Georges Wakhévitch
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
ArtBirthday
August 16, 1907Deathday
February 11, 1984Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
54Place of birth
Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]Also known as
Georges Vakhevitch, Georges Wakevitch, Georges Wakhevitch, Georges Wakhewitsch
Cast credits
Crew credits
Dedee
Production Design
Diary of a Chambermaid
Production Design
Black Tights
Costume Design
The Eternal Return
Production Design
A Man's Neck
Art Direction
Tamango
Costume Design
Conflit
Set Decoration
A Woman Like Satan
Production Design, Costume Design
Me and the Colonel
Art Direction
Marie-Octobre
Art Direction
The Postmaster's Daughter
Production Design
La Puce à L'oreille
Art Direction
Bizet Carmen
Costume Design
Innocents in Paris
Production Design
Funny Money
Production Design
Personal Column
Art Direction
Crime on a Summer Morning
Art Direction
The Eagle with Two Heads
Production Design
Schubert's Serenade
Production Design
Otello
Production Design
La Marseillaise
Production Design
