Willy Holt
Willy Holt (born November 30, 1921 in Quincy , Florida , United States , † June 22, 2007 in Paris , France ) was an American-French art director and production designer .
Life
After his parents divorced, his mother , who came from France , returned to her homeland with him. He graduated from high school ( Baccalauréat ) in Toulouse . In December 1943 he was arrested as a member of the French Resistance at Grenoble train station and deported to Auschwitz via the Drancy concentration camp . He survived the death march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald , where he was liberated on April 13, 1945.
Holt began his career in cabaret and circus . When he came to France to film , he first worked for John Frankenheimer , Robert Parrish and Stanley Donen . In 1966 he directed the film Is Paris Burning? by René Clément . He later worked for Louis Malle , Roman Polański ( Bitter Moon , 1992), Fred Zinnemann , Woody Allen , Arthur Penn , Otto Preminger and Bertrand Blier , among others .
In 1987 he received a Cesar for his outfit from Louis Malles Goodbye, Children . Holt died in Paris in June 2007 at the age of 85 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: The train (The Train)
- 1965: The Day After (Up from the Beach)
- 1966: is Paris on fire? (Paris brûle-t-il?)
- 1967: Two for the Road (Two for the Road)
- 1968: The Sergeant (The Sergeant)
- 1969: Staircase
- 1970: The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun)
- 1971: Musketeer with blow and stab ( Les Mariés de l'an II )
- 1972: Le Viager
- 1973: The Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)
- 1974: Vanishing Point Marseille (The Destructors)
- 1975: The Last Night of Boris Gruschenko (Love and Death)
- 1977: Julia
- 1979: An Almost Perfect Affair
- 1979: La Gueule de L'autre
- 1980: Une Robe Noire Pour un Tueur
- 1981: An Affair Between Men (Une Affaire d'hommes)
- 1982: On the Edge of the Abyss (Five Days One Summer)
- 1982: Santa Claus is terrified (Le Père Noël est une ordure)
- 1983: The Battering Ram (Le Ruffian)
- 1983: My Friend, the Womanizer (L'Ami de Vincent)
- 1983: Papy Fait de la Resistance
- 1985: Les Enragés
- 1985 Target - Target (Target)
- 1987: Goodbye, children (Au revoir, les enfants)
- 1990: A Comedy in May (Milou en mai)
- 1991: La Pagaille
- 1992: Bitter Moon
- 1995: My husband (Mon Homme)
- 1999: The Ninth Gate (The Ninth Gate)
- 2004: A Shadowed Gaze
Web links
- Willy Holt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Death report in Der Standard
Individual evidence
- ↑ See ladepeche.fr (French)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holt, Willy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holt, William; Holt, Will (other names) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quincy , Florida , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 2007 |
Place of death | Paris , France |