Alexandre Trauner

Birthday:: 08/03/1906
Place of birth:: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]:
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. Source: Article "Alexandre Trauner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Credits

	Reunion (1989) as Caretaker
	Avant minuit (1986) as Self (archive footage)
	Le Roi des cons (1981) as Le vieux monsieur au petit chien
	Regie: Billy Wilder (1978) as Self
	Die Geburt der Kinder Des Olymp (1967) as Self
	Paris mange son pain (1958) as Self
	Love in the Afternoon (1957) as Artist (uncredited)

	The Rainbow Thief Production Design
	Comédie d'amour Production Design
	Reunion Production Design
	La nuit Bengali Art Direction
	'Round Midnight Production Design
	Subway Production Design
	Subway Art Direction
	Tchao Pantin Production Design
	Viadukt Production Design
	La Truite Production Design
	Coup de torchon Production Design
	The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Production Design
	Don Giovanni Art Direction
	Don Giovanni Production Design
	Fedora Production Design
	Les Routes du sud Production Design
	Mr. Klein Art Direction
	The Man Who Would Be King Production Design
	L'Impossible Objet Production Design
	Promise at Dawn Production Design
	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Production Design
	Uptight Production Design
	A Flea in Her Ear Production Design
	The Night of the Generals Production Design
	How to Steal a Million Production Design
	Kiss Me, Stupid Production Design
	Behold a Pale Horse Associate Producer
	Behold a Pale Horse Production Design
	Irma la Douce Producer
	Irma la Douce Art Direction
	Irma la Douce Production Design
	Le Couteau dans la plaie Art Direction
	Le Couteau dans la plaie Production Design
	One, Two, Three Art Direction
	Paris Blues Art Direction
	Goodbye Again Art Direction
	Goodbye Again Production Design
	The Apartment Art Direction
	Once More, with Feeling! Production Design
	Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon Production Design
	The Nun's Story Art Direction
	Sois belle et tais-toi Production Design
	Witness for the Prosecution Art Direction
	Witness for the Prosecution Production Design
	The Happy Road Art Direction
	Love in the Afternoon Art Direction
	Love in the Afternoon Production Design
	En effeuillant la marguerite Production Design
	Land of the Pharaohs Production Design
	Du rififi chez les hommes Production Design
	Torticola contre Frankensberg Art Direction
	Les Sept Péchés capitaux Production Design
	The Green Glove Art Direction
	Othello Production Design
	Chicago Digest Art Direction
	Chicago Digest Production Design
	Juliette ou La Clef des songes Production Design
	Voyage surprise Production Design
	Les Portes de la nuit Production Design
	Les Malheurs de Sophie Production Design
	Les Enfants du Paradis Production Design
	Lumière d'été Production Design
	Remorques Production Design
	Le jour se lève Production Design
	Hôtel du Nord Production Design
	Hôtel du Nord Art Direction
	Entrée des artistes Head Decorator
	Le quai des brumes Production Design
	Mollenard Art Direction
	Mollenard Production Design
	Drôle de drame Production Design
	Zouzou Production Design
	L'Âge d'or Production Design