Harry Horner

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-07-24 (84 years old)

Deathday

1994-12-05

Place of Birth

Holitz, Bohemia

Harry Horner

Biography

Harry Horner (July 24, 1910 - December 5, 1994) was an Austrian art director who made a successful career in Hollywood. He was born in the town of Holitz, which now belongs to the Czech Republic, to German speaking parents in Bohemia. He began his career working with Max Reinhardt in Vienna. When Reinhardt moved to the United States in the early 1930s, Horner went along with him. During World War II, he served as production designer and set designer for the U.S. Army Air Forces show Winged Victory. He won an Oscar in 1949 for his work on William Wyler's The Heiress and another in 1961 for Robert Rossen's drama The Hustler. One of his first...

Production

1961

The Hustler

as Production Design

1950

Born Yesterday

as Production Design

1951

He Ran All the Way

as Production Design

1950

Outrage

as Production Design

1952

Red Planet Mars

as Director

1949

The Heiress

as Production Design

1949

The Heiress

as Art Direction

1952

1953

Vicki

as Director

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Production Design

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Production Design

1969

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as Production Design

1978

The Driver

as Production Design

1956

Man from Del Rio

as Director

1976

1955

1956

The Wild Party

as Director

1959

The Wonderful Country

as Production Design

1947

A Double Life

as Production Design

1943

Tarzan Triumphs

as Production Designer

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Production Design

1977

Audrey Rose

as Production Design

1950

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

as Production Design

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Production Design

1958

Separate Tables

as Production Design

1978

Moment by Moment

as Production Design

1975

The Black Bird

as Production Design

1954

New Faces

as Director

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