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.
Known For
The Red Shoes
Costume Design
A Matter of Life and Death
Costume Design
Black Narcissus
Costume Design
Torn Curtain
Production Design
The Tales of Hoffmann
Costume Design
The Small Back Room
Production Design
The Battle of the River Plate
Other
Gone to Earth
Production Design
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Filmography
Crew (23)
Movies (23)
Torn Curtain
1966Production Design
The Threepenny Opera
1963Art Direction
The Threepenny Opera
1963Costume Design
The Threepenny Opera
1963Set Decoration
Bluebeard's Castle
1963Production Design
The Haunted Castle
1960Art Direction
Peterchens Mondfahrt
1959Screenplay
Peterchens Mondfahrt
1959Set Designer
The Girl and the Legend
1957Production Design
The Battle of the River Plate
1956Other
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955Production Design
Ludwig II
1955Production Design
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953Production Design
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951Costume Design
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951Production Design
Gone to Earth
1950Production Design
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950Production Design
The Small Back Room
1949Production Design
The Red Shoes
1948Costume Design
The Red Shoes
1948Production Design
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948Director
Black Narcissus
1947Costume Design
A Matter of Life and Death
1946Costume Design
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