Hein Heckroth
Art
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
Art16
movieTorn Curtain
1966
Production Design
movieBluebeard's Castle
1963
Production Design
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1963
Art Direction, Set Decoration
movieThe Haunted Castle
1960
Art Direction
moviePeterchens Mondfahrt
1959
Set Designer
movieThe Girl and the Legend
1957
Production Design
movieOh... Rosalinda!!
1955
Production Design
movieLudwig II
1955
Production Design
movieThe Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953
Production Design
movieThe Tales of Hoffmann
1951
Production Design
movieThe Elusive Pimpernel
1950
Production Design
movieGone to Earth
1950
Production Design
movieThe Small Back Room
1949
Production Design
movieThe Red Shoes
1948
Production Design
movie“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948
Art Designer
Costume & Make-Up5
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1963
Costume Design
movieThe Tales of Hoffmann
1951
Costume Design
movieThe Red Shoes
1948
Costume Design
movieBlack Narcissus
1947
Costume Design
movieA Matter of Life and Death
1946
Costume Design
Directing1
Writing1
moviePeterchens Mondfahrt
1959
Screenplay