Hein Heckroth
Writer
April 14, 1901 — July 7, 1970 (69 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1959 | Peterchen's Mondfahrt · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | Torn Curtain · as Production Design |
| 1965 | Tatort · as Production Designer |
| 1965 | Tatort · as Costume Designer |
| 1963 | Bluebeard's Castle · as Production Design |
| 1963 | Three Penny Opera · as Art DirectionOn Plex |
| 1963 | Three Penny Opera · as Costume DesignOn Plex |
| 1960 | The Haunted Castle · as Art Direction |
| 1959 | Peterchen's Mondfahrt · as Production Designer |
| 1957 | The Girl and the Legend · as Production Design |
| 1955 | Oh... Rosalinda!! · as Production Design |
| 1955 | Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs · as Production Design |
| 1955 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice · as Production Designer |
| 1953 | Gilbert and Sullivan · as Production Design |
| 1953 | Gilbert and Sullivan · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann · as Production DesignOn Plex |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann · as Costume DesignOn Plex |
| 1950 | The Wild Heart · as Production Design |
| 1949 | The Fighting Pimpernel · as Production Design |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room · as Production Design |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes · as Production DesignOn Plex |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes · as Costume DesignOn Plex |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus · as Costume DesignOn Plex |
| 1946 | Stairway to Heaven · as Costume Design |
| 1945 | Caesar and Cleopatra · as Art DirectorOn Plex |