Hans Dreier
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-08-21
Day of Death
1966-10-24 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Bremen, Germany
Hans Dreier
Biography
Hans Dreier was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950.
Hans Dreier was born in Bremen, Germany in 1885. After studying architecture in Munich, Germany, Dreier worked as imperial supervising architect of the German Cameroon. During World War I, he served in the German Lancers.
He began his career in German film in 1919 as an assistant designer at UFA Studios. At the urging of German director Ernst Lubitsch, Dreier relocated to Hollywood in 1923 to work at Paramount Pictures. His first Hollywood film was Forbidden Paradise, directed by Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri. Dreier worked as Paramount's supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950.
He made contributions to nearly 500 films during his lengthy career, including many films directed by Joseph Von Sternberg and Ernst Lubitsch, as well as the film It's a Gift (1934) starring W. C. Fields. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his art direction on 23 occasions. He won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction (Color) for Frenchman's Creek (1944) and Samson and Delilah (1950). He also won the award for Art Direction (Black and White) for Sunset Boulevard (1950).
Known For
Crew
(1951)
A Place in the Sun
Art Direction
(1950)
Sunset Boulevard
Art Direction
(1950)
Union Station
Art Direction
(1950)
Mr. Music
Art Direction
(1950)
Let's Dance
Art Direction
(1950)
Riding High
Art Direction
(1950)
The Furies
Art Direction
(1950)
Branded
Art Direction
(1950)
Copper Canyon
Art Direction
(1950)
Fancy Pants
Art Direction
(1950)
September Affair
Art Direction
(1950)
My Friend Irma Goes West
Art Direction
(1950)
Appointment with Danger
Art Direction
(1950)
No Man of Her Own
Art Direction
(1950)
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Art Direction
(1950)
Dark City
Art Direction
(1949)
Streets of Laredo
Art Direction
(1949)
Sorrowful Jones
Art Direction
(1949)
Chicago Deadline
Art Direction
(1949)
The Great Gatsby
Art Direction
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
Art Direction
(1949)
Red, Hot and Blue
Art Direction
(1949)
Top o' the Morning
Art Direction
(1949)
Dear Wife
Art Direction
(1949)
The Great Lover
Art Direction
(1949)
My Friend Irma
Art Direction
(1949)
The Accused
Art Direction
(1949)
The File on Thelma Jordon
Art Direction
(1949)
Rope of Sand
Art Direction
(1949)
Alias Nick Beal
Art Direction
(1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Production Design
(1948)
My Own True Love
Art Direction
(1948)
The Paleface
Art Direction
(1948)
Whispering Smith
Art Direction
(1948)
The Sainted Sisters
Art Direction
(1948)
Isn't It Romantic?
Art Direction
(1948)
The Emperor Waltz
Art Direction
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
Art Direction
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
Art Direction
(1948)
A Foreign Affair
Art Direction
(1948)
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Art Direction
(1948)
Hazard
Art Direction
(1948)
The Big Clock
Art Direction
(1948)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Art Direction
(1947)
Road to Rio
Art Direction
(1947)
Ladies' Man
Art Direction
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
Art Direction
(1947)
Saigon
Art Direction
(1947)
Wild Harvest
Art Direction
(1947)
The Trouble with Women
Art Direction
(1947)
Welcome Stranger
Art Direction
(1947)
The Perils of Pauline
Art Direction
(1947)
Dear Ruth
Art Direction
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
Art Direction
(1947)
Blaze of Noon
Art Direction
(1947)
Variety Girl
Art Direction
(1947)
I Walk Alone
Art Direction
(1947)
Where There's Life
Art Direction
(1947)
Unconquered
Art Direction
(1947)
Suddenly It's Spring
Art Direction
(1947)
California
Art Direction
(1947)
Champagne for Two
Art Direction
(1946)
Road to Utopia
Art Direction
(1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire
Art Direction
(1946)
The Virginian
Art Direction
(1946)
Two Years Before the Mast
Art Direction
(1946)
The Blue Dahlia
Art Direction
(1946)
Blue Skies
Art Direction
(1946)
Cross My Heart
Art Direction
(1946)
To Each His Own
Art Direction
(1946)
Calcutta
Art Direction
(1946)
The Bride Wore Boots
Art Direction
(1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's
Art Direction
(1946)
The Searching Wind
Art Direction
(1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Art Direction
(1946)
O.S.S.
Art Direction
(1945)
The Lost Weekend
Art Direction
(1945)
Love Letters
Art Direction
(1945)
The Stork Club
Art Direction
(1945)
Incendiary Blonde
Art Direction
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
Art Direction
(1945)
The Affairs of Susan
Art Direction
(1945)
You Came Along
Art Direction
(1945)
Masquerade in Mexico
Art Direction
(1945)
Out of This World
Art Direction
(1945)
Hold That Blonde!
