Lazare Meerson(1900-1938)

Art Director
Production Designer
Set Decorator

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Lazare Meerson was born on 8 July 1900 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an art director and production designer, known for À nous la liberté (1931), Le chevalier sans armure (1937) and Sous les toits de Paris (1930). He died on 28 June 1938 in London, England, UK.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Known for

À nous la liberté (1931)

À nous la liberté

7.4

Movie

Art Director

1931

Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat in Le chevalier sans armure (1937)

Le chevalier sans armure

6.8

Movie

Art Department

1937

Sous les toits de Paris (1930)

Sous les toits de Paris

7.0

Movie

Art Director

1930

Le Divorce de Lady X (1938)

Le Divorce de Lady X

6.6

Movie

Art Department(in colour)

1938

Credits

Art Director

La Citadelle
7.0
- Art Director
- 1938
South Riding
6.7
- Art Director
- 1938
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
5.6
- Art Director
- 1937
Die klugen Frauen
- Art Director
- 1936
Les beaux jours
5.8
- Art Director
- 1935
Justin de Marseille
6.6
- Art Director
- 1935
Pension Mimosas
7.0
- Art Director
- 1935
L'Hôtel du libre échange
6.1
- Art Director
- 1934
Amok
6.6
- Art Director
- 1934
Poliche
4.5
- Art Director
- 1934
Le grand jeu
7.2
- Art Director
- 1934
Lac aux dames
6.5
- Art Director (uncredited)
- 1934
L'ange gardien
- Art Director
- 1934
Primerose
- Art Director
- 1934
La femme invisible
- Art Director
- 1933

Production Designer

La kermesse héroïque
7.4
- Production Designer
- 1935
Les beaux jours
5.8
- Production Designer
- 1935
Poliche
4.5
- Production Designer
- 1934
Lac aux dames
6.5
- Production Designer (as Meerson)
- 1934
Ciboulette
5.5
- Production Designer
- 1933
Prisonnier de mon coeur
- Production Designer
- 1932
Les cinq gentlemen maudits
6.2
- Production Designer (as Meerson)
- 1931
Le bal
6.9
- Production Designer (as L. Meerson)
- 1931
Jean de la Lune
5.8
- Production Designer (as Meerson)
- 1931
L'étrangère
- Production Designer
- 1931
La fin du monde
6.0
- Production Designer (as Meerson)
- 1931
L'amour chante
4.7
- Production Designer (as Meerson)
- 1930
Le mystère de la chambre jaune
6.3
- Production Designer
- 1930
La proie du vent
6.6
- Production Designer
- 1927
Gribiche
6.8
- Production Designer
- 1926

Set Decorator

Personal details

Alternative names
- L. Meerson
Born
- July 8, 1900
- Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Died
- June 28, 1938
- London, England, UK(undisclosed)

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Trivia
Influential Russian-born art director, painter and student of architecture. Fled his country after the October Revolution for Germany, then settled in France and joined the Pathe film studio in Montreuil. His meticulous set designs brought authenticity to the films of Rene Clair and Jacques Feyder. He was famous for his stylised, or futuristic decors for films like Le million (1931) and À nous la liberté (1931). Worked briefly for Alexander Korda's London Films at Denham Studios, 1934-36, notably as set designer for Feyder's Le chevalier sans armure (1937). Died prematurely at 37.

Nickname
- L. Meerson

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