Person

Alexandre Trauner

Art · 1906–1993 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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.

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  Witness for the Prosecution

  Production Design

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  The Apartment

  Art Direction

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  'Round Midnight

  Production Design

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  Irma la Douce

  Producer

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  Children of Paradise

  Production Design

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  Mystery Tour

  Production Design

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  Paris Blues

  Art Direction

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  Mr. Klein

  Art Direction

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  Fedora

  Production Design

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  Othello

  Production Design

• 1994The Rainbow ThiefProduction Design
• 1989Love ComedyProduction Design
• 1989ReunionCaretaker
• 1988The Bengali NightArt Direction
• 1986'Round MidnightProduction Design
• 1986Before MidnightSelf (archive footage)
• 1985SubwayProduction Design
• 1983So Long, StoogeProduction Design
• 1983The Train KillerProduction Design
• 1982The TroutProduction Design
• 1981Coup de TorchonProduction Design
• 1981Le Roi des consLe vieux monsieur au petit chien
• 1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuProduction Design
• 1979Don GiovanniArt Direction
• 1978FedoraProduction Design
• 1978Regie: Billy WilderSelf
• 1978Roads to the SouthProduction Design
• 1976Mr. KleinArt Direction
• 1975The Man Who Would Be KingProduction Design
• 1973Impossible ObjectProduction Design
• 1970Promise at DawnProduction Design
• 1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesProduction Design
• 1968UptightProduction Design
• 1968A Flea in Her EarProduction Design
• 1967The Night of the GeneralsProduction Design
• 1967The Birth of Children of ParadiseSelf
• 1966How to Steal a MillionProduction Design
• 1964Kiss Me, StupidProduction Design
• 1964Behold a Pale HorseAssociate Producer
• 1963Irma la DouceProducer
• 1962Five Miles to MidnightProduction Design
• 1961One, Two, ThreeArt Direction
• 1961Paris BluesArt Direction
• 1961Goodbye AgainProduction Design
• 1960The ApartmentArt Direction
• 1960Once More, with Feeling!Production Design
• 1959The Great DeceptionProduction Design
• 1959The Nun's StoryArt Direction
• 1958Be Beautiful and Shut UpProduction Design
• 1958Paris mange son painSelf
• 1957Witness for the ProsecutionProduction Design
• 1957The Happy RoadArt Direction
• 1957Love in the AfternoonArtist (uncredited)
• 1956Plucking the DaisyProduction Design
• 1955Land of the PharaohsProduction Design
• 1955RififiProduction Design
• 1952Torticola versus FrankensbergArt Direction
• 1952The Seven Deadly SinsProduction Design
• 1952The Green GloveArt Direction
• 1951OthelloProduction Design
• 1951Chicago DigestArt Direction
• 1951Juliette, or Key of DreamsProduction Design
• 1947Mystery TourProduction Design
• 1946Gates of the NightProduction Design
• 1946Sophie's MisfortuneProduction Design
• 1945Children of ParadiseProduction Design
• 1943Summer LightProduction Design
• 1941Stormy WatersProduction Design
• 1939DaybreakProduction Design
• 1938Hôtel du NordProduction Design
• 1938The Curtain RisesHead Decorator
• 1938Port of ShadowsProduction Design
• 1938HatredArt Direction
• 1937Bizarre, BizarreProduction Design
• 1934ZouzouProduction Design
• 1930L'Âge d'orProduction Design