Georges Wakhévitch
Known for: Art
Born: August 16, 1907
Died: February 11, 1984
Place of birth: 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 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.
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Filmography
58 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
8.0
The Tragedy of Carmen
1983
6.7
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
NR
La Puce à l'oreille
1978
8.0
Otello
1973
8.0
Électre
1972
7.4
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
6.5
King Lear
1970
6.2
Mayerling
1968
7.3
Oscar
1967
8.0
All Mad About Him
1967
7.3
Bizet Carmen
1967
5.5
Funny Money
1966
6.4
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965
7.1
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
7.4
Scheherazade
1963
5.5
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
4.4
Famous Love Affairs
1961
7.1
King of Kings
1961
NR
Don Giovanni
1961
6.6
Black Tights
1961
7.3
Marie-Octobre
1959
6.5
Clara and the Villains
1958
5.4
A Woman Like Satan
1958
6.5
Me and the Colonel
1958
5.6
Paris Holiday
1958
7.0
Tamango
1958
6.3
Don Juan
1956
NR
En direct de...
1956
6.2
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954
9.0
Flesh and Desire
1954
5.8
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
7.0
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
8.0
King Lear
1953
5.1
The Beggar's Opera
1953
5.2
Innocents in Paris
1953
6.0
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
5.1
The Medium
1951
5.4
Miquette
1950
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949
6.7
The Eagle with Two Heads
1948
6.4
Dedee
1948
6.8
The Queen's Lover
1948
7.6
The Eternal Husband
1946
7.0
Box of Dreams
1945
6.4
The Eternal Return
1943
6.7
L'assassin a peur la nuit
1942
9.0
Schubert's Serenade
1940
6.8
Personal Column
1939
5.8
Louise
1939
7.3
Conflit
1938
6.8
Gibraltar
1938
7.0
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938
6.8
La Marseillaise
1938
5.0
Precious Fools
1938
10.0
The Daughters of the Concierge
1934
7.0
The Man with the Hispano
19336.0
Baroud
1933
6.1
A Man's Head
1933
10.0
That scoundrel Morin
1932