Jacques d'Ovidio

Jacques d'Ovidio (born March 15, 1921 in France , † 1997 ibid) was a French film architect .

Live and act

D'Ovidio received his artistic training in the 1940s and then began working as an assistant set designer under Robert Giordani , with whom he worked on the film structures for "Monsieur Fabre" (1951), "The baker of Valorgue" (1952), "The hairdresser " (1952), " Public Enemy No. 1 " (1953), " Stopover in Paris " (1954), " The Lazy Man " and " The Great Senechal " (both 1957) - mostly comedies with France's star Fernandel - worked together. Other teachers d'Ovidios were Alexandre Trauner , Robert Clavel , Auguste Capelier , René Renoux and Jean Mandaroux .

In 1960 d'Ovidio began to design film structures on his own. In the following two and a half decades he made a name for himself, especially with his decorations for several ambitious political thrillers such as Z and The Invisible Uprising of Costa-Gavras and for the social drama "Monsieur Dupont" . D'Ovidio also created several sets for Walerian Borowczyk's erotic dramas and for some soft sex clothes such as “ Die Strandflitzer ” , a veritable popular success of the late 1970s. In the mid-1980s, Jacques d'Ovidio withdrew from the industry.

Filmography

• 1960: The girl with the golden eyes (La fille aux yeux d'or)
• 1962: The dark green suitcase (Ballade pour un voyou)
• 1964: Fear in the City (La grande frousse)
• 1964: Barbouzes' recipes for murder (Les barbouzes)
• 1965: My nerves, your nerves (Tant qu'on on a la santé)
• 1966: Commissioner, you are risking too much (Commissioner San Antonio: Sale temps pour les mouches)
• 1966: The Adventurers (Les aventuriers)
• 1967: Ne jouez pas avec les martiens
• 1967: Alexander, the life artist (Alexandre le bienheureux)
• 1968: Z
• 1970: Le pistonné
• 1971: Blanche
• 1972: Décembre
• 1972: The Invisible Uprising (État de siège)
• 1972: RAS
• 1973: L'ironie du sort
• 1974: Monsieur Dupont (Dupont Lajoie)
• 1975: La Bête - The Beast (La Bête)
• 1976: Emanuela 77 (La Marge)
• 1977: Le maestro
• 1978: Immoral angels (Les héroines du mal)
• 1978: The beach runabouts (Les bronzés)
• 1979: Sun, sex and snowstorms (Les bronzés font du ski)
• 1980: Honey, that's a strong piece (Le roi des cons)
• 1983: Dust of the Empire (Poussière d'empire)
• 1985: Le caviar rouge
• 1986: The Battle of the Black Queen (Sarraouinia)

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 97.

Web links

• Jacques d'Ovidio in the Internet Movie Database (English)