Hein Heckroth
- Art direction
- April 14, 1901 · Giessen, Germany
- July 7, 1970
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Torn Curtain · Production Design
- Bluebeard's Castle · Production Design
- The Threepenny Opera · Costume Design, Art Direction
- The Haunted Castle · Art Direction
- Peterchens Mondfahrt · Screenplay, Set Designer
- The Girl and the Legend · Production Design
- The Battle of the River Plate · Other
- Oh... Rosalinda!! · Production Design
- Ludwig II · Production Design
- The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan · Production Design
- The Tales of Hoffmann · Production Design, Costume Design
- The Elusive Pimpernel · Production Design
- Gone to Earth · Production Design
- The Small Back Room · Production Design
- The Red Shoes · Production Design, Costume Design
- “The Red Shoes” Sketches · Director, Art Designer
- Black Narcissus · Costume Design
- A Matter of Life and Death · Costume Design