title: Claude E. Carpenter
text: # Claude E. Carpenter
  
  Claude E. Carpenter (September 26, 1904 – February 18, 1976) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  Carpenter was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
  
  * Step Lively (1944)
  * Experiment Perilous (1944)
  * Viva Zapata! (1952)
  