Fernando Carrere
Fernando Carrere ( born December 31, 1909 in Mexico City, Mexico, † September 2, 1998 in Los Angeles ) was a U.S. film mexikanischstämmiger architect.
Life
Carrere was born in the Mexican capital, the son of Spanish- French parents. From a young age he came to the United States. There he made about his older brother Edward Carrere Contact the movie business and served from prop master and set designer for film production designer architect or high.
Only later, in the mid 1950s, Carrere was offered top-class jobs. Initially he designed under the chief designer Rudolph Sternad especially the Filmbauten to several ambitious large-scale productions Stanley Kramer. In the 1960s, there was a close working relationship with director Blake Edwards, whose turbulent comedy The Pink Panther, The Great Race around the world and The Partyschreck he also created the decorations. At the beginning of the decade drew Carrere also for the buildings to John Sturges ' World War Escape Escape Drama and William Wyler's The Children's Hour Verleumdungsmelodram responsible. For the designs to the last black and white film, he received an Oscar nomination.
In the 1970s, Fernando Carrere worked only irregularly before he 70 -year-old retired at the end of the decade due to age into private life.