# Paul Markwitz

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{{short description|Production designer}}
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| name         = Paul Markwitz
| birth_date   = 16 July 1908
| birth_place  = Berlin, German Empire
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=yes|1968|3|19|1908|7|16}}
| death_place  = Berlin, West Germany
| occupation   = [Production designer](/source/Production_designer)<br>[Art director](/source/Art_director)<br>[Set decorator](/source/Set_decorator)
| years_active = 1935-1967 
}}

'''Paul Markwitz''' (16 July 1908 &ndash; 19 March 1968)<ref>Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, {{ISBN|3-89602-340-3}}, pg. 281f</ref> was a German [production designer](/source/production_designer), [art director](/source/art_director) and [set decorator](/source/set_decorator). He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and 1967.<ref name="IMDb.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549048/ |title=IMDb.com: Paul Markwitz |access-date=21 December 2008|work=IMDb.com}}</ref> He was nominated for an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) in the category [Best Art Direction](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design) for the film ''[Martin Luther](/source/Martin_Luther_(1953_film))''.<ref name="Oscars1954">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954 |title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners |access-date=20 August 2011|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093858/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/26th-winners.html| archive-date= 6 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="allmovie.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/paul-markwitz-169538/awards |title=AllMovie: Paul Markwitz |access-date=26 September 2010|work=allmovie.com}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden](/source/Fruit_in_the_Neighbour's_Garden_(1935_film))'' (1935)
* ''[Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine](/source/Thunder%2C_Lightning_and_Sunshine)'' (1936)
* ''[Meine Frau, die Perle](/source/Meine_Frau%2C_die_Perle)'' (1936)
* ''[Sergeant Berry](/source/Sergeant_Berry)'' (1938)
* ''[The Holm Murder Case](/source/The_Holm_Murder_Case)'' (1938)
* ''[A Man Astray](/source/A_Man_Astray)'' (1940)
* ''[Encounter with Werther](/source/Encounter_with_Werther)'' (1949)
* ''[Wedding Night In Paradise](/source/Wedding_Night_In_Paradise_(1950_film))'' (1950)
* ''[When a Woman Loves](/source/When_a_Woman_Loves_(film))'' (1950)
* ''[Martin Luther](/source/Martin_Luther_(1953_film))'' (1953)
* ''[Spring Song](/source/Spring_Song_(1954_film))'' (1954)
* ''[Three from Variety](/source/Three_from_Variety)'' (1954)
* ''[Confession Under Four Eyes](/source/Confession_Under_Four_Eyes)'' (1954)
* ''[The Gypsy Baron](/source/The_Gypsy_Baron_(1954_film))'' (1954)
* ''[The Inn on the Lahn](/source/The_Inn_on_the_Lahn)'' (1955)
* ''[I Know What I'm Living For](/source/I_Know_What_I'm_Living_For)'' (1955)
* ''[Black Forest Melody](/source/Black_Forest_Melody)'' (1956)
* ''[Spy for Germany](/source/Spy_for_Germany)'' (1956)
* ''[Precocious Youth](/source/Precocious_Youth)'' (1957)
* ''[The Simple Girl](/source/The_Simple_Girl)'' (1957)
* ''[Widower with Five Daughters](/source/Widower_with_Five_Daughters)'' (1957)
* ''[The Count of Luxemburg](/source/The_Count_of_Luxemburg_(1957_film))'' (1957)
* ''[Munchhausen in Africa](/source/Munchhausen_in_Africa)'' (1958)
* ''[The Star of Santa Clara](/source/The_Star_of_Santa_Clara)'' (1958)
* ''[The Day the Rains Came](/source/The_Day_the_Rains_Came_(film))'' (1959)
* ''[Peter Shoots Down the Bird](/source/Peter_Shoots_Down_the_Bird)'' (1959)
* ''[Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye](/source/Adieu%2C_Lebewohl%2C_Goodbye)'' (1961)
* ''[Always Trouble with the Bed](/source/Always_Trouble_with_the_Bed)'' (1961)
* ''[The Secret of the Black Trunk](/source/The_Secret_of_the_Black_Trunk)'' (1962)
* ''[The Terror of Doctor Mabuse](/source/The_Terror_of_Doctor_Mabuse)'' (1962)
* ''[Café Oriental](/source/Caf%C3%A9_Oriental)'' (1962)
* ''[Doctor Sibelius](/source/Doctor_Sibelius)'' (1962)
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==See also==
* [List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees](/source/List_of_German-speaking_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0549048|Paul Markwitz}}

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Category:German production designers
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