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Hans Dreier

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Born August 21, 1885Died October 24, 1966 (81 years)
Hans Dreier was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950.

Hans Dreier was born in Bremen, Germany in 1885. After studying architecture in Munich, Germany, Dreier worked as imperial supervising architect of the German Cameroon. During World War I, he served in the German Lancers.

He began his career in German film in 1919 as an assistant designer at UFA Studios. At the urging of German director Ernst Lubitsch, Dreier relocated to Hollywood in 1923 to work at Paramount Pictures. His first Hollywood film was Forbidden Paradise, directed by Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri. Dreier worked as Paramount's supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950.

He made contributions to nearly 500 films during his lengthy career, including many films directed by Joseph Von Sternberg and Ernst Lubitsch, as well as the film It's a Gift (1934) starring W. C. Fields. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his art direction on 23 occasions. He won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction (Color) for Frenchman's Creek (1944) and Samson and Delilah (1950). He also won the award for Art Direction (Black and White) for Sunset Boulevard (1950).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • Design for Living
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • The Last Command
  • My Favorite Brunette
  • The File on Thelma Jordon
  • You and Me
  • The Milky Way
  • Bulldog Drummond Escapes
  • Nothing But the Truth
  • Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
  • Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
  • Bulldog Drummond in Africa
  • Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
  • Bulldog Drummond's Peril
  • Rocky Mountain Mystery
  • Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
  • Desert Gold
  • Drift Fence

Known For

  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Samson and Delilah
  • Morocco
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Beau Geste
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Reap the Wild Wind
  • Five Graves to Cairo
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Hold Back the Dawn
  • The Love Parade
  • If I Were King
  • Love Letters
  • North West Mounted Police
  • No Time for Love
  • Arise, My Love
  • Souls at Sea
  • The Vagabond King

