Leo Kerz

Leo Kerz (1912-1976) was a Producer, Art Director, Production Designer and Set Designer.

Born in Berlin, Germany, where he began his career as a stage designer.

He escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, living in the Netherlands, in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, before immigrating to the US in 1941, where he became a Boradway scenic and lighting designer.

He was married to Louise Kerz, who later married Al Hirschfeld in 1996.

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Born on 1 November 1912 in Germany.

Died on 4 November 1976, New York City.

He came to South Africa in **, Late 1930s What Next Baby?, Johannesburg.and in 1942 founded the Pioneer Theatre, in Johannesburg.

He moved to the USA in 194* to become a successful Broadway lighting and scenic designer (1944 - 1973).

Sources

The South African Theatre, Music and Dance 1(1), 1939. 34-35.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450148/bio

Center for Jewish History, Leo Kerz Collection, 1959-1970[1]

Orville Kurth Larson, 1989.Scene Design in the American Theatre from 1915 to 1960 [2]

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