About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1901-04-14
Place of birth:
Giessen, Germany
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Hein Heckroth

Overview

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

Directing
1948 “The Red Shoes” Sketches Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
1959 Peterchens Mondfahrt Writing Screenplay 58
Average

Art
1966 Torn Curtain Art Production Design 62
Fair
1963 Bluebeard's Castle Art Production Design 59
Average
1963 The Threepenny Opera Art Set Decoration 59
Average
1963 The Threepenny Opera Art Art Direction 59
Average
1960 The Haunted Castle Art Art Direction 59
Average
1959 Peterchens Mondfahrt Art Set Designer 58
Average
1957 The Girl and the Legend Art Production Design 58
Average
1956 The Battle of the River Plate Art Other 59
Average
1955 Oh... Rosalinda!! Art Production Design 58
Average
1955 Ludwig II Art Production Design 58
Average
1953 The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan Art Production Design 58
Average
1951 The Tales of Hoffmann Art Production Design 60
Fair
1950 The Elusive Pimpernel Art Production Design 58
Average
1949 The Small Back Room Art Production Design 59
Average
1948 The Red Shoes Art Production Design 70
Good

Costume & Make-Up
1963 The Threepenny Opera Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1951 The Tales of Hoffmann Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1948 The Red Shoes Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 70
Good
1947 Black Narcissus Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 66
Fair
1946 A Matter of Life and Death Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair