Identité
Genre : homme
Fonctions : Directeur artistique, Décorateur, Créateur des décors, Directeur de la photographie/Chef opérateur
Biographie
Formation :
Hans Dreier débute une carrière d’architecte en Afrique du Sud, avant de faire ses armes au cinéma, en 1919, dans les studios UFA de Berlin.
Carrière :
Décorateur et directeur artistique sur plus de 500 films entre 1919 et 1951, Hans Dreier travaille d’abord en Allemagne avant de devenir l’un des décorateurs les plus prolifiques d’Hollywood.
Hans Dreier est le décorateur de la démesure. Il met ses compétences d’architecte au service de films nécessitant des décors monumentaux, comme ceux de Josef von Sternberg ou de Cecil B. DeMille. Sa carrière débute en 1919 en Allemagne, où il signe les décors de Der Reigen (Richard Oswald, 1920) et de Danton (Dimitri Buchowetzky, 1921). Les films de cette période se distinguent par leurs décors modernes dans lesquels Dreier applique avec inspiration les lois de la perspective. En 1923, il émigre aux Etats-Unis, où il travaille sur les décors d’une centaine de films pour la Paramount. Il se distingue rapidement en faisant de ses décors un élément constitutif du climat du film, expression visuelle et plastique de son univers et de son atmosphère. Dreier s’adapte avec une efficacité notable aux styles des réalisateurs et des différents genres cinématographiques. Il travaille une douzaine de fois pour Ernst Lubitsch, notamment sur Paradis défendu (1924) et La Huitième Femme de Barbe-Bleue (1937). Ses décors confèrent à ses films une dimension européenne. Il prête également ses talents aux œuvres de Josef von Sternberg (Les Nuits de Chicago, 1927 ; La Femme et le Pantin, 1934). Cléopâtre (1934) et Samson et Dalila (1948), grands péplums de Cecil B. DeMille, ne seraient rien sans son coup de griffe. Jusqu’à la fin de sa carrière, en 1951, il travaille pour les studios Paramount.
Filmographie
Courts métrages
Directeur artistique
- 1933 - Tillie and Gus
- 1937 - Born to the West
- 1938 - Bulldog Drummond in Africa
- 1938 - Arrest Bulldog Drummond
- 1939 - Television Spy
- 1939 - Emergency Squad
- 1939 - Bulldog Drummond's Bride
- 1939 - Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
- 1939 - Disbarred
- 1940 - Parole Fixer
- 1942 - True to the Army
- 1943 - The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Longs métrages
Créateur des décors
- 1919 - Der Teufel und die Madonna
- 1919 - Seelenverkäufer
- 1919 - Nachtgestalten
- 1920 - Kurfürstendamm - Ein Höllenspuk in 6 Akten
- 1920 - Der Reigen
- 1920 - Manolescus Memoiren = Fürst Lahovary, der König der Diebe
- 1921 - Danton
- 1921 - Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
- 1922 - Boheme
- 1922 - Fridericus Rex : Schicksalswende
- 1922 - Peter der Grosse
- 1923 - Fridericus Rex : Sanssouci
- 1928 - The Patriot
- 1928 - Street of Sin
- 1929 - A Dangerous Woman
- 1929 - Thunderbolt
- 1931 - An American Tragedy
- 1932 - Trouble in Paradise
Décorateur
- 1920 - Fridericus Rex
- 1921 - Lady Hamilton
- 1923 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Directeur artistique
- 1924 - Forbidden Paradise
- 1927 - The Legion of the Condemned
- 1927 - Underworld
- 1928 - The Dragnet
- 1928 - The Last Command
- 1928 - The Docks of New York
- 1929 - Innocents of Paris
- 1929 - The Love Parade
- 1929 - Betrayal
- 1929 - The Case of Lena Smith
- 1930 - The Vagabond king
- 1930 - Monte Carlo
- 1930 - Morocco
- 1931 - One Hour with You
- 1931 - Confessions of a Co-Ed
- 1931 - The Smiling Lieutenant
- 1931 - Love Me Tonight
- 1931 - Dishonored
- 1932 - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- 1932 - A Farewell to Arms
- 1932 - Shanghai Express
- 1933 - Design for Living
- 1933 - This Day and Age
- 1933 - Duck Soup
- 1933 - White Woman
- 1933 - The Way to Love
- 1933 - Bolero
- 1933 - One Sunday Afternoon
- 1933 - I'm no Angel
- 1933 - The Song of Songs
- 1933 - Too Much Harmony
- 1934 - You're Telling Me
- 1934 - Ladies Should Listen
- 1934 - The Trumpet Blows
- 1934 - The Pursuit of happiness
- 1934 - Melody in Spring
- 1934 - Little Miss Marker
- 1934 - All of Me
- 1934 - Wharf Angel
- 1934 - Cleopatra
- 1934 - Behold My Wife
- 1934 - Now and Forever
- 1934 - Good Dame
- 1934 - Search for Beauty
- 1934 - Death Takes a Holiday
- 1934 - Murder at the Vanities
- 1934 - Belle of the Nineties
- 1934 - It's a Gift
- 1934 - The Lemon Drop Kid
- 1934 - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- 1934 - The Notorious Sophie Lang
- 1934 - Thirty day princess
- 1934 - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- 1934 - Limehouse Blues
- 1934 - Come on Marines !
- 1934 - Enter Madame !
- 1934 - She Loves Me Not
- 1934 - Car 99
- 1934 - College Rhythm
- 1934 - Here Is My Heart
- 1934 - Miss Fane's baby is stolen
- 1934 - You Belong to Me
- 1934 - We're Not Dressing
- 1934 - Shoot the Works
- 1934 - Father Brown, Detective
- 1934 - Menace
- 1934 - Ready for Love
- 1934 - The Double Door
- 1934 - Kiss and Make-Up
- 1934 - The Last Round-Up
- 1934 - Six of a Kind
- 1934 - Ruggles of Red Gap
- 1934 - The Devil Is a Woman
- 1934 - The Scarlet Empress
- 1935 - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
- 1935 - Four Hours to Kill !
- 1935 - Home on the Range
- 1935 - One Hour Late
- 1935 - Man on the Flying Trapeze
- 1935 - Rocky Mountain Mystery
- 1935 - Wings in the Dark
- 1935 - Mississippi
- 1935 - Accent on Youth
- 1935 - Desire
- 1935 - The Bride Comes Home
- 1935 - Millions in the Air
- 1935 - Timothy's Quest
- 1935 - Stolen Harmony
- 1935 - Two for Tonight
- 1935 - People Will Talk
- 1935 - Rumba
- 1935 - Hands Across the Table
- 1935 - Two-fisted
- 1935 - Annapolis farewell
- 1935 - The Preview Murder Mystery
- 1935 - College Scandal
- 1935 - All the King's Horses
- 1935 - Without Regret
- 1935 - Men without Names
- 1935 - Goin' to Town
- 1935 - The Big Broadcast of 1936
- 1935 - The Last Outpost
- 1935 - So Red the Rose
- 1935 - Paris in Spring
- 1935 - Coronado
- 1935 - The Glass Key
- 1935 - Peter Ibbetson
- 1935 - The Milky Way
- 1936 - The Plainsman
- 1936 - Souls at Sea
- 1936 - Rose Bowl
- 1936 - Easy to Take
- 1936 - Wedding present
- 1936 - Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
- 1936 - Rose of the Rancho
- 1936 - Three Married Men
- 1936 - Here Comes Cookie
- 1936 - Murder With Pictures
- 1936 - Arizona Mahoney
- 1936 - Girl of the Ozarks
- 1936 - Hollywood Boulevard
- 1936 - The Big Broadcast of 1937
- 1936 - Give Us This Night
- 1936 - Anything Goes
- 1936 - Collegiate
- 1936 - Early to Bed
- 1936 - Internes Can't Take Money
- 1936 - Poppy
- 1936 - The Jungle Princess
- 1936 - Lady Be Careful
- 1936 - Till We Meet Again
- 1936 - Bulldog Drummond Escapes
- 1936 - The General Died at Dawn
- 1936 - I Met Him in Paris
- 1936 - A Son Comes Home
- 1936 - Straight from the shoulder
- 1936 - And Sudden Death
- 1936 - Yours for the Asking
- 1936 - Too Many Parents
- 1936 - Thirteen Hours by Air
- 1936 - Hideaway Girl
- 1936 - Maid of Salem
- 1936 - The Accusing finger
- 1936 - Border flight
- 1936 - College Holiday
- 1936 - Wives Never Know
- 1936 - Klondike Annie
- 1936 - Rhythm on the Range
- 1936 - Woman Trap
- 1936 - Florida special
- 1936 - Three Cheers for Love
- 1936 - My American Wife
- 1936 - The Princess Comes Across
- 1936 - Desert gold
- 1936 - Forgotten Faces
- 1936 - The Texas Rangers
- 1937 - Ebb Tide
- 1937 - Easy Living
- 1937 - Angel
- 1937 - Wells Fargo
- 1937 - Make Way for Tomorrow
- 1937 - Let's Make a Million
- 1937 - Her Jungle Love
- 1937 - Thrill of a Lifetime
- 1937 - Forlorn River
- 1937 - Romance in the Dark
- 1937 - Exclusive
- 1937 - Double or Nothing
- 1937 - Thunder Trail
- 1937 - Moutain Music
- 1937 - This Way Please
- 1937 - The Buccaneer
- 1937 - King of Gamblers
- 1937 - Turn off the Moon
- 1937 - Bulldog Drummond's Peril
- 1937 - Sophie Lang goes west
- 1937 - Champagne Waltz
- 1937 - The Last Train from Madrid
- 1937 - Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
- 1937 - Artists and Models
- 1937 - Night Club Scandal
- 1937 - Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
- 1937 - Partners in Crime
- 1937 - Night of Mystery
- 1937 - Daughter of Shanghaï
- 1937 - Dangerous to Know
- 1937 - Hold'em Navy
- 1937 - Blonde Trouble
- 1937 - Hotel Haywire
- 1937 - Scandal Street
- 1937 - True Confession
- 1937 - Wild Money
- 1937 - Clarence
- 1937 - Waikiki Wedding
- 1937 - Swing High, Swing Low
- 1937 - The Crime Nobody Saw
- 1937 - Murder Goes to College
- 1937 - High, Wide and Handsome
- 1938 - Ride a Crooked Mile
- 1938 - Union Pacific
- 1938 - You and Me
- 1938 - Touchdown, Army
- 1938 - College Swing
- 1938 - Never Say Die
- 1938 - Thanks for the Memory
- 1938 - Hunted Men
- 1938 - Artists and Models Abroad
- 1938 - King of Alcatraz
- 1938 - If I Were King
- 1938 - Illegal Traffic
- 1938 - Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
- 1938 - Tip-off Girls
- 1938 - Tropic Holiday
- 1938 - Prison Farm
- 1938 - Stolen Heaven
- 1938 - Men with Wings
- 1938 - Tom Sawyer, Detective
- 1938 - Hotel Imperial
- 1938 - Say It in French
- 1938 - The Big Broadcast of 1938
- 1938 - Campus Confessions
- 1938 - The Texans
- 1938 - Sons of the Legion
- 1938 - Spawn of the North
- 1938 - Sing, You Sinners
- 1938 - Cocoanut Grove
- 1938 - Cafe Society
- 1938 - The Arkansas Traveler
- 1938 - Give Me a Sailor
- 1939 - North West Mounted Police
- 1939 - Persons in Hiding
- 1939 - The Light That Failed
- 1939 - The Great Victor Herbert
- 1939 - Death of a Champion
- 1939 - King of Chinatown
- 1939 - What a Life
- 1939 - Boy Trouble
- 1939 - The Night of Nights
- 1939 - Night Work
- 1939 - Zaza
- 1939 - The Gracie Allen Murder Case
- 1939 - Grand Jury Secrets
- 1939 - Honeymoon in Bali
- 1939 - The Lady's from Kentucky
- 1939 - Midnight
- 1939 - I'm from Missouri
- 1939 - Ambush
- 1939 - Our Leading Citizen
- 1939 - Beau Geste
- 1939 - The Star Maker
- 1939 - Paris Honeymoon
- 1939 - The Magnificent Fraud
- 1939 - Sudden Money
- 1939 - Disputed Passage
- 1939 - The Cat and the Canary
- 1939 - $1,000 a Touchdown
- 1939 - Undercover Doctor
- 1939 - All Women Have Secrets
- 1939 - Our neighbors, the Carters
- 1939 - Saint Louis Blues
- 1939 - Some Like It Hot
- 1939 - Man About Town
- 1939 - Invitation to Happiness
- 1939 - Remember the Night
- 1939 - Million Dollar Legs
- 1939 - Rulers of the Sea
- 1939 - Unmarried
- 1939 - Island of Lost Men
- 1940 - The Lady Eve
- 1940 - The Great McGinty
- 1940 - Rhythm on the River
- 1940 - The Farmer's Daughter
- 1940 - Texas Rangers Ride Again
- 1940 - The Shepherd of the Hills
- 1940 - Opened by Mistake
- 1940 - Rangers of Fortune
- 1940 - Typhoon
- 1940 - Adventure in Diamonds
- 1940 - Geronimo
- 1940 - Road to Singapore
- 1940 - Golden Gloves
- 1940 - Buck Benny Rides Again
- 1940 - Arise My Love
- 1940 - Moon over Burma
- 1940 - The Ghost Breakers
- 1940 - Christmas in July
- 1940 - Comin' Round the Mountain
- 1940 - The Biscuit eater
- 1940 - The Quarterback
- 1940 - Dancing on a Dime
- 1940 - Mystery Sea Raider
- 1940 - Women Without Names
- 1940 - A Night at Earl Carroll's
- 1940 - Victory
- 1940 - Queen of the Mob
- 1940 - Safari
- 1940 - The Way of All Flesh
- 1940 - Those Were the Days
- 1940 - Love Thy Neighbor
- 1940 - I Want a Divorce
- 1940 - Dr. Cyclops
- 1940 - Seventeen
- 1940 - Untamed
- 1941 - Reap the Wild Wind
- 1941 - Road to Zanzibar
- 1941 - Sullivan's Travels
- 1941 - Fly by Night
- 1941 - Glamour Boy
- 1941 - I Wanted Wings
- 1941 - The Night of January 16th
- 1941 - You're the One
- 1941 - There's Magic in Music
- 1941 - Buy Me That Town
- 1941 - World Premiere
- 1941 - The Lady Has Plans
