Théo Meurisse

Théobald "Théo" Meurisse (born December 24, 1933 in Aix-en-Provence , † May 14, 1993 in France ) was a French film architect .

Life

Meurisse had studied architecture at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts in the 1950s . In 1961 he joined the film industry and for the next seven years assisted the production designers Léon Barsacq , Jean d'Eaubonne , Alexandre Trauner and François de Lamothe .

In 1969 he made his debut as chief architect in Jean-Pierre Melville's resistance drama Army in the Shade , for which he designed sober, functional decorations. Like hardly any other architect of his time, Meurisse worked in the 70s and 80s with virtually all top directors of French entertainment film, including Marco Ferreri , Philippe de Broca , Yves Boisset , Gérard Oury , Yves Robert , Bertrand Blier and Claude Sautet . Almost all the top stars of domestic cinema of those years acted in Meurisse's film buildings, including Alain Delon , Jean-Paul Belmondo , Gérard Depardieu , Yves Montand , Pierre Richard , Louis de Funès and Patrick Dewaere .

Meurisse mainly designed the film structures for comedies as well as for tough police and gangster films. Melancholy, cheerful portraits of people such as Yves Roberts Take care of Nicolas and Claude Sautets Vincent, François, Paul and the others remained exceptions.

Filmography (selection)

• 1969: Army in the Shadow (L'armée des ombres)
• 1969: If only Marie wasn't so moody (Les caprices de Marie)
• 1970: Four in the red circle (Le cercle rouge)
• 1971: Cobra Command (Le saut de l'ange)
• 1971: The Paris Apartment (Time for Loving)
• 1971: Alone with Giorgio (La cagna)
• 1972: Alfred, the crackling pea (Les malheurs d'Alfred)
• 1972: The assassination (L'attentat)
• 1972: The Boss (Un flic)
• 1972: The Heir (L'héritier)
• 1972: The tall blonde with the black shoe (Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire)
• 1973: The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob)
• 1973: Take care, Nicolas (Salut l'artiste)
• 1974: Vincent, François, Paul and the others (Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres)
• 1974: The tall blonde returns (Le retour du grand blond)
• 1975: Flic Story (Flic Story)
• 1975: Je t'aime (Je t'aime moi non plus)
• 1976: The Gang (Le gang)
• 1977: The Prosecutor (L'imprécateur)
• 1977: A Crazy Guy (L'animal)
• 1977: The cross head (La zizanie)
• 1978: Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette
• 1979: You meet the murderer at the buffet (Buffet froid)
• 1980: The Umbrella Killer (Le coup du parapluie)
• 1981: Of all people, her stepfather (Beau-père)
• 1981: Save your skin, killer (Pour la peau d'un flic)
• 1982: The crazy 90 minutes before the birth of Christ (Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ)
• 1982: The Fighter (Le battant)
• 1983: Viva la sociale!
• 1985: Evening suit (Tenue de soirée)
• 1986: Who stole the rabbi's coke? (Lévy et Goliath)
• 1988: Panther II - Ice cold as fire (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort)
• 1988: Too beautiful for you (Trop belle pour toi)
• 1990: La femme fardée
• 1990: Thanks be to life (Merci la vie)
• 1992: one, two, three, sun (Un, deux, trois, soleil)

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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 419.

Web links

• Théo Meurisse in the Internet Movie Database (English)