Ward Preston

Production designer. Born 20 April 1932 in Torrance, California, USA. Died 17 January 2016.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

20 April 1932, Torrance, California, USA

Died

17 January 2016

Active

1974–1984

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

76Fi1m

69Critics

We rate Ward’s work 7 points above the press, across 3 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 792

Under 600

Of 3 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 3 films
Screen time: 6 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $268m across 3 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1974–1984

Genres

Drama2
Action1
Comedy1
Music1
Romance1
Thriller1

Best and worst on Fi1m

89BestAirplane!1980

68WorstThe Towering Inferno1974

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

71960s

131970s

111980s

31990s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1975Best Production Design · The Towering Inferno

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.