J. Michael Riva

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John Michael Riva (born June 28, 1948 in New York City , † June 7, 2012 in New Orleans ) was an American film architect . Riva was a son of Broadway - set designer William Riva and actress Maria Riva and thus grandson of Marlene Dietrich . He grew up in England .

Life

Riva's interest in film, aroused by his parents, soon led him to the Cinémathèque française in Paris , where he worked temporarily. Then Riva ran a few semesters of film studies at UCLA in Los Angeles , but he dropped out prematurely. In the early 1970s, he made his first living designing theatrical productions and as a designer for advertising sessions. He and his wife, Wendy Riva, had two sons, Daniel and Adam. He brought with him two sons from his first marriage, John Michael (Mikey) Riva Jr. and the adopted son Jean-Paul Riva.

In the mid-1970s, Riva began designing for the cinema. His early film constructions were limited to exploitation films of the type Ilsa - Harem Guardian of the Oil Sheik , but Riva was able to supervise A-productions for the first time towards the end of the decade through contact with Robert Redford . For Redford in 1979 he also provided the drafts for his directorial debut A completely normal family .

Since then was John Michael Riva demand as a designer for seasoned Hollywood entertainment as Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon films, the star-studded military courtroom drama A Few Good Men , the African adventure Congo , both in 2000 and 2002 turned three-Angel for Charlie - Action Movies as well as parts three and four of the Spider-Man series. In 1986, Riva received an Oscar nomination for the buildings for Steven Spielberg's melodrama The Color Purple . In 1988 he worked with his mother on Bill Murray's Dickens parody The Ghosts I Called With.

Riva died on June 7, 2012 of a stroke he suffered while filming Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained .

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 559.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dickey, Josh L .; Sneider, Jeff (June 7, 2012). "'Django' prod'n designer Riva dies at 63". Variety. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Film architect John Michael Riva died at the age of 63 . The standard. June 9, 2012. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ 'Django Unchained' Production Designer J. Michael Riva Dead At 63 . ScreenCrush.com. June 8, 2012. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Production Designer J. Michael Riva Died After a Stroke , indiewire.com, June 8, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Riva, J. Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riva, John Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American production designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2012
Place of death New Orleans