- Born
- Birth nameHubert Charles Braden
- Nicknames
- Hubbabubah
- Double Trouble
- Hubster
- Hub Braden was born on January 20, 1935 in Weld County, Colorado, USA. He is an art director and production designer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982).
- Instructor for UCLA Extension Program's Film and Television Theatre Arts Program. The class was initiated at Gene Allen's request to expand instruction courses for Production Design in the television and film program. Titled "Production Design in the Entertainment Industry". The class was popular for five years ending in 2004.
- Identical twin brother, John Braden, shares Art Director film credit on "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery". On staff as Art Director-Scenic Designer with the ABC-TV News division, John took vacation time to help his brother with the two hour MOW since Hub was overlapping two film assignments. Edgar Sherack and Delbert Mann enjoyed the twins' sense of humor. A double bonus since they had the two, one in Hawaii to prep the golf course, the other half at Paramount studios to prep stage sets.
- Robert (Bob) Currier, owner and producer of the Kenneybunkport Playhouse, in Kennybunkport, Maine, hired the Braden Twins for his 1957 summer stock season of plays and musicals. Alternating duties during the summer season, the twins, Hub and John, performed as scenic designer, decorating the sets; functioning as carpenters, scenic artists, technical director, lighting designer; managing behind the scenes, which included teaching and supervising twelve young apprentices; supervising and managing the theater's box office; janitorial services for the theatre public areas, including repairs.
- John Braden is Hub's identical twin brother who lives in New York City. John is a stage, television and film Production Designer, Art Director, Scenic Designer, and Costume Designer (NY City Ballet). He also is a (fine art) portrait, landscape painter and illustrator, exhibited at the Art Student League, where he participates instructing and supervising student artists. He was the last staff Scenic Designer and artist, with the longest employment record (42 yrs) with the New York ABC-TV Network Division Scenic Services.
- Rouben Ter-Arutunian was Production Designing the Tony Richardson film "The Loved One" in Los Angeles. While filming, Rouben was designing sets for George Balanchine's new ballet "The Nutcracker", for New York City Ballet's Christmas season. Rouben hired Hub Braden for assistance in drawing plans & elevations based upon the constructed model they had built. Ter-Arutunian always constructed the 1/2" scale stage set model first, with construction drawings completed afterwards. Rouben having used Hub's identical twin brother as an assistant in New York, brought John from New York to assist in the large scale design project. Finishing the model and construction drawings, John returned to New York to supervise the set's scenic construction and painting in the Pete Feller Shop.
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