Bernard Evein

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Bernard Jean Evein (born January 5, 1929 in Saint-Nazaire , France , † August 8, 2006 in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île ) was a French film architect and set designer .

Life

Along with Jacques Saulnier, Evein was the leading production designer of the Nouvelle Vague . He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques ( IDHEC ) in Paris . There he graduated in 1951 with a diploma.

In 1952 Evein began working as an architect, both in theater and in film. After a little-noticed 16-mm production by the actor Jean Desailly , Evein initially concentrated on his work as a set designer for Parisian theaters before he began working regularly for the cinema in 1957. There he designed, initially often together with his colleague Saulnier, the decorations for the central works of the new directors at the time Claude Chabrol , Louis Malle , François Truffaut , Jean-Luc Godard , Agnès Varda and Philippe de Broca , whose realistic style evein significantly through his buildings helped shape. His most impressive works came with the decorations for the enthusiastic cinema fairy tales Jacques Demys . In 1995 he gave information about his collaboration with the director in a documentary film L'univers de Jacques Demy .

Evein also designed quite conventional works for veteran directors such as René Clement ( The Night of Fulfillment ), Vittorio de Sica ( Seven Lures Woman ) and Marcel Carné ( La merveilleuse visite ). Since the late 1970s, Evein had shifted his main field of activity back to stage design. Shortly before the age of 60, Bernard Evein retired into private life.

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 590.

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personal data
SURNAME Evein, Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evein, Bernard Jean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film architect and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Nazaire , France
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2006
Place of death Noirmoutier-en-l'Île