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 a chief set designer.
He worked on the majority of Marcel Carné's films, including Drôle de drame (1937), Quai des brumes (1938), Hôtel du Nord (1938), Le Jour se lève (1939), and Les Enfants du paradis (1945).
He designed sets for Witness for the Prosecution (1957) by Billy Wilder and other Wilder films,[1] Don Giovanni (1979) by Joseph Losey, The Man Who Would Be King (1975) by John Huston and Subway (1985) by Luc Besson.
   | Trauner's official web site - Alexandre Trauner - 50 years of cinema, an exhibition - Set designer Photographer and Painter |
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