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