| Carl Jules Weyl | |
| Other Names: | Karl Felix Julius Weyl [1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation: | Art director |
| Yearsactive: | 1930–1947 |
| Spouse: | Irma Lois Chase (divorced)[2] |
Carl Jules Weyl (6 December 1890 - 12 July 1948) was a German art director. He won an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Adventures of Robin Hood.[3] He was also nominated in the same category for the film Mission to Moscow.[4]
Weyl was born in Stuttgart, Germany. His father, Karl Friedrich Weyl, was an architect and field engineer of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel through the Alps. Carl Jules Weyl studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris after architectural training in Berlin, Strasbourg, and Munich.[5] He served as a first lieutenant of infantry in the German Reichswehr, according to his World War I draft registration card.
Weyl immigrated to the US on 31 March 1912, according to his 1933 petition for citizenship, on the SS Königin Luise (1896).
Weyl worked as an architect in California, first for John W. Reid Jr. in San Francisco, then in Los Angeles after he moved there in 1923.
When the Great Depression hit and building commissions dried up, Weyl joined Cecil B. DeMille Productions as an art director,[6] then he joined Warner Brothers in the same position. Weyl initially worked as an assistant to Anton Grot and Robert M. Haas. His first set for Warner Bros was the fountain in Footlight Parade.
Together with Henry L. Gogerty (1894-1990), he designed numerous buildings in Hollywood, California, including:
Other building's designed by Weyl include:
Weyl was best man at the Beverly Hills wedding of film comedian Harry Langdon in 1929.[11]
Weyl died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.[12]