Art · geboren 1910-07-24 · Holitz, Bohemia

Harry Horner

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 notable successes was George Cukor's A Double Life (1947) and he soon found himself up on the Oscar podium in 1949 for his work on William Wyler's The Heiress. He worked with Cukor again in 1950 on Born Yesterday and then tried his hand at directing on several TV series, including Gunsmoke. He was nominated for a third time in 1969 for Sydney Pollack's 30s drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They .  Horner directed a few films beginning with Red Planet Mars and Beware, My Lovely both in 1952. He retired after completing the Neil Diamond remake of The Jazz Singer in 1980. He died of pneumonia in 1994 in Pacific Palisades, California, aged 84. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Horner, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Bekannt aus

• Haie der Großstadt (1961) – Production Design
• Driver (1978) – Production Design
• Nur Pferden gibt man den Gnadenschuss (1969) – Production Design
• Die Erbin (1949) – Art Direction
• Die ist nicht von gestern (1950) – Production Design
• Audrey Rose – das Mädchen aus dem Jenseits (1977) – Production Design
• Getrennt von Tisch und Bett (1958) – Production Design
• Rauchende Colts (1955) – Director
• Ein Doppelleben (1947) – Production Design
• Der Jazz-Sänger (1980) – Production Design
• Heiße Grenze (1959) – Production Design
• Steckbrief 7-73 (1951) – Production Design
• Outrage (1950) – Production Design
• Tarzan und die Nazis (1943) – Production Designer
• Beware, My Lovely (1952) – Director
• Und morgen wird ein Ding gedreht (1976) – Production Design
• Endstation Mars (1952) – Director
• Der Mann von Del Rio (1956) – Director
• Sandkastenspiele (1972) – Production Design
• Vicki (1953) – Director
• Von Augenblick zu Augenblick (1978) – Production Design
• Wer ist Harry Kellerman? (1971) – Production Design
• Stage Door Canteen (1943) – Production Design
• Tarzan und das Sklavenmädchen (1950) – Production Design
• Androkles und der Löwe (1952) – Production Design
• Jagd nach dem Malteser Falken (1975) – Production Design
• Four Star Playhouse (1952) – Director
• A Life in the Balance (1955) – Director
• New Faces (1954) – Director
• Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) – Director
• The Wild Party (1956) – Director
• Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) – Production Design
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) – Director
• Cavalcade of America (1952) – Director
• The Rough Riders (1958) – Director
• World of Giants (1959) – Director
• TV Reader's Digest (1955) – Director
• Lux Playhouse (1958) – Director
• R.C.M.P. (1959) – Director