Pierre-Louis Thévenet

Pierre-Louis Thévenet is a French art director and production designer who received both an Oscar for best production design and a Goya for best production design as well as a special award at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata .

Life

Thévenet began his career as an art director and production designer in the film industry in 1959 with the film La verte moisson and was involved in the production of 24 films until 2001.

At the Academy Awards in 1971 he won the Oscar for best production design in the war film Patton - Rebel in Uniform (1970) by Franklin J. Schaffner with George C. Scott , Karl Malden and Stephen Young in, along with Urie McCleary , Gil Parrondo and Antonio Mateos the main roles .

When he was awarded the Goya in 1990 , he was nominated for the first time for El sueño del mono loco (1989) by Fernando Trueba with Jeff Goldblum , Miranda Richardson and Anémone for the Goya for the best production design. In 1997 he was nominated again for the Goya for the best production design for Tranvía a la Malvarrosa (1997) by José Luis García Sánchez with Liberto Rabal , Jorge Merino and Ariadna Gil and also received a special award at the Internacional de Cine for the scenery of this film de Mar del Plata.

At the Goya 2000 award ceremony , he received the Goya for the best production design for Goya in Bordeaux (1999) by Carlos Saura with Francisco Rabal , José Coronado and Dafne Fernández in the leading roles.

Filmography (selection)

• 1959: La verte Moisson
• 1964: The Murder That Happened Twice ( Constance aux enfers )
• 1964: Tintin and the blue oranges
• 1989: Twisted Obsession ( El sueño del mono loco )
• 1991: high heels
• 1999: Goya in Bordeaux ( Goya en Burdeos )
• 2001: Son de mar - Not without you ( Son de mar )

Awards

• 1971 : Oscar for best production design
• 1997: Special award at the Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
• 2000 : Goya for the best production design

Web links

• Pierre-Louis Thévenet in the Internet Movie Database (English)