- 1941 - Caught in the Draft
- 1941 - New York Town
- 1941 - Life with Henry
- 1941 - Birth of the Blues
- 1941 - Hold Back the Dawn
- 1941 - Virginia
- 1941 - Reaching for the Sun
- 1941 - West Point Widow
- 1941 - Nothing but the Truth
- 1941 - The Mad Doctor
- 1941 - One Night in Lisbon
- 1941 - Aloma of the South Seas
- 1941 - The Monster and the Girl
- 1941 - The Great Man's Lady
- 1941 - Las Vegas Nights = The Last Frontier Town
- 1941 - Sweater Girl
- 1941 - Among the Living
- 1941 - Louisiana Purchase
- 1941 - Kiss the Boys Goodbye
- 1941 - Henry Aldrich for President
- 1941 - Pacific Blackout
- 1941 - Skylark
- 1941 - Bahama Passage
- 1942 - Dr. Broadway
- 1942 - The Fleet's in
- 1942 - The Palm Beach Story
- 1942 - Star Spangled Rhythm
- 1942 - Henry Aldrich, editor
- 1942 - Road to Morocco
- 1942 - Take a Letter, Darling
- 1942 - The Forest Rangers
- 1942 - Street of Chance
- 1942 - The Glass Key
- 1942 - Are Husbands Necessary ?
- 1942 - My Favorite Blonde
- 1942 - Young and Willing
- 1942 - The Remarkable Andrew
- 1942 - Wake Island
- 1942 - China
- 1942 - Lucky Jordan
- 1942 - Holiday Inn
- 1942 - My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- 1942 - The Crystal Ball
- 1942 - Mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch
- 1942 - Beyond the Blue Horizon
- 1942 - Priorities on Parade
- 1942 - I Married a Witch
- 1942 - The Major and the Minor
- 1942 - This Gun for Hire
- 1943 - Ministry of Fear
- 1943 - Dixie
- 1943 - Henry Aldrich gets glamour
- 1943 - Night Plane from Chungking
- 1943 - Salute for Three
- 1943 - The Uninvited
- 1943 - Happy Go Lucky
- 1943 - Hostages
- 1943 - Riding High
- 1943 - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
- 1943 - Ministry of Fear
- 1943 - Let's Face It
- 1943 - So Proudly We Hail
- 1943 - The Hitler Gang
- 1943 - The Good fellows
- 1943 - Lady Bodyguard
- 1943 - The Story of Dr. Wassell
- 1943 - Henry Aldrich haunts a house
- 1943 - No Time for Love
- 1943 - True to Life
- 1943 - Going My Way
- 1943 - Double Indemnity
- 1943 - Five Graves to Cairo
- 1943 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
- 1943 - Hail the Conquering Hero
- 1944 - The Great Moment
- 1944 - Incendiary Blonde
- 1944 - Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
- 1944 - Two Years Before the Mast
- 1944 - The Unseen
- 1944 - Rainbow Island
- 1944 - Love Letters
- 1944 - Lady in the Dark
- 1944 - Frenchman's Creek
- 1944 - Standing Room Only
- 1944 - I Love a Soldier
- 1944 - Here Come The Waves
- 1944 - National Barn Dance
- 1944 - Practically Yours
- 1944 - Till We Meet Again
- 1944 - Our hearts were young and gay
- 1944 - The Hour Before the Dawn
- 1944 - You can't ration love
- 1944 - The Man in half moon street
- 1944 - The Lost Week-end
- 1945 - Calcutta
- 1945 - The Searching Wind
- 1945 - California
- 1945 - Masquerade in Mexico
- 1945 - Murder, He Says
- 1945 - Out of this World
- 1945 - Hold That Blonde
- 1945 - Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
- 1945 - Duffy's Tavern
- 1945 - Kitty
- 1945 - The Stork Club
- 1945 - Road to Utopia
- 1945 - You Came Along
- 1945 - Salty O'Rourke
- 1945 - The Affairs of Susan
- 1945 - Bring on the Girls
- 1945 - A medal for Benny
- 1945 - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- 1945 - The Bride Wore Boots
- 1945 - To Each His Own
- 1945 - The Blue Dahlia
- 1946 - Unconquered
- 1946 - Saigon
- 1946 - Variety Girl
- 1946 - Blue Skies
- 1946 - Monsieur Beaucaire
- 1946 - Welcome Stranger
- 1946 - O.S.S.
