FILM DIRECTOR

Alexandre Trauner

1906 - 1993

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Trauner is the 834th most popular film director (down from 747th in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 399th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Hungarian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexandre Trauner ranks 834 out of 2,041. Before him are Arturo Ripstein, Ferzan Özpetek, Edgar Reitz, Mick Jackson, Pyotr Chardynin, and Ronald Neame. After him are Grigory Chukhray, Henri Decoin, Ruben Östlund, Arthur Cohn, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, and Gianni Amelio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Alexandre Trauner ranks 237. Before him are Alberto Zorrilla, John D. Rockefeller III, Roman Karmen, Olga Taussky-Todd, Albert Charles Smith, and Aileen Riggin. After him are Bart Bok, Frank H. Netter, Joseph Höffner, Óscar Domínguez, Lou Costello, and Alexander Rou. Among people deceased in 1993, Alexandre Trauner ranks 163. Before him are Wang Zhen, Emile Ardolino, Karl Mai, Gordon Douglas, Jiří Hájek, and Guido del Mestri. After him are Đuro Kurepa, Roger Michelot, Mario Genta, Masuji Ibuse, Sven Thofelt, and Mohammad Natsir.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Alexandre Trauner ranks 470 out of 1,077. Before him are Géza von Bolváry (1897), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Antal Nagy (1944), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Zoltán Varga (1945), and Jenő Jandó (1952). After him are Edith Bruck (1931), József Tóth (1929), Yuriy Venelin (1802), Imre Polyák (1932), Ilona Novák (1925), and Iván Menczel (1941).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Alexandre Trauner ranks 16. Before him are Zoltán Fábri (1917), László Benedek (1905), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Charles Vidor (1900), Andrew Marton (1904), and Ferenc Kósa (1937). After him are George Pal (1908), Emeric Pressburger (1902), Lajos Koltai (1946), Ágnes Hranitzky (1945), Károly Makk (1925), and Pál Gábor (1932).

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