Art
Georges Wakhévitch
FR, EN, IT cinema · 59 credits
Born
16 August 1907
Died
11 February 1984 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Also known as Georges Vakhevitch · Georges Wakevitch · Georges Wakhevitch · Georges Wakhewitsch
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
Set Designer
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Production Design
La Puce à l'oreille
Art Direction
Otello
Production Design
Électre
Costume Designer
Delusions of Grandeur
Production Design, Set Decoration
King Lear
Production Design
Mayerling
Production Design
Oscar
Head Decorator
All Mad About Him
Set Decoration
Bizet Carmen
Costume Design
Funny Money
Production Design
Crime on a Summer Morning
Art Direction
Diary of a Chambermaid
Production Design
Scheherazade
Costume Design
Crime Does Not Pay
Set Decoration, Costume Design
Famous Love Affairs
Production Design
Black Tights
Costume Design
Don Giovanni
Costume Designer
King of Kings
Costume Design, Set Designer
Marie-Octobre
Art Direction
Clara and the Villains
Art Direction
Tamango
Costume Design
A Woman Like Satan
Production Design, Costume Design
Me and the Colonel
Art Direction
Paris Holiday
Production Design
Don Juan
Production Design, Art Direction, Costume Design
Flesh and Desire
Costume Designer, Production Design
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Costume Design
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Production Design
King Lear
Art Designer
Innocents in Paris
Production Design
The Beggar's Opera
Production Design, Costume Design
The Seven Deadly Sins
Production Design
The Medium
Art Direction
Miquette
Production Design, Costume Design
Now Barabbas
Art Direction
Dedee
Production Design
The Eagle with Two Heads
Production Design
The Queen's Lover
Production Design
The Eternal Husband
Production Design
Box of Dreams
Set Decoration
The Eternal Return
Production Design
L'assassin a peur la nuit
Art Direction
Schubert's Serenade
Production Design
Personal Column
Art Direction
Louise
Production Design
Precious Fools
Production Design, Art Direction
Conflit
Set Decoration
The Postmaster's Daughter
Production Design
La Marseillaise
Production Design
Gibraltar
Production Design
The Time of the Cherries
Decorator
The Daughters of the Concierge
Production Design
The Man with the Hispano
Production Design
A Man's Head
Art Direction
Baroud
1933
Baroud
Art Direction
That scoundrel Morin
Art Direction