Léon Barsacq
Léon Barsacq ( born October 18, 1906 in Karasubasar in the Crimea, Russia, † December 23, 1969 in Paris, France ) was a Russian -born art director in the French cinema.
Life
Barsacq had in his three and a half decades-long career worked with almost all top directors of the French cinema of the classical era, including René Clair, Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné and Julien Duvivier. He came at an early age to France, where he had studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs. In 1931 he became assistant to his compatriot Andre Andreev and until 1938 he finally made his own, already used in one way or the other production the second architect.
1943, Barsacq the designs of living hidden in the underground Hungarian Jews Alexandre Trauner Marcel Carnes legendary film Children of Paradise has to offer. His finest later works created by the Designer especially for historical, decor joyous films like Bel Ami, The Courier of the Czar, the beauty of the night, The Idiot, The Adventures of Till Ulenspiegel and I killed Rasputin. Here, especially the actor Gérard Philipe moved regularly in Barsacqs movie scenes. For its produced in collaboration with colleagues Filmbauten to the war Chronicle The Longest Day Léon Barsacq in 1963 nominated for an Oscar.
His brother André Barsacq (1909-1973) was a sought-after stage and occasional art director.