About
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.
Filmography
The Rainbow Thief1994 · Production Design
Love Comedy1989 · Production Design
Reunion1989 · Production Design
The Bengali Night1988 · Art Direction
'Round Midnight1986 · Production Design
Subway1985 · Production Design, Art Direction
So Long, Stooge1983 · Production Design
The Train Killer1983 · Production Design
The Trout1982 · Production Design
Coup de Torchon1981 · Production Design
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu1980 · Production Design
Don Giovanni1979 · Art Direction, Production Design
Fedora1978 · Production Design
Roads to the South1978 · Production Design
Mr. Klein1976 · Art Direction
The Man Who Would Be King1975 · Production Design
Impossible Object1973 · Production Design
Promise at Dawn1970 · Production Design
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · Production Design
Uptight1968 · Production Design