About Gretchen Rau
Lived 1939 – 2006 (aged 66). Gretchen Rau was an American art director and production designer.
Gretchen Rau (July 6, 1939 – March 29, 2006) was a professional property master, set decorator, and art director in the American film industry. Her more notable projects include the films Crocodile Dundee, A River Runs Through It, The Crucible, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Additionally, she won an Academy Award for set decoration for Memoirs of a Geisha, and was nominated for The Last Samurai and posthumously for The Good Shepherd.
Born in New Orleans, she lived most of her life in Northport, Long Island, New York until her death in 2006 from brain cancer, aged 66.
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Who was Gretchen Rau?
art director (1939-2006)
When was Gretchen Rau born?
Gretchen Rau was born on 6 July 1939 in New Orleans.
When did Gretchen Rau die?
Gretchen Rau died on 29 March 2006 in Northport.
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Gretchen Rau was an art director and production designer.
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Gretchen Rau was American.
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