators: Albert S. D’Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera
- Experiment in Terror (1944) — nominated at the 1946 Oscars. Collaborators: Albert S. D’Agostino, Darrell Silvera, Jack Okey
- Viva Zapata! (1952) — nominated at the 1953 Oscars. Collaborators: Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little

Carpenter’s work helped shape the look of classic Hollywood films.