Edward Aiona
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Edward Aiona was a prop master for more than 30 films. He worked on every one of Clint Eastwood’s movies, starting in 1973 with Magnum Force, and continuing until Aiona’s retirement in 1996.
Aiona’s long history with Eastwood included the 1999 western Unforgiven, which won the Academy Award for best picture. Two additional films Aiona worked on won best picture as well: the Robert Redford-helmed Ordinary People and the 1988 drama Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. He also worked on the Martin Scorsese film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore; Sydney Pollack’s The Electric Horseman and Absence of Malice; and John Carpenter’s Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
Aiona was scrupulous in acquiring period-specific props, down to a literal needle, accurate to the year, which was used for a scene in Unforgiven when Morgan Freeman sews up Eastwood’s face. His specialty was weapons, however, which was evident in the fully functional pistol he designed for In the Line of Fire.
Aiona briefly worked in television, on the show Movin’ On, for 28 episodes from 1974 to 1976. The drama series, which starred Claude Akins and Frank Converse, followed a pair of big-rig truckers who team up to haul cargo cross-country.
Edward Aiona was a prop master for more than 30 films. He worked on every one of Clint Eastwood’s movies, starting in 1973 with Magnum Force, and continuing until Aiona’s retirement in 1996.
Aiona’s long history with Eastwood included the 1999 western Unforgiven, which won the Academy Award for best picture. Two additional films Aiona worked on won best picture as well: the Robert Redford-helmed Ordinary People and the 1988 drama Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. He also worked on the Martin Scorsese film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore; Sydney Pollack’s The Electric Horseman and Absence of Malice; and John Carpenter’s Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
Aiona was scrupulous in acquiring period-specific props, down to a literal needle, accurate to the year, which was used for a scene in Unforgiven when Morgan Freeman sews up Eastwood’s face. His specialty was weapons, however, which was evident in the fully functional pistol he designed for In the Line of Fire.
Aiona briefly worked in television, on the show Movin’ On, for 28 episodes from 1974 to 1976. The drama series, which starred Claude Akins and Frank Converse, followed a pair of big-rig truckers who team up to haul cargo cross-country.
Aiona died March 31, 2015, in Tarzana, California. He was 83.
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