Mario Chiari
(1909 - 1989)
Sometimes credited as Sam Fields


Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Born in Florence, Italy. Italian architect, production designer, art director, set decorator, writer, director, costume designer and production manager. Notable credits include: Art Director - WAR AND PEACE (1956), BARABBAS (1962, also prod. designer) and THE BIBLE (1966); Production Designer - I VITELLONI (1953), LE NOTTI BIANCHE / WHITE NIGHTS (1957), 5 BRANDED WOMEN (1960), BARABBAS (1961, uncredited), DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967), A MAN CALLED SLEDGE and IL GIARDINO DEI FINZI-CONTINI / THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (both 1970), THE DESERTER (1971), LUDWIG (1972), KING KONG (1976), ASHANTI (1979), and the 1985 TV mini-series "Christopher Columbus."

 Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1967: DOCTOR DOLITTLE - Art Direction (w. Jack Martin Smith & Ed Graves)

1 nomination