Hans Dreier Filmography

1921
Danton · as Minor Role

1951
A Place in the Sun · as Art Direction
1950
Copper Canyon · as Art Direction
1950
Mr. Music · as Art Direction
1950
Let's Dance · as Art Direction
1950
Branded · as Art Direction
1950
September Affair · as Art Direction
1950
Dark City · as Art Direction
1950
Union Station · as Art Direction
1950
The Furies · as Art Direction
1950
Sunset Boulevard · as Art Direction
1950
Fancy Pants · as Art Direction
1950
My Friend Irma Goes West · as Art Direction
1950
No Man of Her Own · as Art Direction
1950
Riding High · as Art Direction
1950
Appointment with Danger · as Art Direction
1950
Paid in Full · as Art Director
1949
Captain Carey, U.S.A. · as Art Direction
1949
Samson and Delilah · as Art Direction
1949
The Great Lover · as Art Direction
1949
Dear Wife · as Art Direction
1949
1949
Chicago Deadline · as Art Direction
1949
Song of Surrender · as Art Director
1949
My Friend Irma · as Art Direction
1949
Red, Hot and Blue · as Art Direction
1949
Top o' the Morning · as Art Direction
1949
Rope of Sand · as Art Direction
1949
The Great Gatsby · as Art Direction
1949
Sorrowful Jones · as Art Direction
1949
Streets of Laredo · as Art Direction
1949
The Accused · as Art Direction
1949
1949
Bride of Vengeance · as Art Director
1949
Alias Nick Beal · as Art Direction
1949
My Own True Love · as Art Direction
1948
The Paleface · as Art Direction
1948
Whispering Smith · as Art Direction
1948
Miss Tatlock's Millions · as Art Direction
1948
Sealed Verdict · as Art Direction
1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes · as Art Direction
1948
Isn't It Romantic · as Art Direction
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number · as Art Direction
1948
A Foreign Affair · as Art Direction
1948
Beyond Glory · as Art Director
1948
Dream Girl · as Art Director
1948
The Emperor Waltz · as Art Direction
1948
Hazard · as Art Direction
1948
The Sainted Sisters · as Art Direction
1948
The Big Clock · as Art Direction
1947
I Walk Alone · as Art Direction
1947
Road to Rio · as Art Direction
1947
Saigon · as Art Direction
1947
Where There's Life · as Art Direction
1947
Unconquered · as Art Direction
1947
Wild Harvest · as Art Direction
1947
Paris in the Spring · as Art Director
1947
Variety Girl · as Art Direction
1947
Golden Earrings · as Art Director
1947
The Perils of Pauline · as Art Direction
1947
The Trouble with Women · as Art Direction
1947
Welcome Stranger · as Art Direction
1947
Dear Ruth · as Art Direction
1947
Blaze of Noon · as Art Direction
1947
Sweet and Low · as Art Director
1947
My Favorite Brunette · as Art Direction
1947
California · as Art Direction
1947
Suddenly It's Spring · as Art Direction
1947
Ladies' Man · as Art Direction
1946
Calcutta · as Art Direction
1946
Cross My Heart · as Art Direction
1946
The Imperfect Lady · as Art Director
1946
Two Years Before the Mast · as Art Direction
1946
Blue Skies · as Art Direction
1946
1946
Monsieur Beaucaire · as Art Direction
1946
The Searching Wind · as Art Direction
1946
Our Hearts Were Growing Up · as Art Director
1946
The Bride Wore Boots · as Art Direction
1946
O.S.S. · as Art Direction
1946
The Well Groomed Bride · as Art Director
1946
The Virginian · as Art Direction
1946
The Blue Dahlia · as Art Direction
1946
To Each His Own · as Art Direction
1946
Miss Susie Slagle's · as Art Direction
1945
Road to Utopia · as Art Direction
1945
The Stork Club · as Art Direction
1945
Masquerade in Mexico · as Art Direction
1945
The Lost Weekend · as Art Direction
1945
Hold That Blonde! · as Art Direction
1945
Love Letters · as Art Direction
1945
Kitty · as Art Direction
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood · as Supervising Art Director
1945
Duffy's Tavern · as Art Direction
1945
Incendiary Blonde · as Art Direction
1945
Salty O'Rourke · as Art Direction
1945
Out of This World · as Art Direction
1945
The Affairs of Susan · as Art Direction
1945
You Came Along · as Art Direction
1945
Murder, He Says · as Art Direction
1945
The Unseen · as Art Direction
1945
A Medal for Benny · as Art Direction
1945
Bring on the Girls · as Art Direction
1944
The Man in Half Moon Street · as Art Direction
1944
Practically Yours · as Art Director
1944
Here Come the Waves · as Art Direction
1944
The Hitler Gang · as Art Director
1944
And Now Tomorrow · as Art Direction
1944
Going My Way · as Art Direction
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn · as Art Direction
1944
Frenchman's Creek · as Art Direction
1944
The Great Moment · as Art Direction
1944
Rainbow Island · as Art Direction
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay · as Art Direction
1944
The Uninvited · as Art Direction
1944
Till We Meet Again · as Art Director
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero · as Art Direction
1944
I Love a Soldier · as Art Direction
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell · as Art Direction
1944
1944
Ministry of Fear · as Art Direction
1944
And the Angels Sing · as Art Direction
1944
