Georges Wakhévitch

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Georges Wakhévitch

Art August 16, 1907

Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Georges Wakhévitch (Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a nav…

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Delusions of Grandeur

Delusions of Grandeur

7.4 1971 Movie
Oscar

Oscar

7.3 1967 Movie
King of Kings

King of Kings

7.1 1961 Movie
Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

7.1 1964 Movie
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

6.2 1954 Movie
Marie-Octobre

Marie-Octobre

7.3 1959 Movie
Mayerling

Mayerling

6.2 1968 Movie
La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

6.8 1938 Movie
The Eternal Return

The Eternal Return

6.4 1943 Movie
King Lear

King Lear

6.5 1970 Movie
Dedee

Dedee

6.4 1948 Movie
A Man's Head

A Man's Head

6.1 1933 Movie

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Georges Wakhévitch (Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He was grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s. Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960. He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's Faust, replacing some in use for over half a century. He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch. Source: Article "Georges Wakhévitch" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1983
    The Tragedy of Carmen

    Movie Set Designer

  2. 1979
    Meetings with Remarkable Men

    Movie Production Design

  3. 1978
    La Puce à l'oreille

    Movie Art Direction

  4. 1973
    Otello

    Movie Production Design

  5. 1972
    Électre

    Movie Costume Designer

  6. 1971
    Delusions of Grandeur

    Movie Set Decoration

  7. 1970
    King Lear

    Movie Production Design

  8. 1968
    Mayerling

    Movie Production Design

  9. 1967
    Oscar

    Movie Head Decorator

  10. 1967
    All Mad About Him

    Movie Set Decoration

  11. 1967
    Bizet Carmen

    Movie Costume Design

  12. 1966
    Funny Money

    Movie Production Design

  13. 1965
    Crime on a Summer Morning

    Movie Art Direction

  14. 1964
    Diary of a Chambermaid

    Movie Production Design

  15. 1963
    Scheherazade

    Movie Costume Design

  16. 1962
    Crime Does Not Pay

    Movie Costume Design

More credits
  1. 1961
    Famous Love Affairs

    Movie Production Design

  2. 1961
    King of Kings

    Movie Costume Design

  3. 1961
    Don Giovanni

    Movie Costume Designer

  4. 1961
    Black Tights

    Movie Costume Design

  5. 1959
    Marie-Octobre

    Movie Art Direction

  6. 1958
    Clara and the Villains

    Movie Art Direction

  7. 1958
    A Woman Like Satan

    Movie Production Design

  8. 1958
    Me and the Colonel

    Movie Art Direction

  9. 1958
    Paris Holiday

    Movie Production Design

  10. 1958
    Tamango

    Movie Costume Design

  11. 1956
    Don Juan

    Movie Art Direction

  12. 1956
    En direct de...

    TV show self

  13. 1954
    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Movie Production Design

  14. 1954
    Flesh and Desire

    Movie Costume Designer

  15. 1954
    Mademoiselle Nitouche

    Movie Costume Design

  16. 1954
    Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

    Movie Self

  17. 1953
    King Lear

    Movie Art Designer

  18. 1953
    The Beggar's Opera

    Movie Production Design

  19. 1953
    Innocents in Paris

    Movie Production Design

  20. 1952
    The Seven Deadly Sins

    Movie Production Design

  21. 1951
    The Medium

    Movie Art Direction

  22. 1950
    Miquette

    Movie Production Design

  23. 1949
    Now Barabbas

    Movie Art Direction

  24. 1948
    The Eagle with Two Heads

    Movie Production Design