Art

Hein Heckroth

Born 1901-04-14 · Giessen, Germany

Died 1970-07-07

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.

Credits

Newest first

Torn Curtain
Production Design
1966
Bluebeard's Castle
Production Design
1963
The Threepenny Opera
Art Direction
1963
The Threepenny Opera
Set Decoration
1963
The Threepenny Opera
Costume Design
1963
The Haunted Castle
Art Direction
1960
Peterchens Mondfahrt
Screenplay
1959
Peterchens Mondfahrt
Set Designer
1959
The Girl and the Legend
Production Design
1957
The Battle of the River Plate
Other
1956
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Production Design
1955
Ludwig II
Production Design
1955
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Production Design
1953
The Tales of Hoffmann
Production Design
1951
The Tales of Hoffmann
Costume Design
1951
The Elusive Pimpernel
Production Design
1950
Gone to Earth
Production Design
1950
The Small Back Room
Production Design
1949
The Red Shoes
Production Design
1948
The Red Shoes
Costume Design
1948
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
Director
1948
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
Art Designer
1948
Black Narcissus
Costume Design
1947
A Matter of Life and Death
Costume Design
1946