Hungarian-born cinema production and set designer
Alexandre Trauner (seated) 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 .[ 1] Lazare Meerson , at the studios in Épinay-sur-Seine working on such films as À nous la liberté La Kermesse héroïque [ 2] [ 3]
Trauner worked with director Marcel Carné for some years on such films as Port of Shadows Quai des brumes , 1938), Le Jour se lève 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 .[ 1] [ 4]
He worked with Billy Wilder on eight films between 1958 and 1978, including the sets for The Apartment Academy Award .[ 2] John Huston 's The Man Who Would Be King Joseph Losey 's Don Giovanni Luc Besson 's Subway [ 4]
In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival .[ 5]
