Jeannine C. Oppewall
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (born November 28, 1946 in Whitinsville near Uxbridge , Massachusetts , United States ) is an American film architect .
Life
Jeannine C. Oppewall had attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and studied medieval history at Bryn Mawr College in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania . Oppewall received her professional training from the artist and documentarist Charles Eames , for whom she worked as a curator for eight years and whose museum exhibitions she organized. She later began to work independently and found employment as an outfitter and production designer in Hollywood .
Chief architect since 1982, Jeannine Oppewall impressed above all with the creation of home-style living and living environments in quiet, cautious stories such as Music Box - The Whole Truth , Corrina, Corrina , The Bridges on the River and Pleasantville , often with a touch of nostalgia . In fact, all of the films it has equipped are carefully crafted A-category entertainment productions. The artist was nominated for an Oscar for her scenographic achievements on LA Confidential , Pleasantville, Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success and The Good Shepherd .
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: The School Rats of Chicago ( My Bodyguard )
- 1980: Blow Out - Death erases all traces
- 1982: love comes back
- 1982: Hörig ( Love Letters )
- 1983: Time flies - the Navy is calling ( Racing With the Moon )
- 1983: Maria's Lovers ( Maria's Lovers )
- 1985: Desert Hearts ( Desert Hearts )
- 1986: Light of Day - In the light of the day ( Light of Day )
- 1986: The Big Easy - The great carelessness
- 1987: Spurge
- 1989: Rooftops - Roofs of Death (Rooftops)
- 1989: Just monkey ( Animal Behavior )
- 1989: Music Box - The Whole Truth
- 1990: Breakfast with her
- 1990: an almost decent woman
- 1991: The outsider
- 1992: Without a trace
- 1993: Corrina, Corrina
- 1994: The other mother
- 1994: The bridges on the river
- 1995: Twilight
- 1996: Deadly conspiracy
- 1996: LA Confidential
- 1997: Pleasantville
- 1998: Snow falling on cedar trees
- 1999: The Wonder Boys
- 2001: The attack
- 2002: Catch Me if You Can
- 2002: Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed
- 2006: The Good Shepherd
- 2008: The Happening
- 2010: Peacock (also production manager)
- 2010: How do you know it's love
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. 72.
Web links
- Jeannine Oppewall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Oppewall, Jeannine C. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oppewall, Jeannine Claudia (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Whitinsville near Uxbridge , Massachusetts |