Peter Young (set decorator)
Peter Young (died October 2025) was a British set decorator. He won two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction for the films Batman[1] and Sleepy Hollow.[2] In 1979, Young was the set decorator for the film Out of the Blue which was released in 1980 and directed by Dennis Hopper.[3][4] He died in October 2025.[5]
Selected filmography
- Out of the Blue (1980)
- Batman (1989)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
References
- ↑"The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑"The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ↑Umland 2015, p. 274.
- ↑Godfrey 2017, p. 338.
- ↑"It is with great sadness that we share the news that Set Decorator Peter Young sadly passed away at the weekend". British Film Designers Guild on Facebook. October 6, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
Sources
- Umland, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton Encyclopedia(ebook). London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 979-8216216742.
- Godfrey, Nicholas (2017). The Limits of Auteurism: Case Studies in the Critically Constructed New Hollywood(eBook). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0813589152.
External links
- Peter Young at IMDb
Categories:
- 20th-century births
- 2025 deaths
- British set decorators
- Best Production Design Academy Award winners
- Film artist stubs