Jacques d'Ovidio
15. März 1921 — 7. Januar 1997 (75 Jahre)
Jacques d’Ovidio was a French film and theatre set designer, a discreet yet essential figure of popular cinema from the 1960s to the 1980s. Born in Philippeville (now Skikda, in Algeria), he trained in set design before becoming a long‑standing member of French film crews. He worked on many notable films, collaborating with Georges Lautner, Georges Franju, Christian‑Jaque, Claude Confortès, and Patrice Leconte, for whom he created the sets of Les Bronzés (1978) and Les Bronzés font du ski (1979). His filmography reflects great versatility: comedies, political films, dramas, auteur cinema, and mainstream productions.
Alongside his film work, he also designed sets for the theatre, notably for several productions by Robert Hossein, including Julius Caesar (1985) and L’Affaire du courrier de Lyon (1987). Jacques d’Ovidio died in 1997 in Créteil, leaving behind a solid and varied body of work, representative of the craftsmanship of the great French set designers of his era.
Alongside his film work, he also designed sets for the theatre, notably for several productions by Robert Hossein, including Julius Caesar (1985) and L’Affaire du courrier de Lyon (1987). Jacques d’Ovidio died in 1997 in Créteil, leaving behind a solid and varied body of work, representative of the craftsmanship of the great French set designers of his era.
Filmografie
| 1986 | Sarraounia · as Production Designer |
| 1986 | Sarraounia · as Production Designer |
| 1985 | Le caviar rouge · as Production Design |
| 1981 | Le roi des cons · as Production Designer |
| 1979 | French Fried Vacation 2 · as Production Design |
| 1979 | Immoral Women · as Art Director |
| 1978 | French Fried Vacation · as Production Design |
| 1978 | Claudine · as Production Designer |
| 1977 | Le maestro · as Production Designer |
| 1976 | The Margin · as Production Design |
| 1976 | Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur · as Production Design |
| 1975 | La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu · as Production Designer |
| 1975 | The Beast · as Production Design |
| 1974 | The Irony of Chance · as Sound |
| 1973 | Nothing to Report · as Production Designer |
| 1973 | Décembre · as Production Designer |
| 1972 | State of Siege · as Production Design |
| 1971 | Feeling Good · as Art Director |
| 1971 | Blanche · as Production Design |
| 1971 | Quentin Durward · as Production Designer |
| 1970 | Le pistonné · as Art Director |
| 1969 | Z · as Production Design |
| 1968 | Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens · as Production Design |
| 1968 | Very Happy Alexander · as Production Design |
| 1967 | The Last Adventure · as Set Decorationauf plex.tv |
| 1966 | Sale temps pour les mouches · as Production Designer |
| 1966 | As Long as You've Got Your Health · as Production Design |
| 1964 | The Great Spy Chase · as Production Design |
| 1964 | The Big Scare · as Production Design |
| 1963 | Crooks in Clover · as Set Decoration |
| 1963 | Ballad for a Hoodlum · as Production Design |
| 1961 | The Girl with the Golden Eyes · as Production Designer |
| 1961 | My Baby Is Black! · as Art Director |
| 1959 | Rue de Paris · as Set Decorator |
| 1959 | The Law · as Assistant Production Design |
| 1953 | The Wild Oat · as Assistant Set Decoration |