Alexandre Trauner
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- August 3, 1906
- Died
- December 5, 1993
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Rainbow Thief 1994
Production Design
Love Comedy 1989
Production Design
Reunion 1989
as Caretaker, Production Design
The Bengali Night 1988
Art Direction
'Round Midnight 1986
Production Design
Before Midnight 1986
as Self (archive footage)
Subway 1985
Art Direction, Production Design
So Long, Stooge 1983
Production Design
The Train Killer 1983
Production Design
The Trout 1982
Production Design
Coup de Torchon 1981
Production Design
Le Roi des cons 1981
as Le vieux monsieur au petit chien
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1980
Production Design
Don Giovanni 1979
Production Design, Art Direction
Fedora 1978
Production Design
- Regie: Billy Wilder
Regie: Billy Wilder 1978
as Self
Roads to the South 1978
Production Design
Mr. Klein 1976
Art Direction
The Man Who Would Be King 1975
Production Design
Impossible Object 1973
Production Design
Promise at Dawn 1970
Production Design
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970
Production Design
Uptight 1968
Production Design
A Flea in Her Ear 1968
Production Design
The Night of the Generals 1967
Production Design
- The Birth of Children of Paradise
The Birth of Children of Paradise 1967
as Self
How to Steal a Million 1966
Production Design
Kiss Me, Stupid 1964
Production Design
Behold a Pale Horse 1964
Production Design, Associate Producer
Irma la Douce 1963
Producer, Art Direction, Production Design
Five Miles to Midnight 1962
Production Design, Art Direction
One, Two, Three 1961
Art Direction
Paris Blues 1961
Art Direction
Goodbye Again 1961
Production Design, Art Direction
The Apartment 1960
Art Direction
Once More, with Feeling! 1960
Production Design
The Great Deception 1959
Production Design
The Nun's Story 1959
Art Direction
Be Beautiful and Shut Up 1958
Production Design
Paris mange son pain 1958
as Self
Witness for the Prosecution 1957
Production Design, Art Direction
The Happy Road 1957
Art Direction
Love in the Afternoon 1957
as Artist (uncredited), Art Direction, Production Design
Plucking the Daisy 1956
Production Design
Land of the Pharaohs 1955
Production Design
Rififi 1955
Production Design
- Torticola versus Frankensberg
Torticola versus Frankensberg 1952
Art Direction
The Seven Deadly Sins 1952
Production Design
The Green Glove 1952
Art Direction
Othello 1951
Production Design
Chicago Digest 1951
Art Direction, Production Design
Juliette, or Key of Dreams 1951
Production Design
Mystery Tour 1947
Production Design
Gates of the Night 1946
Production Design
Sophie's Misfortune 1946
Production Design
Children of Paradise 1945
Production Design
Summer Light 1943
Production Design
Stormy Waters 1941
Production Design
Daybreak 1939
Production Design
Hôtel du Nord 1938
Art Direction, Production Design
The Curtain Rises 1938
Head Decorator
Port of Shadows 1938
Production Design
Hatred 1938
Art Direction, Production Design
Bizarre, Bizarre 1937
Production Design
Zouzou 1934
Production Design
L'Âge d'or 1930
Production Design
Credits from TMDB.