About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1907-08-16
Place of birth:
Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Website:
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Georges Wakhévitch

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
1954 Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances Actor Self N/A
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Art
1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men Art Production Design 59
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1978 La Puce à l'oreille Art Art Direction N/A
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1973 Otello Art Production Design N/A
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1971 Delusions of Grandeur Art Production Design 67
Fair
1971 Delusions of Grandeur Art Set Decoration 67
Fair
1971 King Lear Art Production Design 59
Average
1967 Oscar Art Head Decorator 65
Fair
1967 All Mad About Him Art Set Decoration N/A
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1966 Funny Money Art Production Design 58
Average
1965 Crime on a Summer Morning Art Art Direction 59
Average
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid Art Production Design 62
Fair
1962 Crime Does Not Pay Art Set Decoration 59
Average
1961 Famous Love Affairs Art Production Design 58
Average
1961 King of Kings Art Set Designer 62
Fair
1959 Marie-Octobre Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1958 Clara and the Villains Art Art Direction 59
Average
1958 A Woman Like Satan Art Production Design 58
Average
1958 Me and the Colonel Art Art Direction 58
Average
1958 Paris Holiday Art Production Design 58
Average
1956 Don Juan Art Production Design 59
Average
1956 Don Juan Art Art Direction 59
Average
1954 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Art Production Design 59
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1954 Flesh and Desire Art Production Design N/A
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1953 King Lear Art Art Designer 59
Average
1953 The Beggar's Opera Art Production Design 58
Average
1953 Innocents in Paris Art Production Design 58
Average
1952 The Seven Deadly Sins Art Production Design 59
Average
1951 The Medium Art Art Direction 58
Average
1949 Now Barabbas Art Art Direction 59
Average
1948 The Eagle with Two Heads Art Production Design 59
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1948 Dedee Art Production Design 59
Average
1948 The Queen's Lover Art Production Design 59
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1946 The Eternal Husband Art Production Design 59
Average
1945 Box of Dreams Art Set Decoration 59
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1943 The Eternal Return Art Production Design 59
Average
1942 L'assassin a peur la nuit Art Art Direction 59
Average
1940 Schubert's Serenade Art Production Design N/A
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1939 Personal Column Art Art Direction 59
Average
1939 Louise Art Production Design 58
Average
1938 Conflit Art Set Decoration 59
Average
1938 Gibraltar Art Production Design 59
Average
1938 The Postmaster's Daughter Art Production Design N/A
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1938 La Marseillaise Art Production Design 59
Average
1938 Precious Fools Art Production Design 58
Average
1938 Precious Fools Art Art Direction 58
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1934 The Daughters of the Concierge Art Production Design N/A
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1933 The Man with the Hispano Art Production Design N/A
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1933 A Man's Neck Art Art Direction 58
Average
1932 That scoundrel Morin Art Art Direction N/A
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Costume & Make-Up
1972 Électre Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer N/A
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1967 Bizet Carmen Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1963 Scheherazade Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1962 Crime Does Not Pay Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1961 King of Kings Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1961 Don Giovanni Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer N/A
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1961 Black Tights Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1958 A Woman Like Satan Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1958 Tamango Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1956 Don Juan Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1954 Flesh and Desire Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer N/A
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1954 Mademoiselle Nitouche Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1953 The Beggar's Opera Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average