Samuel M. Comer

Samuel M. Comer (July 13, 1893 – December 27, 1974) was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction.^[1]

Samuel M. Comer
Born	(1893-07-13)July 13, 1893 Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 27, 1974(1974-12-27) (aged 81) La Jolla, California, U.S.
Years active	1934–1968
Children	Anjanette Comer (b. 1939)
Awards	Best Art Direction - Color 1945: Frenchman's Creek 1950: Samson and Delilah Best Art Direction - Black and White 1950: Sunset Boulevard 1955: The Rose Tattoo

He guided his niece, Anjanette Comer, into "the biz."

Academy Awards

Won

• The Rose Tattoo (1955)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Samson and Delilah (1949)
• Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Nominated

• Hud (1963)
• Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
• Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
• The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
• Summer and Smoke (1961)
• Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
• It Started in Naples (1960)
• Career (1959)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Funny Face (1957)
• The Proud and Profane (1956)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• To Catch a Thief (1955)
• The Country Girl (1954)
• Sabrina (1954)
• Red Garters (1954)
• Kitty (1945)
• Love Letters (1945)
• No Time for Love (1943)
• Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
• Hold Back the Dawn (1941)