Hans Peters (art director)

English art director

Hans Peters
Born	(1894-07-23)23 July 1894 London, England
Died	29 September 1976(1976-09-29) (aged 82) London, England
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1934-1964
Employer	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1944-1962)^[1]

Hans Peters (23 July 1894 – 29 September 1976) was an English art director. He was nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. In 1944 he joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer^[1] and in 1959, he became assistant to George Davis, the studio's new supervising art director.^[2]

Selected filmography

Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Red Danube (1949)
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)

References

^ ^a ^b Finler, Joel W. (2 April 1992), The Hollywood Story (Second ed.), Mandarin, p. 230, ISBN 0-7493-0637-8
^ "G. W. Davis Tops M-G Art". Variety. 11 March 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 22 June 2019 – via Archive.org.