Double Indemnity · as Art Direction
1944
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid · as Art Director
1944
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout · as Art Director
1944
Standing Room Only · as Art Direction
1943
True to Life · as Art Direction
1943
Hostages · as Art Direction
1943
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek · as Art Direction
1943
Riding High · as Art Direction
1943
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House · as Art Director
1943
So Proudly We Hail! · as Art Direction
1943
China · as Art Direction
1943
Let's Face It · as Art Direction
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls · as Art Direction
1943
Five Graves to Cairo · as Art Direction
1943
Dixie · as Supervising Art Director
1943
Henry Aldrich Swings It · as Art Director
1943
Night Plane from Chungking · as Art Direction
1943
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour · as Art Director
1943
No Time for Love · as Art Direction
1943
Young and Willing · as Art Direction
1943
The Crystal Ball · as Art Direction
1943
Happy Go Lucky · as Art Director
1943
Lady Bodyguard · as Art Director
1942
The Major and the Minor · as Art Direction
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm · as Art Direction
1942
Lucky Jordan · as Art Direction
1942
Road to Morocco · as Art Direction
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon · as Art Direction
1942
My Heart Belongs to Daddy · as Art Direction
1942
The Palm Beach Story · as Art Direction
1942
I Married a Witch · as Art Direction
1942
My Favorite Blonde · as Art Direction
1942
The Glass Key · as Art Direction
1942
The Forest Rangers · as Art Director
1942
Street of Chance · as Art Direction
1942
1942
This Gun for Hire · as Art Direction
1942
Holiday Inn · as Art Direction
1942
Henry Aldrich, Editor · as Art Director
1942
Wake Island · as Art Direction
1942
Sweater Girl · as Art Director
1942
Night in New Orleans · as Art Direction
1942
Are Husbands Necessary? · as Art Director
1942
Henry and Dizzy · as Art Director
1942
Reap the Wild Wind · as Art Direction
1942
Dr. Broadway · as Art Direction
1942
Take a Letter, Darling · as Art Director
1942
True to the Army · as Art Director
1942
The Remarkable Andrew · as Art Direction
1942
The Fleet's In · as Art Direction
1942
The Lady Has Plans · as Art Direction
1942
Fly-By-Night · as Art Direction
1941
Pacific Blackout · as Art Director
1941
Louisiana Purchase · as Art Direction
1941
Among the Living · as Art Direction
1941
Bahama Passage · as Art Direction
1941
Sullivan's Travels · as Art Direction
1941
The Night of January 16th · as Art Director
1941
Skylark · as Art Direction
1941
Birth of the Blues · as Art Direction
1941
New York Town · as Art Direction
1941
The Great Man's Lady · as Art Direction
1941
Henry Aldrich for President · as Art Director
1941
Nothing But the Truth · as Art Direction
1941
Buy Me That Town · as Art Director
1941
Hold Back the Dawn · as Art Direction
1941
Aloma of the South Seas · as Art Direction
1941
World Premiere · as Art Director
1941
I Wanted Wings · as Art Director
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills · as Art Direction
1941
Caught in the Draft · as Art Direction
1941
Virginia · as Art Director
1941
West Point Widow · as Art Direction
1941
One Night in Lisbon · as Art Director
1941
There's Magic in Music · as Art Director
1941
Reaching for the Sun · as Art Director
1941
Road to Zanzibar · as Art Direction
1941
Las Vegas Nights · as Art Director
1941
The Lady Eve · as Art Direction
1941
The Monster and the Girl · as Art Direction
1940
Love Thy Neighbor · as Art Direction
1940
Victory · as Art Direction
1940
The Mad Doctor · as Art Direction
1940
Texas Rangers Ride Again · as Art Direction
1940
Moon Over Burma · as Art Direction
1940
A Night at Earl Carroll's · as Art Director
1940
Arise, My Love · as Art Direction
1940
Christmas in July · as Art Direction
1940
North West Mounted Police · as Art Direction
1940
Rangers of Fortune · as Art Director
1940
I Want a Divorce · as Art Direction
1940
Life with Henry · as Art Direction
1940
Rhythm on the River · as Art Direction
1940
The Great McGinty · as Art Direction
1940
Comin' Round the Mountain · as Art Director
1940
Mystery Sea Raider · as Art Director
1940
Golden Gloves · as Art Direction
1940
Untamed · as Art Direction
1940
Those Were the Days! · as Art Direction
1940
The Way of All Flesh · as Art Direction
1940
Queen of the Mob · as Art Direction
1940
The Ghost Breakers · as Art Direction
1940
Safari · as Art Direction
1940
The Biscuit Eater · as Art Director
1940
Typhoon · as Art Direction
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again · as Art Direction
1940
Dr. Cyclops · as Art Direction
1940
The Farmer's Daughter · as Art Direction
1940
Road to Singapore · as Art Direction
1940
Adventure in Diamonds · as Art Direction
1940
Parole Fixer · as Art Direction
1940
Emergency Squad · as Art Direction
1939
Remember the Night · as Art Direction
1939
The Great Victor Herbert · as Art Direction
