Léon Barsacq

Léon Barsacq
Born	(1906-10-18)18 October 1906 Feodosiya, Crimea, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	23 December 1969(1969-12-23) (aged 63) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Production designer Art director Set decorator
Years active	1934-1968

Léon Barsacq (18 October 1906 – 23 December 1969) was a Russian-born and naturalized French production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Longest Day. He was the brother of French theatre director André Barsacq and the father of film actor Yves Barsacq.

Selected filmography

• Compliments of Mister Flow (1936)
• Southern Mail (1937)
• I Was an Adventuress (1938)
• The World Will Tremble (1939)
• Beating Heart (1940)
• The Mysteries of Paris (1943)
• Children of Paradise (1945)
• The Last Vacation (1948)
• Eternal Conflict (1948)
• White Paws (1949)
• Maya (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 (1953)
• The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
• All the Gold in the World (1961)
• The Longest Day (1962)

External links

• Léon Barsacq at IMDb
• Léon Barsacq at AllMovie