Harry Horner

Harry Horner (July 24, 1910 - December 5, 1994) was an Austrian art director who made a successful career in Hollywood. He was born in the town of Holitz, which now belongs to the Czech Republic, to German speaking parents in Bohemia. He began his career working with Max Reinhardt in Vienna. When Reinhardt moved to the United States in the early 1930s, Horner went along with him. During World War II, he served as production designer and set designer for the U.S. Army Air Forces show Winged Victory. He won an Oscar in 1949 for his work on William Wyler's The Heiress and another in 1961 for Robert Rossen's drama The Hustler. One of his first notable successes was George Cukor's A Double Life (1947) and he soon found himself up on the Oscar podium in 1949 for his work on William Wyler's The Heiress. He worked with Cukor again in 1950 on Born Yesterday and then tried his hand at directing on several TV series, including Gunsmoke. He was nominated for a third time in 1969 for Sydney Pollack's 30s drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They .  Horner directed a few films beginning with Red Planet Mars and Beware, My Lovely both in 1952. He retired after completing the Neil Diamond remake of The Jazz Singer in 1980. He died of pneumonia in 1994 in Pacific Palisades, California, aged 84. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Horner, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  Four Star Playhouse

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  Gunsmoke

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  Shirley Temple's Storybook

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  Cavalcade of America

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  The Hustler

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  The Driver

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  They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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  TV Reader's Digest

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  The Jazz Singer

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  Born Yesterday

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• 1980The Jazz SingerProduction Design
• 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterProduction Design
• 1978Moment by MomentProduction Design
• 1978The DriverProduction Design
• 1977Audrey RoseProduction Design
• 1976Harry and Walter Go to New YorkProduction Design
• 1975The Black BirdProduction Design
• 1972Up the SandboxProduction Design
• 1971Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?Production Design
• 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Production Design
• 1961The HustlerProduction Design
• 1959R.C.M.P.Director
• 1959The Wonderful CountryProduction Design
• 1959World of GiantsDirector
• 1958Separate TablesProduction Design
• 1958Lux PlayhouseDirector
• 1958The Rough RidersDirector
• 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookDirector
• 1956The Wild PartyDirector
• 1956Man from Del RioDirector
• 1955GunsmokeDirector
• 1955A Life in the BalanceDirector
• 1955TV Reader's DigestDirector
• 1954New FacesDirector
• 1953VickiDirector
• 1952Androcles and the LionProduction Design
• 1952Cavalcade of AmericaDirector
• 1952Four Star PlayhouseDirector
• 1952Beware, My LovelyDirector
• 1952Red Planet MarsDirector
• 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsDirector
• 1951He Ran All the WayProduction Design
• 1950Born YesterdayProduction Design
• 1950OutrageProduction Design
• 1950Tarzan and the Slave GirlProduction Design
• 1949The HeiressArt Direction
• 1947A Double LifeProduction Design
• 1943Stage Door CanteenProduction Design
• 1943Tarzan TriumphsProduction Designer