1939
The Light That Failed · as Art Direction
1939
Rulers of the Sea · as Art Direction
1939
Geronimo! · as Art Director
1939
The Cat and the Canary · as Art Direction
1939
Disputed Passage · as Art Direction
1939
Television Spy · as Art Director
1939
What a Life · as Art Direction
1939
$1000 a Touchdown · as Art Direction
1939
Honeymoon in Bali · as Art Direction
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Bride · as Art Direction
1939
The Star Maker · as Art Direction
1939
Our Leading Citizen · as Art Direction
1939
Island of Lost Men · as Art Direction
1939
Beau Geste · as Art Direction
1939
Invitation to Happiness · as Art Direction
1939
Million Dollar Legs · as Art Direction
1939
Man About Town · as Art Direction
1939
Undercover Doctor · as Art Director
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case · as Art Direction
1939
Unmarried · as Art Direction
1939
Some Like It Hot · as Art Director
1939
Union Pacific · as Art Direction
1939
The Lady's from Kentucky · as Art Director
1939
Never Say Die · as Art Direction
1939
Hotel Imperial · as Art Direction
1939
1939
Sudden Money · as Art Director
1939
Midnight · as Art Direction
1939
King of Chinatown · as Art Direction
1939
Cafe Society · as Art Direction
1939
Persons in Hiding · as Art Director
1939
St. Louis Blues · as Art Direction
1939
Boy Trouble · as Art Director
1939
Ambush · as Art Director
1939
Disbarred · as Art Direction
1938
Paris Honeymoon · as Art Direction
1938
Zaza · as Art Direction
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective · as Art Director
1938
Artists and Models Abroad · as Art Direction
1938
Ride a Crooked Mile · as Art Direction
1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond · as Art Direction
1938
Say It in French · as Art Direction
1938
Thanks for the Memory · as Art Direction
1938
Illegal Traffic · as Art Direction
1938
If I Were King · as Art Direction
1938
Men with Wings · as Art Direction
1938
The Arkansas Traveler · as Art Direction
1938
King of Alcatraz · as Art Director
1938
Sons of the Legion · as Art Director
1938
Sing, You Sinners · as Art Direction
1938
Spawn of the North · as Art Direction
1938
Give Me a Sailor · as Art Direction
1938
The Texans · as Art Direction
1938
1938
Dangerous to Know · as Art Direction
1938
Prison Farm · as Art Director
1938
You and Me · as Art Direction
1938
Hunted Men · as Art Direction
1938
Cocoanut Grove · as Art Direction
1938
Stolen Heaven · as Art Director
1938
College Swing · as Art Direction
1938
Her Jungle Love · as Art Direction
1938
Tip-Off Girls · as Art Direction
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · as Art Direction
1938
Romance in the Dark · as Art Direction
1938
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 · as Art Direction
1938
The Buccaneer · as Art Direction
1937
Wells Fargo · as Art Direction
1937
True Confession · as Art Direction
1937
Daughter of Shanghai · as Art Direction
1937
1937
Born to the West · as Art Direction
1937
Thrill of a Lifetime · as Art Direction
1937
Ebb Tide · as Art Direction
1937
Night Club Scandal · as Art Direction
1937
Thunder Trail · as Art Director
1937
This Way Please · as Art Director
1937
Angel · as Art Direction
1937
1937
Souls at Sea · as Art Director
1937
Artist and Models · as Art Direction
1937
Exclusive · as Art Direction
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow · as Art Direction
1937
High, Wide and Handsome · as Art Direction
1937
Easy Living · as Art Direction
1937
Forlorn River · as Art Director
1937
The Last Train from Madrid · as Art Direction
1937
Hotel Haywire · as Art Director
1937
I Met Him in Paris · as Art Direction
1937
King of Gamblers · as Art Director
1937
Internes Can't Take Money · as Art Direction
1937
Waikiki Wedding · as Art Director
1937
Swing High, Swing Low · as Art Director
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw · as Art Director
1937
Maid of Salem · as Art Direction
1937
1937
Champagne Waltz · as Art Director
1936
College Holiday · as Art Director
1936
Let's Make a Million · as Art Direction
1936
The Jungle Princess · as Art Direction
1936
The Accusing Finger · as Art Direction
1936
The Plainsman · as Art Direction
1936
Easy to Take · as Art Direction
1936
The General Died at Dawn · as Art Direction
1936
Wedding Present · as Art Direction
1936
The Big Broadcast of 1937 · as Art Direction
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie · as Art Direction
1936
Murder with Pictures · as Art Direction
1936
Wives Never Know · as Art Direction
1936
The Texas Rangers · as Art Direction
1936
Straight from the Shoulder · as Art Direction
1936
Hollywood Boulevard · as Art Direction
1936
My American Wife · as Art Director
1936
Yours for the Asking · as Art Direction
1936
Rhythm on the Range · as Art Director
1936
The Arizona Raiders · as Art Direction
1936
Poppy · as Art Director
1936
The Return of Sophie Lang · as Art Director
1936
And Sudden Death · as Art Director
1936
Early to Bed · as Art Director
1936
The Princess Comes Across · as Art Direction
