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Hein Heckroth

Known For
Art

Known Credits
0

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 14, 1901 (125 years old)

Place of Birth
Giessen, Germany

Hein Heckroth

Biography

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.

Known For

Art

1966Torn Curtain...Production Design
1963Bluebeard's Castle...Production Design
1963The Threepenny Opera...Art Direction
1963The Threepenny Opera...Set Decoration
1960The Haunted Castle...Art Direction
1959Peterchens Mondfahrt...Set Designer
1957The Girl and the Legend...Production Design
1956The Battle of the River Plate...Other
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!...Production Design
1955Ludwig II...Production Design
1953The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan...Production Design
1951The Tales of Hoffmann...Production Design
1950The Elusive Pimpernel...Production Design
1950Gone to Earth...Production Design
1949The Small Back Room...Production Design
1948The Red Shoes...Production Design
1948“The Red Shoes” Sketches...Art Designer

Costume & Make-Up

1963The Threepenny Opera...Costume Design
1951The Tales of Hoffmann...Costume Design
1948The Red Shoes...Costume Design
1947Black Narcissus...Costume Design
1946A Matter of Life and Death...Costume Design

Writing

1959Peterchens Mondfahrt...Screenplay

Directing

1948“The Red Shoes” Sketches...Director

Acting