Edward Carrere

Edward Carrere (born October 13, 1906 in Mexico City , † December 19, 1984 in Mission Viejo , California ) was a Mexican - American production designer and production designer .

Life

After studying at private schools in his hometown and at the Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles , Edward Carrere moved from RKO to Warner Bros. in 1932. For A Man Like Explosives , one of his first films, he conceived a series of architectural designs that were oriented towards European modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright . In the following years he worked with directors such as Raoul Walsh , Michael Curtiz and Alfred Hitchcock . In addition to the features of historical films he also designed sets for contemporary film productions that were filmed on location. For one of his last works, the western The Wild Bunch - They Didn't Know a Law by Sam Peckinpah , he designed a street in a small Texas town in 1913 and its Mexican counterpart.

Awards

For his work on Camelot - At King Arthur's Court , Carrere was awarded the Oscar in 1968 in the category Best Production Design . He was also nominated twice for the same award, in 1950 for The Love Adventures of Don Juan and in 1961 for Sunrise at Campobello .

Filmography (selection)

• 1948: The Adventures of Don Juan
• 1949: A Man Like Explosives (The Fountainhead)
• 1949: Submachine guns (White Heat)
• 1949: Glück in Seenot (The Lady Takes a Sailor)
• 1950: Young Man with a Horn
• 1950: The Rebel (The Flame and the Arrow)
• 1950: People Smuggling (The Breaking Point)
• 1951: Raid at Raton Pass (Raton Pass)
• 1951: Along the Great Divide
• 1951: Not a dime for eternity (Force of Arms)
• 1952: For a Fistful of Money (The Big Trees)
• 1952: The Black Riders of Dakota (Bugles in the Afternoon)
• 1952: The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
• 1953: She's back on Broadway
• 1953: Escape from Shanghai (South Sea Woman)
• 1954: This Man Knows Too Much (Riding Shotgun)
• 1954: Dial M for Murder (Dial M for Murder)
• 1955: Against All Violence (I Died a Thousand Times)
• 1956: The beautiful Helena (Helen of Troy)
• 1956: Secret Freight (Santiago)
• 1957: Your Fate in My Hand (Sweet Smell of Success)
• 1958: U 23 - Deadly Depths (Run Silent, Run Deep)
• 1958: The Old Man and the Sea (The Old Man and the Sea)
• 1958: Separated from table and bed (separate tables)
• 1959: Jump Over Your Shadow (Take a Giant Step)
• 1959: The Rabbit Trap
• 1959: The Devil's Disciple
• 1960: Elmer Gantry - God is in business (Elmer Gantry)
• 1960: Sunrise at Campobello
• 1961: Francis of Assisi
• 1962: Taras Bulba
• 1963: Don't do that, Angelika (Critic's Choice)
• 1964: Three Girls in Madrid (The Pleasure Seekers)
• 1965: The Third Day
• 1966: Stay away from my wife (Not with My Wife, You Don't!)
• 1967: Camelot - At the court of King Arthur (Camelot)
• 1969: The Wild Bunch (The Wild Bunch)
• 1970: Two dirty scoundrels (There Was a Crooked Man ...)

literature

• Dietrich Neumann: Edward Carrere . In the S. (Ed.): Film architecture. From Metropolis to Blade Runner. Exhibition Deutsches Architektur-Museum and Deutsches Filmmuseum 1996. Munich, New York: Prestel 1996, p. 196. ISBN 3-7913-1656-7

Web links

• Edward Carrere in the Internet Movie Database (English)