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Harry Horner

Born July 24, 1910 in Holitz, Bohemia Died December 5, 199421 films

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.

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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.

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The Heiress posterFirst watchThe Heiress19497.8In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Hustler poster7.7The Hustler1961They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster7.6They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969The Driver poster7.2The Driver1978Born Yesterday poster7.3Born Yesterday1950Separate Tables poster7.1Separate Tables1958He Ran All the Way poster7.2He Ran All the Way1951Audrey Rose poster5.7Audrey Rose1977A Double Life poster6.3A Double Life1947

Filmography

21 films
  1. 1980The Jazz SingerProduction Design
  2. 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterProduction Design
  3. 1978Moment by MomentProduction Design
  4. 1978The DriverProduction Design
  5. 1977Audrey RoseProduction Design
  6. 1976Harry and Walter Go to New YorkProduction Design
  7. 1975The Black BirdProduction Design
  8. 1972Up the SandboxProduction Design
  9. 1971Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?Production Design
  10. 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Production Design
  11. 1961The HustlerProduction Design
  12. 1959The Wonderful CountryProduction Design
  13. 1958Separate TablesProduction Design
  14. 1952Androcles and the LionProduction Design
  15. 1951He Ran All the WayProduction Design
  16. 1950Born YesterdayProduction Design
  17. 1950OutrageProduction Design
  18. 1950Tarzan and the Slave GirlProduction Design
  19. 1949The HeiressArt Direction
  20. 1947A Double LifeProduction Design
  21. 1943Stage Door CanteenProduction Design