Alexandre Lochakoff was a Russian-born

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 ...

.Phillips p.39 After fleeing following the

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in 1917 he settled in France where he worked designing

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Selected filmography

* ''

Heart of an Actress ''Heart of an Actress'' (French: ''Âme d'artiste'') is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Iván Petrovich, Nicolas Koline and Mabel Poulton. Poulton had almost been cast in Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'', but a ...

'' (1924) * ''

That Scoundrel Morin ''That Scoundrel Morin'' (French: ''Ce cochon de Morin'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Jacques Baumer, Rosine Deréan and José Noguéro. It is based on the 1882 short story of the same title by Guy de Maupassant. Goble p.116 The ...

'' (1924) * ''

Prince Charming Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character archetype who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales ...

'' (1925) * '' Michel Strogoff'' (1926) * '' Muche'' (1927) * ''

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

'' (1927) * ''

Secrets of the Orient Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controver ...

'' (1928) * ''

The White Devil ''The White Devil'' (full original title: ''The White Divel; or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano. With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtizan'') is a tragedy by English playwright John We ...

'' (1930) * '' Sergeant X'' (1932) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * '' The Red Dancer'' (1937) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1938) * '' After Midnight'' (1938) * '' White Nights in Saint Petersburg'' (1938) * '' The Patriot'' (1938)

References

Bibliography

* Alastair Phillips. ''City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939''. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Art directors from the Russian Empire French art directors People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France {{Russia-bio-stub