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born: "15 March 1921"
died: "7 January 1997"
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# Jacques d'Ovidio

Production designer. Born 15 March 1921 in Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]. Died 7 January 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 15 March 1921, Philippeville, Constantine, France [now Skikda, Algeria]
- **Died:** 7 January 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3160231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38090

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Z*](https://film.one/film/z.md) (84)

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## Biography

Jacques d'Ovidio was a French production designer and set decorator for film and theatre. Born on 15 March 1921 in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria), he trained at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques and began working in the film industry in the 1950s.

He is credited as production designer on *Z* (1969), *French Fried Vacation* (1978), *French Fried Vacation 2* (1979), *State of Siege* (1972) and *The Beast* (1975), among many other films. He also worked as set decorator on *Crooks in Clover* (1963) and *Very Happy Alexander* (1968). In theatre he designed sets for several productions by Robert Hossein, including *L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon* (1987).

D'Ovidio died on 7 January 1997 in Créteil, France.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Z* (1969), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Set Decoration, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sarraounia* (1986), Production Designer
- *Le Caviar rouge* (1986), Production Design
- *L'Homme de Suez* (1984), series, as Decorator
- *French Fried Vacation 2* (1979), Production Design
- *French Fried Vacation* (1978), Production Design
- *Claudine* (1978), series, Art Designer
- *The Margin* (1976), Production Design
- *The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside* (1976), Production Design
- *The Beast* (1975), Production Design
- *The Irony of Chance* (1974), Sound
- *State of Siege* (1972), Production Design
- *Blanche* (1972), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur* (1971), series, as Decorator
- *Z* (1969), Production Design, Set Decoration — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)
- *Don't Play with Martians* (1968), Production Design
- *Very Happy Alexander* (1968), Production Design
- *The Last Adventure* (1967), as Set Decoration
- *As Long as You've Got Your Health* (1966), Production Design
- *The Great Spy Chase* (1964), Production Design
- *The Big Scare* (1964), Production Design
- *Crooks in Clover* (1963), as Set Decoration
- *Ballad for a Hoodlum* (1963), Production Design
- *Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case* (1959), Assistant Decorator
- *The Law* (1959), Assistant Production Design
- *The Wild Oat* (1953), Assistant Set Decoration
- *Crazy for Love* (1952), Assistant Decorator

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