About
German surrealist painter, who made his reputation as a production designer for German ballet and theatre. He moved to Britain in 1935 as a set and costume designer. In 1948, he became chief production designer for Powell and Pressburger, best known for The Red Shoes (1948) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
Filmography
Torn Curtain1966 · Production Design
Bluebeard's Castle1963 · Production Design
The Threepenny Opera1963 · Costume Design, Art Direction, Set Decoration
The Haunted Castle1960 · Art Direction
Peterchens Mondfahrt1959 · Screenplay, Set Designer
The Girl and the Legend1957 · Production Design
The Battle of the River Plate1956 · Other
Oh... Rosalinda!!1955 · Production Design
Ludwig II1955 · Production Design
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan1953 · Production Design
The Tales of Hoffmann1951 · Production Design, Costume Design
The Elusive Pimpernel1950 · Production Design
Gone to Earth1950 · Production Design
The Small Back Room1949 · Production Design
The Red Shoes1948 · Production Design, Costume Design
“The Red Shoes” Sketches1948 · Director, Art Designer
Black Narcissus1947 · Costume Design
A Matter of Life and Death1946 · Costume Design