Hein Heckroth

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-04-14 (69 years old)

Deathday

1970-07-07

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.

Production

1950

The Elusive Pimpernel

as Production Design

1953

1955

Ludwig II

as Production Design

1957

The Girl and the Legend

as Production Design

1963

The Threepenny Opera

as Art Direction

1963

The Threepenny Opera

as Set Decoration

1963

The Threepenny Opera

as Costume Design

1963

Bluebeard's Castle

as Production Design

1951

The Tales of Hoffmann

as Production Design

1951

The Tales of Hoffmann

as Costume Design

1949

The Small Back Room

as Production Design

1946

1966

Torn Curtain

as Production Design

1947

Black Narcissus

as Costume Design

1959

1959

Peterchens Mondfahrt

as Set Designer

1948

The Red Shoes

as Production Design

1948

The Red Shoes

as Costume Design

1955

Oh... Rosalinda!!

as Production Design

1960

The Haunted Castle

as Art Direction

1950

Gone to Earth

as Production Design

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