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Hungarian-born cinema production and set designer
Alexandre Trauner
Alexandre Trauner (born Sándor Trau ; 3 August 1906 in
Budapest ,
Hungary – 5 December 1993 in
Omonville-la-Petite ,
France ) was a Hungarian film
production designer .
After studying painting at
Hungarian Royal Drawing School , he left the country in 1929, fleeing from the antisemitic government of
Admiral Horthy .
[1] In Paris, he became the assistant of set designer
Lazare Meerson , at the studios in
Épinay-sur-Seine working on such films as
À nous la liberté (1932) and
La Kermesse héroïque (1935).
[2] In 1937, he became a chief set designer.
[3]
Trauner worked with director
Marcel Carné for some years on such films as
Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes , 1938),
Le Jour se lève (1939), and
Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis , 1945). Trauner worked in hiding on Children of Paradise , which was filmed at the
Victorine Studios in Nice during 1943 and 1944 during the Nazi's
Occupation of France .
[1]
[4]
He worked with
Billy Wilder on eight films between 1958 and 1978, including the sets for
The Apartment (1960), on which he made use of false perspective, a characteristic of his work. For his work on this film, he won an
Academy Award .
[2] He also worked on
John Huston 's
The Man Who Would Be King (1975),
Joseph Losey 's
Don Giovanni (1979), and
Luc Besson 's
Subway (1985).
[4]
In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the
30th Berlin International Film Festival .
[5]
Selected filmography
See also
References
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1927–1939 Interior Decoration 1940–1946 Black & White / Color separate
1940 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Paul Groesse / (c):
Vincent Korda
1941 (bw):
Richard Day ,
Nathan Juran ,
Thomas Little / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Urie McCleary ,
Edwin B. Willis
1942 (bw):
Richard Day ,
Joseph C. Wright ,
Thomas Little / (c):
Richard Day ,
Joseph C. Wright ,
Thomas Little
1943 (bw):
James Basevi ,
William S. Darling ,
Thomas Little / (c):
Alexander Golitzen ,
John B. Goodman ,
Russell A. Gausman ,
Ira S. Webb
1944 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
William Ferrari ,
Paul Huldschinsky ,
Edwin B. Willis / (c):
Wiard Ihnen ,
Thomas Little
1945 (bw):
Wiard Ihnen ,
A. Roland Fields / (c):
Hans Dreier ,
Ernst Fegté ,
Samuel M. Comer
1946 (bw):
William S. Darling ,
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
Thomas Little ,
Frank E. Hughes / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Paul Groesse ,
Edwin B. Willis
1947–1956 renamed Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate
1947 (bw):
John Bryan ,
Wilfred Shingleton / (c):
Alfred Junge
1948 (bw):
Roger K. Furse ,
Carmen Dillon / (c):
Hein Heckroth ,
Arthur Lawson
1949 (bw):
Harry Horner ,
John Meehan ,
Emile Kuri / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Paul Groesse ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
Jack D. Moore
1950 (bw):
Hans Dreier ,
John Meehan ,
Samuel M. Comer ,
Ray Moyer / (c):
Hans Dreier ,
Walter Tyler ,
Samuel M. Comer ,
Ray Moyer
1951 (bw):
Richard Day ,
George James Hopkins / (c):
Cedric Gibbons ,
E. Preston Ames ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
F. Keogh Gleason
1952 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Edward Carfagno ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
F. Keogh Gleason /(c):
Paul Sheriff ,
Marcel Vertès
1953 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Edward Carfagno ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
Hugh Hunt / (c):
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
George Davis ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Paul S. Fox
1954 (bw):
Richard Day / (c):
John Meehan ,
Emile Kuri
1955 (bw):
Hal Pereira ,
Tambi Larsen ,
Samuel M. Comer ,
Arthur Krams / (c):
William Flannery ,
Jo Mielziner ,
Robert Priestley
1956 (bw):
Cedric Gibbons ,
Malcolm F. Brown ,
Edwin B. Willis ,
F. Keogh Gleason / (c):
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
John DeCuir ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Paul S. Fox
1957–1958 1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate
1959 (bw):
Lyle R. Wheeler ,
George Davis ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Stuart A. Reiss / (c):
William A. Horning (
posthumous award ),
Edward Carfagno ,
Hugh Hunt
1960 (bw):
Alexandre Trauner ,
Edward G. Boyle /(c):
Alexander Golitzen ,
Eric Orbom (
posthumous award ),
Russell A. Gausman ,
Julia Heron
1961 (bw):
Harry Horner ,
Gene Callahan / (c):
Boris Leven ,
Victor A. Gangelin
1962 (bw):
Alexander Golitzen ,
Henry Bumstead ,
Oliver Emert /(c):
John Box ,
John Stoll ,
Dario Simoni
1963 (bw):
Gene Callahan / (c):
John DeCuir ,
Jack Martin Smith ,
Hilyard M. Brown ,
Herman A. Blumenthal ,
Elven Webb ,
Maurice Pelling ,
Boris Juraga ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Paul S. Fox ,
Ray Moyer
1964 (bw):
Vassilis Photopoulos /(c):
Gene Allen ,
Cecil Beaton ,
George James Hopkins
1965 (bw):
Robert Clatworthy ,
Joseph Kish /(c):
John Box ,
Terence Marsh ,
Dario Simoni
1966 (bw):
Richard Sylbert ,
George James Hopkins / (c):
Jack Martin Smith ,
Dale Hennesy ,
Walter M. Scott ,
Stuart A. Reiss
1967–1980
1967:
John Truscott ,
Edward Carrere ,
John W. Brown
1968:
John Box ,
Terence Marsh ,
Vernon Dixon ,
Ken Muggleston
1969:
John DeCuir ,
Jack Martin Smith ,
Herman A. Blumenthal ,
Walter M. Scott ,
George James Hopkins ,
Raphaël Bretton
1970:
Urie McCleary ,
Gil Parrondo ,
Antonio Mateos ,
Pierre-Louis Thévenet
1971:
John Box ,
Ernest Archer ,
Jack Maxsted ,
Gil Parrondo ,
Vernon Dixon
1972:
Rolf Zehetbauer ,
Jurgen Kiebach ,
Herbert Strabel
1973:
Henry Bumstead ,
James W. Payne
1974:
Dean Tavoularis ,
Angelo P. Graham ,
George R. Nelson
1975:
Ken Adam ,
Roy Walker ,
Vernon Dixon
1976:
George C. Jenkins ,
George Gaines
1977:
John Barry ,
Norman Reynolds ,
Leslie Dilley ,
Roger Christian
1978:
Paul Sylbert ,
Edwin O'Donovan ,
George Gaines
1979:
Philip Rosenberg ,
Tony Walton ,
Edward Stewart ,
Gary J. Brink
1980:
Pierre Guffroy ,
Jack Stephens
1981–2000 2001–present
Award of Merit (Special Achievement Award) Honorary Award
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