Léon Barsacq (18 October 1906 – 23 December 1969) was a Russian-born and naturalized French

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

and

set decorator The set decorator is the head of the set decoration department in the film and television industry, responsible for selecting, designing, fabricating, and sourcing the " set dressing" elements of each set in a Feature Film, Television, or New Med ...

. He was nominated for an

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in the category Best Art Direction for the film '' The Longest Day''. He was the brother of French theatre director

André Barsacq André Barsacq (24 January 1909 – 8 July 1973) was a French theatre director, producer, scenic designer, and playwright. From 1940 to 1973 he was the director of the Théâtre de l'Atelier. He was the brother of Russian production designer Lé ...

and the father of film actor

Yves Barsacq Yves Barsacq (17 June 1931 – 4 October 2015) was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 150 films. He is the son of the French-Russian production designer Léon Barsacq and the nephew of the French theatre director André Barsacq ...

Selected filmography

* '' Compliments of Mister Flow'' (1936) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''

I Was an Adventuress ''I Was an Adventuress'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, and Peter Lorre. An actress/ballerina works as decoy for two international con artists. Plot Countess Ta ...

'' (1938) * '' The World Will Tremble'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1943) * ''

Children of Paradise ''Children of Paradise'' (, ) is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy France and Occupied France. Set in the theatrical world of 1830s Paris, it tell ...

'' (1945) * '' The Last Vacation'' (1948) * '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * '' White Paws'' (1949) * ''

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

'' (1949) * '' The Glass Castle'' (1950) * '' Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (1951) * '' Imperial Violets'' (1952) * '' The Beauty of Cadiz'' (1953) * '' Their Last Night'' (1953) * ''

The Lady of the Camellias ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (), sometimes called ''Camille'' in English, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, Alexandre Dumas ''fils''. First published in 1848 and subsequently Theatrical adaptation, adapted by Dumas for the Drama, stage, the pl ...

'' (1953) * '' The Ambassador's Daughter'' (1956) * '' All the Gold in the World '' (1961) * '' The Longest Day'' (1962)

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* 1906 births 1969 deaths People from Feodosia People from Taurida Governorate French production designers French art directors French set decorators Soviet emigrants to France {{artdirector-stub