Art Direction
(1945)
Duffy's Tavern
Art Direction
(1945)
Murder, He Says
Art Direction
(1945)
The Unseen
Art Direction
(1945)
Bring on the Girls
Art Direction
(1945)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Supervising Art Director
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
Art Direction
(1945)
Salty O'Rourke
Art Direction
(1945)
Kitty
Art Direction
(1944)
Double Indemnity
Art Direction
(1944)
Ministry of Fear
Art Direction
(1944)
The Great Moment
Art Direction
(1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Art Direction
(1944)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Art Direction
(1944)
Here Come the Waves
Art Direction
(1944)
The Uninvited
Art Direction
(1944)
Going My Way
Art Direction
(1944)
And Now Tomorrow
Art Direction
(1944)
Standing Room Only
Art Direction
(1944)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Art Direction
(1944)
Rainbow Island
Art Direction
(1944)
I Love a Soldier
Art Direction
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
Art Direction
(1944)
Frenchman's Creek
Art Direction
(1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Art Direction
(1944)
The Hour Before the Dawn
Art Direction
(1943)
No Time for Love
Art Direction
(1943)
Five Graves to Cairo
Art Direction
(1943)
Young and Willing
Art Direction
(1943)
China
Art Direction
(1943)
Let's Face It
Art Direction
(1943)
The Crystal Ball
Art Direction
(1943)
Riding High
Art Direction
(1943)
True to Life
Art Direction
(1943)
Night Plane from Chungking
Art Direction
(1943)
The Good Fellows
Art Direction
(1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Art Direction
(1943)
Hostages
Art Direction
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
Art Direction
(1942)
Wake Island
Art Direction
(1942)
Road to Morocco
Art Direction
(1942)
I Married a Witch
Art Direction
(1942)
Holiday Inn
Art Direction
(1942)
This Gun for Hire
Art Direction
(1942)
The Glass Key
Art Direction
(1942)
The Major and the Minor
Art Direction
(1942)
The Fleet's In
Art Direction
(1942)
The Lady Has Plans
Art Direction
(1942)
The Remarkable Andrew
Art Direction
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
Art Direction
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Art Direction
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Art Direction
(1942)
Lucky Jordan
Art Direction
(1942)
Street of Chance
Art Direction
(1942)
Reap the Wild Wind
Art Direction
(1942)
The Palm Beach Story
Art Direction
(1942)
Fly By Night
Art Direction
(1942)
Dr. Broadway
Art Direction
(1942)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Art Direction
(1942)
Night in New Orleans
Art Direction
(1941)
The Lady Eve
Art Direction
(1941)
Road to Zanzibar
Art Direction
(1941)
Sullivan's Travels
Art Direction
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
Art Direction
(1941)
New York Town
Art Direction
(1941)
Birth of the Blues
Art Direction
(1941)
Bahama Passage
Art Direction
(1941)
The Great Man's Lady
Art Direction
(1941)
Skylark
Art Direction
(1941)
Nothing But the Truth
Art Direction
(1941)
Caught in the Draft
Art Direction
(1941)
Aloma of the South Seas
Art Direction
(1941)
Life with Henry
Art Direction
(1941)
Among the Living
Art Direction
(1941)
The Monster and the Girl
Art Direction
(1941)
Louisiana Purchase
Art Direction
(1941)
The Shepherd of the Hills
Art Direction
(1941)
West Point Widow
Art Direction
(1941)
World Premiere
Art Designer
(1940)
Golden Gloves
Art Direction
(1940)
Road to Singapore
Art Direction
(1940)
The Mad Doctor
Art Direction
(1940)
Remember the Night
Art Direction
(1940)
The Great McGinty
Art Direction
(1940)
The Ghost Breakers
Art Direction
(1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Art Direction
(1940)
Rhythm on the River
Art Direction
(1940)
Adventure in Diamonds
Art Direction
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
Art Direction
(1940)
Those Were the Days!
