Alexandre Trauner
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- August 3, 1906
- Died
- December 5, 1993 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Rainbow Thief
Movie · Production Design
Reunion
Movie · Production Design
Love Comedy
Movie · Production Design
The Bengali Night
Movie · Art Direction
'Round Midnight
Movie · Production Design
Subway
Movie · Production Design, Art Direction
So Long, Stooge
Movie · Production Design
The Train Killer
Movie · Production Design
The Trout
Movie · Production Design
Coup de Torchon
Movie · Production Design
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Movie · Production Design
Don Giovanni
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Roads to the South
Movie · Production Design
Fedora
Movie · Production Design
Mr. Klein
Movie · Art Direction
The Man Who Would Be King
Movie · Production Design
Impossible Object
Movie · Production Design
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · Production Design
Promise at Dawn
Movie · Production Design
A Flea in Her Ear
Movie · Production Design
Uptight
Movie · Production Design
The Night of the Generals
Movie · Production Design
How to Steal a Million
Movie · Production Design
Kiss Me, Stupid
Movie · Production Design
Behold a Pale Horse
Movie · Production Design
Irma la Douce
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Five Miles to Midnight
Movie · Production Design, Art Direction
One, Two, Three
Movie · Art Direction
Goodbye Again
Movie · Production Design, Art Direction
Paris Blues
Movie · Art Direction
The Apartment
Movie · Art Direction
Once More, with Feeling!
Movie · Production Design
The Nun's Story
Movie · Art Direction
The Great Deception
Movie · Production Design
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Movie · Production Design
The Happy Road
Movie · Art Direction
Love in the Afternoon
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · Production Design, Art Direction
Plucking the Daisy
Movie · Production Design
Rififi
Movie · Production Design
Land of the Pharaohs
Movie · Production Design
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · Production Design
The Green Glove
Movie · Art Direction
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Movie · Art Direction
Chicago Digest
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Othello
Movie · Production Design
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Movie · Production Design
Mystery Tour
Movie · Production Design
Gates of the Night
Movie · Production Design
Sophie's Misfortune
Movie · Production Design
Children of Paradise
Movie · Production Design
Summer Light
Movie · Production Design
Stormy Waters
Movie · Production Design
Daybreak
Movie · Production Design
Hatred
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
The Curtain Rises
Movie · Head Decorator
Hôtel du Nord
Movie · Production Design, Art Direction
Port of Shadows
Movie · Production Design
Bizarre, Bizarre
Movie · Production Design
Zouzou
Movie · Production Design
L'Âge d'or
Movie · Production Design