1936
13 Hours by Air · as Art Direction
1936
Florida Special · as Art Direction
1936
Till We Meet Again · as Art Director
1936
Desert Gold · as Art Direction
1936
Too Many Parents · as Art Director
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine · as Art Direction
1936
Give Us This Night · as Art Direction
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery · as Art Direction
1936
Desire · as Art Direction
1936
Klondike Annie · as Art Direction
1936
Drift Fence · as Art Direction
1936
The Milky Way · as Art Direction
1936
Anything Goes · as Art Direction
1935
The Bride Comes Home · as Art Direction
1935
So Red the Rose · as Art Direction
1935
Coronado · as Art Director
1935
Peter Ibbetson · as Art Direction
1935
Hands Across the Table · as Art Direction
1935
The Last Outpost · as Art Direction
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936 · as Art Direction
1935
Here Comes Cookie · as Art Direction
1935
Accent on Youth · as Art Direction
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze · as Art Director
1935
Men Without Names · as Art Direction
1935
The Glass Key · as Art Direction
1935
Paris in Spring · as Art Director
1935
The Devil Is a Woman · as Art Direction
1935
Goin' to Town · as Art Direction
1935
Stolen Harmony · as Art Director
1935
Mississippi · as Art Direction
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap · as Art Direction
1935
Car 99 · as Art Director
1935
1935
Rumba · as Art Director
1935
Wings in the Dark · as Art Director
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Art Direction
1934
Enter Madame! · as Art Direction
1934
Here Is My Heart · as Art Direction
1934
Father Brown, Detective · as Art Direction
1934
Limehouse Blues · as Art Director
1934
Behold My Wife! · as Art Director
1934
It's a Gift · as Art Direction
1934
Ready for Love · as Art Direction
1934
Menace · as Art Director
1934
1934
Cleopatra · as Art Direction
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness · as Art Director
1934
The Lemon Drop Kid · as Art Director
1934
Now and Forever · as Art Direction
1934
She Loves Me Not · as Art Director
1934
The Scarlet Empress · as Art Direction
1934
Ladies Should Listen · as Art Direction
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang · as Art Direction
1934
Shoot the Works · as Art Direction
1934
Kiss and Make-Up · as Art Direction
1934
Little Miss Marker · as Art Direction
1934
Thirty Day Princess · as Art Direction
1934
Murder at the Vanities · as Art Direction
1934
You're Telling Me! · as Art Director
1934
Double Door · as Art Direction
1934
We're Not Dressing · as Art Direction
1934
Melody in Spring · as Art Director
1934
Death Takes a Holiday · as Art Direction
1934
Wharf Angel · as Art Director
1934
Bolero · as Art Director
1934
Six of a Kind · as Art Direction
1934
Search for Beauty · as Art Direction
1934
All of Me · as Art Director
1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen · as Art Director
1933
Design for Living · as Art Direction
1933
Duck Soup · as Art Direction
1933
White Woman · as Art Director
1933
The Way to Love · as Art Director
1933
Tillie and Gus · as Art Director
1933
I'm No Angel · as Art Direction
1933
Too Much Harmony · as Art Direction
1933
One Sunday Afternoon · as Art Director
1933
This Day and Age · as Art Direction
1933
The Song of Songs · as Art Direction
1932
Island of Lost Souls · as Art Direction
1932
A Farewell to Arms · as Art Direction
1932
Trouble in Paradise · as Art Direction
1932
Love Me Tonight · as Art Direction
1932
One Hour with You · as Art Direction
1932
Shanghai Express · as Art Direction
1932
Broken Lullaby · as Art Direction
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Art Direction
1931
An American Tragedy · as Set Decoration
1931
The Smiling Lieutenant · as Art Direction
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed · as Art Director
1931
Dishonored · as Art Direction
1930
Morocco · as Art Direction
1930
Playboy of Paris · as Art Director
1930
The Vagabond King · as Art Direction
1930
Dangerous Paradise · as Art Director
1929
The Love Parade · as Art Director
1929
Thunderbolt · as Art Direction
1929
A Dangerous Woman · as Art Director
1929
Betrayal · as Art Director
1929
Chinatown Nights · as Art Director
1929
The Case of Lena Smith · as Art Direction
1929
Innocents of Paris · as Art Director
1928
The Docks of New York · as Art Direction
1928
The Patriot · as Art Direction
1928
Ladies of the Mob · as Art Direction
1928
The Legion of the Condemned · as Art Director
1928
The Last Command · as Art Direction
1927
Wings · as Art Director
1926
You Never Know Women · as Art Direction
1925
1925
East of Suez · as Art Director
1924
Forbidden Paradise · as Art Direction
1923
Karusellen · as Production Design
1923
1921
Die große und die kleine Welt · as Production Design
1921
Danton · as Production Design
1920
The Merry-Go-Round · as Art Direction
1919
Ut mine stromtid · as Art Director
1918
Maria Magdalena · as Art Director

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