Hein Heckroth
Profile info
Known forArt
GenderMale
Birthday14 April 1901
Died7 July 1970 (age 69)
Place of birthGiessen, Germany
Known credits18
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.
Torn Curtain
1966 · Production Design
Bluebeard's Castle
1963 · Production Design
The Threepenny Opera
1963 · Costume Design
The Threepenny Opera
1963 · Art Direction
The Threepenny Opera
1963 · Set Decoration
The Haunted Castle
1960 · Art Direction
Peterchens Mondfahrt
1959 · Screenplay
Peterchens Mondfahrt
1959 · Set Designer
The Girl and the Legend
1957 · Production Design
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Other
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955 · Production Design
Ludwig II
1955 · Production Design
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953 · Production Design
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951 · Production Design
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951 · Costume Design
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 · Production Design
Gone to Earth
1950 · Production Design
The Small Back Room
1949 · Production Design
The Red Shoes
1948 · Production Design
The Red Shoes
1948 · Costume Design
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948 · Director
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948 · Art Designer
Black Narcissus
1947 · Costume Design
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Costume Design
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