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.
Filmography
all 64
Movies 64
self 3
Producer 2
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
Reunion (1989)
The Bengali Night (1988)
L'Excès contraire (1988)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Before Midnight (1986)
Subway (1985)
So Long, Stooge (1983)
The Trout (1982)
Coup de Torchon (1981)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Don Giovanni (1979)
Fedora (1978)
Roads to the South (1978)
Mr. Klein (1976)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Story of a Love Story (1973)
Promise at Dawn (1970)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Uptight (1968)
A Flea In Her Ear (1968)
Bleu comme une orange (1968)
The Night of the Generals (1967)
The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Paris Blues (1961)
Goodbye Again (1961)
The Apartment (1960)
Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
The Great Deception (1959)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958)
Paris mange son pain (1958)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Happy Road (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Plucking the Daisy (1956)
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
Rififi (1955)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Othello (1951)
Chicago Digest (1951)
Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)
Mystery Tour (1947)
Gates of the Night (1946)
Sophie's Misfortune (1946)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Summer Light (1943)
Stormy Waters (1941)
Daybreak (1939)
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
The Curtain Rises (1938)
Port of Shadows (1938)
Hatred (1938)
Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)
Zouzou (1934)
Faut réparer Sophie (1933)
Danton (1932)
L'Âge d'or (1930)
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GenderMale
Birthday1906-08-03
Deathday1993-12-05 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceBudapest, Hungary
CitizenshipsFrance, Hungary
Also Known AsAlexander Trauner , Trauner
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
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