Georges Wakhévitch
Georges Wakhévitch (; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s. Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960. He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's Faust, replacing some in use for over half a century. He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch. Selected filmography
 The Man with the Hispano (1933)
 Nitchevo (1936)
 Beautiful Star (1938)
 Conflict (1938)
 Gibraltar (1938)
  The Time of the Cherries (1938)
 The Murderer is Afraid at Night (1942)
 Melody for You (1942)
 Behold Beatrice (1944)
 Mademoiselle X (1945)
 Box of Dreams (1945)
 The Eleventh Hour Guest 1945)
 Dawn Devils (1946)
 Song of the Clouds (1946)
 The Eternal Husband (1946)
 The Dance of Death (1948)
 The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
 Ruy Blas (1948)
 Don Juan (1950)
 Miquette (1950)
 Dreaming Days (1951)
 Leathernose (1952)
 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
 Don Juan (1956)

References

External links
 Wakhevitch filmography at Allmovie

1907 births
1984 deaths
Georges Wakhevitch
White Russian emigrants to France
Artists from Paris