Dean Tavoularis
Attore
18 maggio 1932 — 22 aprile 2026 (93 anni)
Dean Tavoularis (May 18, 1932 — April 22, 2026) was an American motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Brink's Job, One from the Heart and Bonnie and Clyde.
Although born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Greek immigrant parents, Tavoularis spent his entire childhood and teenage years in Los Angeles, in the shadow of the Hollywood studios. He studied architecture and painting at different art schools and landed a job at the Disney Studios first as an in-betweener in the animation department, and later as a storyboard artist. In 1967, Arthur Penn called him to take charge of the artistic direction of Bonnie and Clyde. Three years later, Penn called him once again to design Little Big Man. But it was working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on The Godfather that set the creative tone of his career. The Godfather Part II and The Conversation, in 1974, consolidated their collaboration, and laid the way for what was to be their joint creative challenge: Apocalypse Now, the film for which Tavoularis created a nightmare jungle kingdom, inspired by Angkor Wat. It was also on the set of Apocalypse Now that he met his future wife, French actress Aurore Clément. (Clément's role was eventually edited out of the final cut of the film, and only restored in the Apocalypse Now Redux version in 2001.
From 1967 until 2001, he worked on over 30 films and landed five Academy Award nominations for Art Direction, one of which he won for The Godfather Part II. For the 1982 release One from the Heart he recreated both the Las Vegas 'strip' and McCarran International Airport on the sound stages of Zoetrope Studios. The list of directors with whom he has worked includes: Michelangelo Antonioni (Zabriskie Point, 1970), Wim Wenders (Hammett, 1982), Warren Beatty (Bulworth, 1998) and Roman Polanski (The Ninth Gate, 1999).
Tavoularis died on April 22, 2026 in a Paris hospital of natural causes.
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Although born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Greek immigrant parents, Tavoularis spent his entire childhood and teenage years in Los Angeles, in the shadow of the Hollywood studios. He studied architecture and painting at different art schools and landed a job at the Disney Studios first as an in-betweener in the animation department, and later as a storyboard artist. In 1967, Arthur Penn called him to take charge of the artistic direction of Bonnie and Clyde. Three years later, Penn called him once again to design Little Big Man. But it was working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on The Godfather that set the creative tone of his career. The Godfather Part II and The Conversation, in 1974, consolidated their collaboration, and laid the way for what was to be their joint creative challenge: Apocalypse Now, the film for which Tavoularis created a nightmare jungle kingdom, inspired by Angkor Wat. It was also on the set of Apocalypse Now that he met his future wife, French actress Aurore Clément. (Clément's role was eventually edited out of the final cut of the film, and only restored in the Apocalypse Now Redux version in 2001.
From 1967 until 2001, he worked on over 30 films and landed five Academy Award nominations for Art Direction, one of which he won for The Godfather Part II. For the 1982 release One from the Heart he recreated both the Las Vegas 'strip' and McCarran International Airport on the sound stages of Zoetrope Studios. The list of directors with whom he has worked includes: Michelangelo Antonioni (Zabriskie Point, 1970), Wim Wenders (Hammett, 1982), Warren Beatty (Bulworth, 1998) and Roman Polanski (The Ninth Gate, 1999).
Tavoularis died on April 22, 2026 in a Paris hospital of natural causes.
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Film e Serie su Plex
Filmografia
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 1995 | Metropolis · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio · as Self |
| 1993 | Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro · as Self |
| 1991 | |
| 1982 | The Making of 'One from the Heart' · as Self |
| 1975 | 47th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2001 | CQ · as Man At Screening (uncredited) |
| 2016 | The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 · as Production Design |
| 2012 | A Therapy · as Production Designer |
| 2011 | Carnage · as Production Design |
| 2001 | Angel Eyes · as Production Design |
| 2001 | CQ · as Production Design |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate · as Production DesignSu Plex |
| 1998 | The Parent Trap · as Production Design |
| 1998 | Bulworth · as Production Design |
| 1996 | Jack · as Production Design |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble · as Production Design |
| 1993 | Rising Sun · as Production Design |
| 1993 | Shelf Life · as Production Design |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Production Designer |
| 1992 | Final Analysis · as Production Design |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Production Design |
| 1989 | New York Stories · as Production Design |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream · as Production DesignSu Plex |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone · as Production Design |
| 1987 | A Man in Love · as Production Design |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married · as Production Design |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Production Design |
| 1983 | The Outsiders · as Production Design |
| 1982 | Hammett · as Production DesignSu Plex |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist · as Production Design |
| 1981 | One from the Heart · as Production Design |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Production DesignSu Plex |
| 1978 | The Brink's Job · as Production Design |
| 1975 | Farewell, My Lovely · as Production DesignSu Plex |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Production Design |
| 1974 | The Conversation · as Production DesignSu Plex |
| 1972 | The Godfather · as Production Design |
| 1970 | Little Big Man · as Production Design |
| 1970 | Zabriskie Point · as Production Design |
| 1968 | Candy · as Art DirectionSu Plex |
| 1968 | Petulia · as Art Direction |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde · as Art Direction |