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Hein Heckroth

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.

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Art

1948

[ ] The Red Shoes (Production Design)

1949

[ ] The Small Back Room (Production Design)

1950

[ ] The Elusive Pimpernel (Production Design)
[ ] Gone to Earth (Production Design)

1951

[ ] The Tales of Hoffmann (Production Design)

1953

[ ] The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (Production Design)

1955

[ ] Ludwig II (Production Design)
[ ] Oh... Rosalinda!! (Production Design)

1956

[ ] The Battle of the River Plate (Other)

1957

[ ] The Girl and the Legend (Production Design)

1959

[ ] Peterchens Mondfahrt (Set Designer)

1960

[ ] The Haunted Castle (Art Direction)

1963

[ ] The Threepenny Opera (Art Direction)
[ ] The Threepenny Opera (Set Decoration)
[ ] Bluebeard's Castle (Production Design)

1966

[ ] Torn Curtain (Production Design)

Costume & Make-Up

1946

[ ] A Matter of Life and Death (Costume Design)

1947

[ ] Black Narcissus (Costume Design)

1948

[ ] The Red Shoes (Costume Design)

1951

[ ] The Tales of Hoffmann (Costume Design)

1963

[ ] The Threepenny Opera (Costume Design)

Writing

1959

[ ] Peterchens Mondfahrt (Screenplay)

Directing

1948

[ ] “The Red Shoes” Sketches (Director)