Georges Wakhévitch
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- August 16, 1907
- Died
- February 11, 1984 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Tragedy of Carmen
Movie · Set Designer
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Movie · Production Design
La Puce à l'oreille
Movie · Art Direction
Otello
Movie · Production Design
Delusions of Grandeur
Movie · Set Decoration, Production Design
King Lear
Movie · Production Design
Mayerling
Movie · Production Design
Oscar
Movie · Head Decorator
All Mad About Him
Movie · Set Decoration
Funny Money
Movie · Production Design
Crime on a Summer Morning
Movie · Art Direction
Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie · Production Design
Crime Does Not Pay
Movie · Set Decoration
Famous Love Affairs
Movie · Production Design
King of Kings
Movie · Set Designer
Marie-Octobre
Movie · Art Direction
Clara and the Villains
Movie · Art Direction
A Woman Like Satan
Movie · Production Design
Me and the Colonel
Movie · Art Direction
Paris Holiday
Movie · Production Design
Don Juan
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie · Production Design
Flesh and Desire
Movie · Production Design
King Lear
Movie · Art Designer
Innocents in Paris
Movie · Production Design
The Beggar's Opera
Movie · Production Design
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · Production Design
The Medium
Movie · Art Direction
Miquette
Movie · Production Design
Now Barabbas
Movie · Art Direction
Dedee
Movie · Production Design
The Eagle with Two Heads
Movie · Production Design
The Queen's Lover
Movie · Production Design
The Eternal Husband
Movie · Production Design
Box of Dreams
Movie · Set Decoration
The Eternal Return
Movie · Production Design
L'assassin a peur la nuit
Movie · Art Direction
Schubert's Serenade
Movie · Production Design
Personal Column
Movie · Art Direction
Louise
Movie · Production Design
Precious Fools
Movie · Art Direction, Production Design
Conflit
Movie · Set Decoration
The Postmaster's Daughter
Movie · Production Design
La Marseillaise
Movie · Production Design
Gibraltar
Movie · Production Design
The Time of the Cherries
Movie · Decorator
The Daughters of the Concierge
Movie · Production Design
The Man with the Hispano
Movie · Production Design
A Man's Head
Movie · Art Direction
Baroud
Movie · Art Direction
That scoundrel Morin
Movie · Art Direction