Edward L. Ilou

Edward L. Ilou
Born	August 20, 1905 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	November 12, 1978 (aged 73) San Clemente, California, United States
Alma mater	Syracuse University
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1947–1968 (film & TV)

Edward L. Ilou (1905–1978) was a Swedish-born art director who designed the sets of a number of Hollywood films and television episodes. Much of his early work was for Eagle-Lion Films. He was art director on a number film noirs including Raw Deal (1948) and He Walked by Night (1948). He is sometimes credited simply as Edward Ilou.

Selected filmography

• Assigned to Danger (1948)
• Raw Deal (1948)
• Hollow Triumph (1948)
• The Noose Hangs High (1948)
• The Man from Texas (1948)
• Mickey (1948)
• Northwest Stampede (1948)
• The Iroquois Trail (1950)
• Under the Gun (1951)
• Kansas City Confidential (1952)
• China Venture (1953)
• El Alamein (1953)
• Carmen Jones (1954)
• The Black Dakotas (1954)
• Ten Wanted Men (1955)
• The Boy and the Pirates (1960)
• The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)

Bibliography

• Alvarez, Max. The Crime Films of Anthony Mann. University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
• Dickos, Andrew. Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir. University Press of Kentucky, 2002.

External links

• Edward L. Ilou at IMDb