About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1953-07-21
Place of birth:
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Charles William Breen

Overview

Charles William Breen (July 21, 1953 - August 16, 2018) was an American art director and production designer for movie sets.

After studying architecture at Cranbrook the world-renowned art and design school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, he moved to California to pursue his career. Once in Los Angeles, he quickly gravitated to the film industry. He began his career in the motion picture industry at Universal Studios as a set designer at the age of 21 when encouraged to do so by Academy Award-winning production designer, John DeCuir.

He was nominated for an Emmy for Best Art Direction for HBO's Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997). He was also a member of the Art Directors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and sat on the Executive Committee.

Known for

Art
2016 Adventures in Babysitting Art Production Design 65
Fair
2014 To Have and to Hold Art Production Design N/A
N/A
2013 Out of the Blue Art Production Design 59
Average
2013 Dear Dumb Diary Art Production Design 59
Average
2009 American Virgin Art Production Design 56
Average
2008 The Longshots Art Production Design 59
Average
2006 Idlewild Art Production Design 58
Average
2004 A Cinderella Story Art Production Design 65
Fair
2002 Boat Trip Art Production Design 55
Average
2002 Eight Legged Freaks Art Production Design 58
Average
2002 Repli-Kate Art Production Design 57
Average
2001 The Shrink Is In Art Production Design 58
Average
2000 Dude, Where's My Car? Art Production Design 55
Average
2000 Beautiful Art Production Design 58
Average
2000 Nurse Betty Art Production Design 59
Average
1999 She's All That Art Production Design 62
Fair
1998 Urban Legend Art Production Design 57
Average
1998 Phoenix Art Production Design 58
Average
1998 Your Friends & Neighbors Art Production Design 58
Average
1998 Music from Another Room Art Production Design 58
Average
1998 Kissing a Fool Art Production Design 58
Average
1997 Gang Related Art Production Design 59
Average
1996 The Crow: City of Angels Art Art Direction 56
Average
1996 Fled Art Art Direction 57
Average
1995 Jade Art Art Direction 57
Average
1994 Disclosure Art Art Direction 61
Fair
1993 Beethoven's 2nd Art Art Direction 56
Average
1993 Addams Family Values Art Assistant Art Director 68
Fair
1993 Flesh and Bone Art Art Direction 59
Average
1992 Trespass Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1992 Beethoven Art Art Direction 58
Average
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Art Assistant Art Director 80
Very good
1991 L.A. Story Art Art Direction 61
Fair
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Art Set Designer 59
Average
1980 Battle Beyond the Stars Art Art Direction 57
Average