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Hans Dreier
Bremen, Germany
Hans Dreier was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950. Hans Dreier was born in Bremen,…
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Hans Dreier was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950. Hans Dreier was born in Bremen, Germany in 1885. After studying architecture in Munich, Germany, Dreier worked as imperial supervising architect of the German Cameroon. During World War I, he served in the German Lancers. He began his career in German film in 1919 as an assistant designer at UFA Studios. At the urging of German director Ernst Lubitsch, Dreier relocated to Hollywood in 1923 to work at Paramount Pictures. His first Hollywood film was Forbidden Paradise, directed by Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri. Dreier worked as Paramount's supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950. He made contributions to nearly 500 films during his lengthy career, including many films directed by Joseph Von Sternberg and Ernst Lubitsch, as well as the film It's a Gift (1934) starring W. C. Fields. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his art direction on 23 occasions. He won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction (Color) for Frenchman's Creek (1944) and Samson and Delilah (1950). He also won the award for Art Direction (Black and White) for Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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1951
A Place in the Sun
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Mr. Music
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Let's Dance
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Copper Canyon
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Branded
Movie Art Direction
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1950
September Affair
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Dark City
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Union Station
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Sunset Boulevard
Movie Art Direction
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1950
The Furies
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Fancy Pants
Movie Art Direction
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1950
My Friend Irma Goes West
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Riding High
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Appointment with Danger
Movie Art Direction
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1950
No Man of Her Own
Movie Art Direction
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1950
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Samson and Delilah
Movie Art Direction
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1949
The Great Lover
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Dear Wife
Movie Art Direction
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1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Chicago Deadline
Movie Art Direction
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1949
My Friend Irma
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Red, Hot and Blue
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Top o' the Morning
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Rope of Sand
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Sorrowful Jones
Movie Art Direction
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1949
The Great Gatsby
Movie Art Direction
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1949
Streets of Laredo
Movie Art Direction
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1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie Production Design
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1949
Alias Nick Beal
Movie Art Direction
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1949
The Accused
Movie Art Direction
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1948
The Paleface
Movie Art Direction
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1948
Whispering Smith
Movie Art Direction
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1948
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Movie Art Direction
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1948
Sealed Verdict
Movie Art Direction
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1948
Isn't It Romantic?
Movie Art Direction
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1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie Art Direction
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1948
A Foreign Affair
Movie Art Direction
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1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Movie Art Direction
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1948
The Emperor Waltz
Movie Art Direction