- 1946 - Our hearts were growing up
- 1946 - The Virginian
- 1946 - Miss Susie Slagle's
- 1946 - The Well Groomed Bride
- 1946 - The Emperor Waltz
- 1947 - I Walk Alone
- 1947 - My Favorite Brunette
- 1947 - Easy Come, Easy Go
- 1947 - Cross My Heart
- 1947 - Whispering Smith
- 1947 - Wild Harvest
- 1947 - Golden Earrings
- 1947 - Suddenly It's Spring
- 1947 - Road to Rio
- 1947 - The Perils of Pauline
- 1947 - Dear Ruth
- 1947 - The Imperfect Lady
- 1947 - The Big Clock
- 1947 - The Trouble with Women
- 1947 - The Paleface
- 1947 - Where There's Life
- 1947 - Sealed Verdict
- 1947 - Dream Girl
- 1947 - Blaze of Noon
- 1947 - Night Has a Thousand Eyes
- 1947 - A Foreign Affair
- 1948 - Samson and Delilah
- 1948 - The Accused
- 1948 - Alias Nick Beal
- 1948 - Streets of Laredo
- 1948 - Miss Tatlock's Millions
- 1948 - Hazard
- 1948 - Isn't It Romantic ?
- 1948 - Sorry, Wrong Number
- 1948 - My Own True Love
- 1948 - Song of Surrender
- 1948 - Sorrowful Jones
- 1948 - The Sainted sisters
- 1948 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- 1948 - Beyond Glory
- 1948 - Chicago Deadline
- 1949 - Bride of Vengeance
- 1949 - The Furies
- 1949 - Appointment with Danger
- 1949 - Copper Canyon
- 1949 - Paid in Full
- 1949 - No Man of Her Own
- 1949 - My Friend Irma
- 1949 - The Great Lover
- 1949 - The Great Gatsby
- 1949 - Captain Carey, U.S.A.
- 1949 - Rope of Sand
- 1949 - Riding High
- 1949 - The File on Thelma Jordon
- 1949 - Dear Wife
- 1949 - Top o' the Morning
- 1949 - Red, Hot and Blue
- 1949 - September Affair
- 1949 - A Place in the Sun
- 1949 - Sunset Boulevard
- 1950 - Mister Music
- 1950 - Fancy Pants
- 1950 - Branded
- 1950 - Let's Dance
- 1950 - Union Station
- 1950 - My Friend Irma Goes West
- 1950 - Dark City
- 1960 - Return to Peyton Place
Directeur de la photographie/Chef opérateur
- 1935 - The Return of Sophie Lang
Bibliographie éditoriale
- Ouvrage : The art of Hollywood : fifty years of art direction / devised and produced by J. Hambley and P. Downing ; designed by P. Downing and G. Guest ; assist. prod. L. Lloyd Jones. - London : Thames Television, 1979
- Ouvrage : Designs on film : a century of Hollywood art direction / Cathy Whitlock; The Art Directors Guild. - [S.l.] : Itbooks, 2010
Récompenses et nominations
- 1951 - Oscar de la meilleure direction artistique pour un film en noir et blanc - AMPAS - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder, 1949 - Obtenu
- 1951 - Oscar de la meilleure direction artistique pour un film en couleur - AMPAS - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Samson et Dalila, Cecil B. DeMille, 1948 - Obtenu
- 1946 - Oscar de la meilleure direction artistique pour un film en couleur - AMPAS - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Aventure vient de la mer (L'), Mitchell Leisen, 1944 - Obtenu