Doug Kraner
Doug Kraner (died April 4, 2016) was an American production designer in the film industry. He was the co-production designer (with Richard Berg) for Gotham (2014). He was an Emmy-nominee in the category of Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series/Special for his set decoration on “Little Gloria……Happy at Last” (1983) and Art Directors Guild.
Doug Kraner
- Died
- Doug Kraner died on 4 April 2016.
- Occupation
- designer
- Education
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Kraner's set designer career began in 1981 with My Dinner with Andre. His works include: Lean on Me, the original Uncle Buck, the beach house in Sleeping with the Enemy and No Place Like Home. He has an MFA degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Scene Design. He was honored by Oscars in Memoriam in 2017...
Doug Kraner studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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- 1.Evans, Greg. Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65. Deadline. 2016-04-20.
- 2.Grant, Lee. I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir. Penguin. 2014-07-08. 9780698155114.
- 3.Gotham Production Designers Talk Creating Dark And Gritty Look. Comicbook.com.
- 4.Raptopoulos, Lilah. Designing Gotham: how the look and feel of Batman's home came to be. the Guardian. 2014-10-06.
- 5.Gotham Hub on Twitter. Twitter.
- 6.Emmys: How to Create a Gotham City That Feels "Fresh". The Hollywood Reporter.
- 7.Thompson, Anne. Art Directors Guild Nominations 2015. IndieWire. 2015-01-05.
- 8.Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65. IMDb.
- 9.Doug Kraner Television Academy. Television Academy.
- 10.Cavassuto, Maria. Emmy-Nominated Production Designer Doug Kraner Dies at 65. Variety. 2016-04-20.
- 11.Kraner, Doug – Special Collections and University Archives. scua.library.umass.edu.
- 12.Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65.
- 13.WENN. Production designer Doug Kraner dies at 65. Hollywood.com. 2016-04-20.
- 14.Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65 #follownews. www.follownews.com.
- 15.The Cape Cod Beach House from Sleeping with the Enemy. Hooked on Houses. 2011-05-23.
- 16.Grant, Lee. I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir. Penguin. 2014-07-08. 9780698155114.
- 17.Remembering Doug Kraner '79G Theater UMass Amherst. www.umass.edu.
- 18.Heisner, Beverly. Production Design in the Contemporary American Film: A Critical Study of 23 Movies and Their Designers. McFarland. 2004-01-01. 9780786418657.
- 19.Oscars in Memoriam 2017 Photos.
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