Alexandre Trauner

Kunst

Alexandre Trauner

Geboren
Gestorben
(im Alter von 87)
Geburtsort
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Mitwirkende
66 Titel

Biografie

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. 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). In 1937, he became a chief set designer.

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.

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. 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).

In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.

Source: Article "Alexandre Trauner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Bekanntestes Werk

Bekannt für

Schauspielerische Mitwirkung 7

JahrTitelRolle
1989 Der wiedergefundene Freund Film Caretaker
1986 Avant minuit Film Self (archive footage)
1981 Le Roi des cons Film Le vieux monsieur au petit chien
1978 Regie: Billy Wilder Film Self
1967 Die Geburt der Kinder Des Olymp Film Self
1958 Paris mange son pain Film Self
1957 Ariane - Liebe am Nachmittag Film Artist (uncredited)

Filmstab 61

JahrTitelTätigkeit
1994 The Rainbow Thief Film Production Design
1989 Comédie d'amour Film Production Design
1989 Der wiedergefundene Freund Film Production Design
1988 La nuit Bengali Film Art Direction
1986 Um Mitternacht Film Production Design
1985 Subway Film Production Design, Art Direction
1983 Am Rande der Nacht Film Production Design
1983 Der Fall Sylvester Matuska Film Production Design
1982 Eine Frau wie ein Fisch Film Production Design
1981 Der Saustall Film Production Design
1980 Das boshafte Spiel des Dr. Fu Manchu Film Production Design
1979 Don Giovanni Film Art Direction, Production Design
1978 Fedora Film Production Design
1978 Straßen nach Süden Film Production Design
1976 Monsieur Klein Film Art Direction
1975 Der Mann, der König sein wollte Film Production Design
1973 L'Impossible Objet Film Production Design
1970 Versprechen in der Dämmerung Film Production Design
1970 Das Privatleben des Sherlock Holmes Film Production Design
1968 Black Power Film Production Design
1968 A Flea in Her Ear Film Production Design
1967 Die Nacht der Generale Film Production Design
1966 Wie klaut man eine Million? Film Production Design
1964 Küss mich, Dummkopf Film Production Design
1964 Deine Zeit ist um Film Associate Producer, Production Design
1963 Das Mädchen Irma la Douce Film Producer, Art Direction, Production Design
1962 Die dritte Dimension Film Production Design, Art Direction
1961 Eins, zwei, drei Film Art Direction
1961 Paris Blues Film Art Direction
1961 Lieben Sie Brahms? Film Production Design, Art Direction
1960 Das Appartement Film Art Direction
1960 Noch einmal mit Gefühl Film Production Design
1959 Der Favorit der Zarin Film Production Design
1959 Geschichte einer Nonne Film Art Direction
1958 Sei schön und halt den Mund Film Production Design
1957 Zeugin der Anklage Film Production Design, Art Direction
1957 Straße des Glücks Film Art Direction
1957 Ariane - Liebe am Nachmittag Film Art Direction, Production Design
1956 Das Gänseblümchen wird entblättert Film Production Design
1955 Land der Pharaonen Film Production Design
1955 Rififi Film Production Design
1952 Torticola contre Frankensberg Film Art Direction
1952 Die sieben Sünden Film Production Design
1952 Der eiserne Handschuh Film Art Direction
1951 Orson Welles’ Othello Film Production Design
1951 Chicago Digest Film Art Direction, Production Design
1951 Juliette oder der Schlüssel der Träume Film Production Design
1947 Voyage surprise Film Production Design
1946 Pforten der Nacht Film Production Design
1946 Les Malheurs de Sophie Film Production Design
1945 Kinder des Olymp Film Production Design
1943 Wetterleuchten Film Production Design
1941 Schleppkähne Film Production Design
1939 Der Tag bricht an Film Production Design
1938 Hôtel du Nord Film Production Design, Art Direction
1938 Theaterliebe Film Head Decorator
1938 Hafen im Nebel Film Production Design
1938 Mollenard Film Art Direction, Production Design
1937 Ein sonderbarer Fall Film Production Design
1934 Zouzou Film Production Design
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