Doug Kraner

{{short description|American production designer}}

{{update|date=November 2018}}

Doug Kraner (died April 4, 2016){{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/doug-kraner-obituary-production-designer-gotham-1201740596/|title=Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=2016-04-20|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} was an American production designer in the film industry. He was the co-production designer{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fb9UAgAAQBAJ&q=Doug+Kraner%2C+American+production+designer&pg=PT255|title=I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir|last=Grant|first=Lee|date=2014-07-08|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780698155114|language=en}} (with Richard Berg){{Cite news|url=https://comicbook.com/2015/06/14/gotham-production-designers-talk-creating-dark-and-gritty-look/|title=Gotham Production Designers Talk Creating Dark And Gritty Look|work=Comicbook.com|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}} for Gotham{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/oct/06/designing-gotham-production-designer-doug-kraner|title=Designing Gotham: how the look and feel of Batman's home came to be|last=Raptopoulos|first=Lilah|date=2014-10-06|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/gothamhub/status/1047234804410769413|title=Gotham Hub on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/emmys-how-create-a-gotham-800251|title=Emmys: How to Create a Gotham City That Feels "Fresh"|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}} (2014).{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/01/art-directors-guild-nominations-2015-189471/|title=Art Directors Guild Nominations 2015|last=Thompson|first=Anne|date=2015-01-05|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} He was an Emmy-nominee{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni59740494|title=Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-11-12}} in the category of Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series/Special{{Cite news|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/doug-kraner|title=Doug Kraner {{!}} Television Academy|work=Television Academy|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}} for his set decoration on “Little Gloria……Happy at Last”{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/doug-kraner-dies-dead-gotham-working-girl-1201757124/|title=Emmy-Nominated Production Designer Doug Kraner Dies at 65|last=Cavassuto|first=Maria|date=2016-04-20|work=Variety|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} (1983){{Cite web|url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/umarmot/kraner-doug/|title=Kraner, Doug – Special Collections and University Archives|website=scua.library.umass.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}} and Art Directors Guild.{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/doug-kraner-dies-gotham-production-022344526.html|title=Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} Kraner's set designer career began in 1981 with My Dinner with Andre.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/production-designer-doug-kraner-dies-at-65-60570001/|title=Production designer Doug Kraner dies at 65|last=WENN|date=2016-04-20|work=Hollywood.com|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} His works include: Lean on Me, the original Uncle Buck,{{Cite web|url=https://www.follownews.com/doug-kraner-dies-gotham-production-designer-was-65-14we5|title=Doug Kraner Dies; 'Gotham' Production Designer Was 65 {{!}} #follownews|website=www.follownews.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}} the beach house in Sleeping with the Enemy{{Cite news|url=https://hookedonhouses.net/2011/05/23/the-cape-cod-beach-house-from-sleeping-with-the-enemy/|title=The Cape Cod Beach House from Sleeping with the Enemy|date=2011-05-23|work=Hooked on Houses|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} and No Place Like Home.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fb9UAgAAQBAJ&q=Doug+Kraner%2C++production+designer%2C+New+Yorker&pg=PT255|title=I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir|last=Grant|first=Lee|date=2014-07-08|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780698155114|language=en}} He has an MFA degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst{{Cite web|url=https://www.umass.edu/theater/news/remembering-doug-kraner-79g|title=Remembering Doug Kraner '79G {{!}} Theater {{!}} UMass Amherst|website=www.umass.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}} in Scene Design.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSxevQMrYEgC&q=Doug+Kraner%2C+American+production+designer&pg=PA126|title=Production Design in the Contemporary American Film: A Critical Study of 23 Movies and Their Designers|last=Heisner|first=Beverly|date=2004-01-01|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786418657|language=en}} He was honored by Oscars in Memoriam in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/photos/2017/oscars-in-memoriam-2017-photos/19th-annual-art-directors-guild-excellence-in-production-design-awards-arrivals|title=Oscars in Memoriam 2017 Photos|access-date=2018-11-12}}

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