Art Direction
(1940)
Typhoon
Art Direction
(1940)
Moon Over Burma
Art Direction
(1940)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Art Direction
(1940)
Safari
Art Direction
(1940)
Dancing on a Dime
Art Direction
(1940)
Arise, My Love
Art Direction
(1940)
I Want a Divorce
Art Direction
(1940)
Christmas in July
Art Direction
(1940)
Dr. Cyclops
Art Direction
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
Art Direction
(1940)
Seventeen
Art Direction
(1940)
Parole Fixer
Art Direction
(1940)
Emergency Squad
Art Direction
(1940)
The Farmer's Daughter
Art Direction
(1940)
The Way of All Flesh
Art Direction
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
Art Direction
(1940)
Victory
Art Direction
(1940)
Untamed
Art Direction
(1939)
Beau Geste
Art Direction
(1939)
The Cat and the Canary
Art Direction
(1939)
Invitation to Happiness
Art Direction
(1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Art Direction
(1939)
Honeymoon in Bali
Art Direction
(1939)
Never Say Die
Art Direction
(1939)
Disbarred
Art Direction
(1939)
Man About Town
Art Direction
(1939)
Paris Honeymoon
Art Direction
(1939)
King of Chinatown
Art Direction
(1939)
The Star Maker
Art Direction
(1939)
The Great Victor Herbert
Art Direction
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
Art Direction
(1939)
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Art Direction
(1939)
Island of Lost Men
Art Direction
(1939)
Cafe Society
Art Direction
(1939)
$1,000 a Touchdown
Art Direction
(1939)
Midnight
Art Direction
(1939)
Union Pacific
Art Direction
(1939)
The Light That Failed
Art Direction
(1939)
St. Louis Blues
Art Direction
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
Art Direction
(1939)
All Women Have Secrets
Art Direction
(1939)
Million Dollar Legs
Art Direction
(1939)
Disputed Passage
Art Direction
(1939)
Our Leading Citizen
Art Direction
(1939)
What a Life
Art Direction
(1939)
Night Work
Art Direction
(1939)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Art Direction
(1939)
Unmarried
Art Direction
(1938)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Art Direction
(1938)
Spawn of the North
Art Direction
(1938)
Ride a Crooked Mile
Art Direction
(1938)
The Texans
Art Direction
(1938)
College Swing
Art Direction
(1938)
If I Were King
Art Direction
(1938)
Give Me a Sailor
Art Direction
(1938)
Dangerous to Know
Art Direction
(1938)
Cocoanut Grove
Art Direction
(1938)
Her Jungle Love
Art Direction
(1938)
Men with Wings
Art Direction
(1938)
Artists and Models Abroad
Art Direction
(1938)
Zaza
Art Direction
(1938)
Romance in the Dark
Art Direction
(1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Art Direction
(1938)
Hunted Men
Art Direction
(1938)
Say It in French
Art Direction
(1938)
The Arkansas Traveler
Art Direction
(1938)
Illegal Traffic
Art Direction
(1938)
Tip-Off Girls
Art Direction
(1938)
Thanks for the Memory
Art Direction
(1938)
The Buccaneer
Art Direction
(1938)
Touchdown, Army
Art Direction
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Art Direction
(1938)
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Art Direction
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Art Direction
(1938)
You and Me
Art Direction
(1938)
Sing, You Sinners
Art Direction
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Art Direction
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Art Direction
(1937)
Daughter of Shanghai
Art Direction
(1937)
Thrill of a Lifetime
Art Direction
(1937)
Ebb Tide
Art Direction
(1937)
Turn Off the Moon
Art Direction
(1937)
Exclusive
Art Direction
(1937)
Partners in Crime
Art Direction
(1937)
Angel
Art Direction
(1937)
Maid of Salem
Art Direction
(1937)
I Met Him in Paris
Art Direction
(1937)
Hold 'Em Navy
Art Direction
(1937)
Easy Living
Art Direction
(1937)
Internes Can't Take Money
Art Direction
(1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Art Direction
(1937)
Sophie Lang Goes West
Art Direction
(1937)
Night of Mystery
Art Direction
(1937)
Wells Fargo
Art Direction
(1937)
High, Wide and Handsome
Art Direction
(1937)
Artists & Models
Art Direction
(1937)
The Last Train from Madrid
Art Direction
(1937)
True Confession
Art Direction
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Art Direction
(1937)
Night Club Scandal
Art Direction
(1937)
Mountain Music
Art Direction
(1937)
Born to the West
Art Direction
(1936)
The Jungle Princess
Art Direction
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
Art Direction
(1936)
Three Married Men
Art Direction
(1936)
Desire
Art Direction
(1936)
Wedding Present
Art Direction
(1936)
The Plainsman
Art Direction
(1936)
Klondike Annie
Art Direction
(1936)
The General Died at Dawn
Art Direction
