Alexandre Trauner
Alexandre Trauner (
August 3,
1906 in
Budapest,
Hungary-
December 5,
1993 in
Omonville-la-Petite,
France) was a
set designer.
After studying painting at l'École des beaux-arts de Budapest, he emigrated to
Paris in
1929, where he became the assistant of set designer
Lazare Meerson, working on such films as
À nous la liberté in
1932 and
La Kermesse héroïque in
1935). In
1937, he became chief set designer. He did set design for
Don Giovanni by
Joseph Losey,
L'Homme qui voulut être roi by
John Huston and
Subway by Luc Besson. He also worked on the majority of
Marcel Carné's films, including
Drôle de drame,
Quai des brumes,
Hôtel du Nord,
Le jour se lève, and
Les Enfants du paradis.
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