Alexander Bako was born on August 29, 1885 in Znaim, Austro-Hungary [now Znojmo, Czech Republic]. He was an art director and production designer, known for Herrn Arnes Schatz (1919), Das Geheimnis des Klosters (1920) and Vallfarten till Kevlaar (1921). He died on November 20, 1960 in Huddinge, Stockholms län, Sweden.