(1936)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Art Direction
(1936)
Yours for the Asking
Art Direction
(1936)
Give Us This Night
Art Direction
(1936)
The Sky Parade
Art Direction
(1936)
The Arizona Raiders
Art Direction
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Art Direction
(1936)
Desert Gold
Art Direction
(1936)
Drift Fence
Art Direction
(1936)
Woman Trap
Art Direction
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
Art Direction
(1936)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Art Direction
(1936)
Border Flight
Art Direction
(1936)
The Princess Comes Across
Art Direction
(1936)
Murder with Pictures
Art Direction
(1936)
Rose of the Rancho
Art Direction
(1936)
13 Hours by Air
Art Direction
(1936)
The Accusing Finger
Art Direction
(1936)
Easy to Take
Art Direction
(1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery
Art Direction
(1936)
Let's Make a Million
Art Direction
(1936)
The Milky Way
Art Direction
(1936)
Straight from the Shoulder
Art Direction
(1936)
Anything Goes
Art Direction
(1936)
Wives Never Know
Art Direction
(1936)
Florida Special
Art Direction
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
Art Direction
(1935)
Men Without Names
Art Direction
(1935)
The Bride Comes Home
Art Direction
(1935)
The Last Outpost
Art Direction
(1935)
Mississippi
Art Direction
(1935)
Accent on Youth
Art Direction
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Art Direction
(1935)
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Art Direction
(1935)
Enter Madame
Art Direction
(1935)
Hands Across the Table
Art Direction
(1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap
Art Direction
(1935)
So Red the Rose
Art Direction
(1935)
The Glass Key
Art Direction
(1935)
Ship Cafe
Art Direction
(1935)
Goin' to Town
Art Direction
(1935)
The Devil Is a Woman
Art Direction
(1935)
Here Comes Cookie
Art Direction
(1934)
Death Takes a Holiday
Art Direction
(1934)
Six of a Kind
Art Direction
(1934)
Search for Beauty
Art Direction
(1934)
Now and Forever
Art Direction
(1934)
It's a Gift
Art Direction
(1934)
The Scarlet Empress
Art Direction
(1934)
Thirty Day Princess
Art Direction
(1934)
Kiss and Make-Up
Art Direction
(1934)
Ladies Should Listen
Art Direction
(1934)
Murder at the Vanities
Art Direction
(1934)
Shoot the Works
Art Direction
(1934)
Ready for Love
Art Direction
(1934)
Cleopatra
Art Direction
(1934)
Double Door
Art Direction
(1934)
Here Is My Heart
Art Direction
(1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Art Direction
(1933)
Too Much Harmony
Art Direction
(1933)
Duck Soup
Art Direction
(1933)
This Day and Age
Art Direction
(1933)
Design for Living
Art Direction
(1933)
The Song of Songs
Art Direction
(1933)
I'm No Angel
Art Direction
(1932)
Shanghai Express
Art Direction
(1932)
Island of Lost Souls
Art Direction
(1932)
Trouble in Paradise
Art Direction
(1932)
Broken Lullaby
Art Direction
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
Art Direction
(1932)
A Farewell to Arms
Art Direction
(1932)
One Hour with You
Art Direction
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Art Direction
(1931)
An American Tragedy
Set Decoration, Art Direction
(1931)
Dishonored
Art Direction
(1931)
The Smiling Lieutenant
Art Direction
(1930)
Morocco
Art Direction
(1930)
The Vagabond King
Art Direction
(1929)
Thunderbolt
Art Direction
(1928)
The Docks of New York
Art Direction
(1928)
The Last Command
Art Direction
(1928)
Ladies of the Mob
Art Direction
(1928)
The Patriot
Art Direction
(1927)
Underworld
Set Decoration
(1926)
You Never Know Women
Art Direction
(1924)
Forbidden Paradise
Art Direction
(1923)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Set Decoration
(1923)
The Whirlwind of Passion
Production Design
(1922)
Peter the Great
Production Design
(1921)
Danton
Production Design
(1921)
Max, der Vielgeprüfte
Production Design
(1921)
Das Rätsel der Sphinx
Production Design
(1921)
Die große und die kleine Welt
Production Design
(1921)
Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore
Production Design
(1921)
Lady Godiva
Production Design
(1920)
The Merry-Go-Round
Art Direction
(1920)
Figures of the Night
Art Direction
(1920)
Kurfürstendamm
Art Direction
(1920)
Manolescu's Memoirs
Art Direction
(1920)
Florentinische Nächte
Production Design
(1920)
Die Stimme
Production Design
(1920)
Maria Tudor
Production Design
(1920)
Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin
Production Design
(1920)
Maria Magdalene
Production Design
(1920)
The Woman House of Brescia
Production Design
(1919)
Seelenverkäufer
Art Direction
(1919)
Der letzte Zeuge
Production Design
(1919)
Lilli
Production Design
(1919)
Lillis Ehe
Production Design