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Alexandre Trauner
Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born August 3, 1906Died December 5, 1993 (87 years)
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.
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.
Alexandre Trauner Filmography
| 1964 | Behold a Pale Horse · as Associate Producer |
| 1963 |
| 1989 | Reunion · as Caretaker |
| 1981 | Le roi des cons · as Le Vieux Monsieur Au Petit Chien |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon · as Artist (uncredited) |
| 1934 | L'hôtel du libre échange · as Cast |
| 2016 | My Journey Through French Cinema · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1964 | Filmmakers of our time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The Rainbow Thief · as Production Design |
| 1989 | Love Comedy · as Production Design |
| 1989 | Reunion · as Production Design |
| 1988 | The Bengali Night · as Art Direction |
| 1986 | 'Round Midnight · as Production Design |
| 1985 | Harem · as Production Designer |
| 1985 | Subway · as Production Design |
| 1984 | Long Live Women! · as Production Designer |
| 1983 | So Long, Stooge · as Production Design |
| 1983 | Viadukt · as Production Designer |
| 1982 | The Trout · as Production Design |
| 1981 | Clean Slate · as Production Design |
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu · as Production Design |
| 1979 | Don Giovanni · as Production Design |
| 1978 | Fedora · as Production Design |
| 1978 | Roads to the South · as Production Design |
| 1976 | The First Time · as Production Designer |
| 1976 | Mr. Klein · as Art Direction |
| 1975 | The Man Who Would Be King · as Production Design |
| 1973 | Story of a Love Story · as Production Design |
| 1971 | The Swashbuckler · as Production Designer |
| 1970 | Promise at Dawn · as Production Design |
| 1970 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes · as Production Design |
| 1968 | Uptight · as Production Design |
| 1968 | A Flea in Her Ear · as Production Design |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals · as Production Design |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million · as Production Design |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid · as Production Design |
| 1964 | Behold a Pale Horse · as Production Design |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce · as Art Direction |
| 1962 | Five Miles to Midnight · as Production Design |
| 1961 | One, Two, Three · as Art Direction |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet · as Art Director |
| 1961 | Paris Blues · as Art Direction |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again · as Production Design |
| 1960 | The Apartment · as Art Direction |
| 1960 | Once More, with Feeling! · as Production Design |
| 1959 | Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon · as Production Design |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story · as Art Direction |
| 1958 | Be Beautiful But Shut Up · as Production Design |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution · as Production Design |
| 1957 | The Happy Road · as Art Direction |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon · as Art Direction |
| 1956 | Plucking the Daisy · as Production Design |
| 1955 | The Light Across the Street · as Production Designer |
| 1955 | Lady Chatterley's Lover · as Production Designer |
| 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs · as Production Design |
| 1955 | Rififi · as Production Design |
| 1953 | Act of Love · as Art Director |
| 1952 | Revenge at Daybreak · as Production Designer |
| 1952 | The Seven Deadly Sins · as Production Design |
| 1952 | The Green Glove · as Art Direction |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | Juliette, or Key of Dreams · as Production Design |
| 1951 | Miracles Only Happen Once · as Production Designer |
| 1950 | La Marie du Port · as Production Designer |
| 1949 | The cheat · as Production Designer |
| 1947 | Voyage surprise · as Production Design |
| 1946 | Gates of the Night · as Production Design |
| 1946 | Les malheurs de Sophie · as Production Design |
| 1945 | Children of Paradise · as Production Design |
| 1943 | Summer Light · as Production Design |
| 1942 | The Devil's Envoys · as Art Director |
| 1941 | Stormy Waters · as Production Design |
| 1939 | Daybreak · as Production Design |
| 1938 | Hotel du Nord · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | The Curtain Rises · as Production Designer |
| 1938 | Port of Shadows · as Production Design |
| 1938 | Hatred · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Bizarre, Bizarre · as Production Design |
| 1937 | Woman of Malacca · as Production Designer |
| 1937 | Heart of Paris · as Production Designer |
| 1937 | Confessions of a Newlywed · as Production Designer |
| 1935 | Carnival in Flanders · as Set Decorator |
| 1934 | Zou Zou · as Production Design |
| 1934 | L'hôtel du libre échange · as Set Decorator |
| 1932 | It's in the Bag · as Set Decorator |
| 1930 | L'Age d'Or · as Production Design |