death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
hollywood , california , united states 24 march 2001 bangalore , india 11 september 1914 1954-1980 tambi larsen
 tambi larsen art director
tambi larsen

tambi larsen -lrb- 11 september 1914 -- 24 march 2001 -rrb- was a dane born in bangalore , india .
he emigrated to the united states at the age of 20 , where he attended yale drama school .
he married barbara dole -lrb- daughter of james dole -rrb- in 1941 and became an american citizen in 1943 .
tambi -lrb- pronounced `` tom ' bee '' -rrb- struggled to make a living as a set designer for broadway shows .
during world war ii , larsen worked for the office of war information , first broadcasting the news in danish , and after v-e day , designing exhibits in denmark as assistant cultural relations officer .
after the war , the family -- which now included son peter and daughter pamela -- moved to hollywood , where larsen tried his hand in the movie industry .
he was immediately hired by paramount pictures as an assistant art director .
his first official job was on 1953 's `` the secret of the incas '' .
two years after that debut , he won an oscar for `` the rose tattoo '' .
he was also nominated for `` hud '' , `` the spy who came in from the cold '' , `` the molly maguires '' , and `` heaven 's gate '' , and he won the british bafta award for `` the spy who came in from the cold '' .
he designed at least 41 movies during his career .
during a time-out from hollywood while he designed a movie about father damien , larsen began visiting hawaii .
he and his wife bought a home in kauai , in 1961 .
over the years , he explored the island , taking snapshots which he then drew with colored pencils .
he called his exhibits `` 100 entertainments . ''
the kauai historical society is preparing to publish a book of his 100 drawings .
