Alexandre Trauner

Alexandre Trauner born Sándor Trau 3 August 1906 in Budapest Hungary 5 December 1993 in OmonvillelaPetite 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 ÉpinaysurSeine 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 Nazis 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 Hustons The Man Who Would Be King 1975 Joseph Loseys Don Giovanni 1979 and Luc Bessons 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 CCBYSA