---
name: "Jean d'Eaubonne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-deaubonne"
fi1m_id: "jean-deaubonne"
imdb_id: "nm0195618"
tmdb_id: 41011
wikidata_id: "Q2161716"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "8 March 1903"
died: "27 July 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T06:57:09.193764+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean d'Eaubonne

## Identity

Jean d'Eaubonne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-deaubonne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-deaubonne
- **IMDb ID:** nm0195618
- **TMDB ID:** 41011
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2161716
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_d%27Eaubonne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41011

Production designer. Born 8 March 1903 in Talence, Gironde, France. Died 27 July 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 8 March 1903, Talence, Gironde, France
- **Died:** 27 July 1971
- **Active:** 1950–1955
- **Also known as:** J.A. d'Eaubonne, Jean Deaubonne, Jean Gabriel d'Eaubonne, Jean Pierre D'Eaubonne
- **Frequently works with:** [Annette Wademant](https://film.one/person/annette-wademant.md), [Max Ophüls](https://film.one/person/max-ophuls.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_d%27Eaubonne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41011

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Earrings of Madame de...*](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md) (87), [*Orpheus*](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md) (82), [*Lola Montès*](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md) (81)

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## Biography

Jean d'Eaubonne was a French art director and production designer. Born on 8 March 1903 in Talence, Gironde, he was trained as a painter and sculptor before entering films as an assistant to Lazare Meerson in the late 1920s. He worked on more than 100 productions between the early 1930s and the early 1970s.

He collaborated with Jean Cocteau on *The Blood of a Poet* (1932) and *Orpheus* (1950). Other notable credits include production design on *La Ronde* (1950), *Casque d'Or* (1952), *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), *Touchez Pas au Grisbi* (1954) and *Lola Montès* (1955). He received an Academy Award nomination for art direction on *La Ronde*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, tcm.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Lola Montès* (1955), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md)
- *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), Fi1m 87, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md)
- *Orpheus* (1950), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein* (1973), Production Design
- *Someone Behind the Door* (1971), Production Design
- *Troubleshooters* (1971), Production Design
- *Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques* (1971), Production Design
- *The Road to Salina* (1970), Production Design, Art Direction
- *She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks* (1970), as Decorator
- *Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese* (1968), Production Design
- *The Girl on a Motorcycle* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Pasha* (1968), Production Design
- *Custer of the West* (1967), as Art Direction
- *Sorrel Flower* (1967), as Head Decorator
- *Lagardère* (1967), series, as Decorator
- *Johnny Banco* (1967), Production Design
- *Attack of the Robots* (1966), as Set Decoration
- *Lady L* (1965), Set Designer
- *Encounters in Salzburg* (1964), Production Design
- *Paris When It Sizzles* (1964), as Art Direction
- *Charade* (1963), as Art Direction
- *Love is a Ball* (1963), as Art Direction
- *Madame* (1961), as Set Decoration, Art Direction
- *The Big Gamble* (1961), as Art Direction
- *The Nina B. Affair* (1961), Production Design
- *Amazons of Rome* (1961), Production Design
- *Crack in the Mirror* (1960), as Art Direction
- *Katia* (1959), as Art Direction
- *Christine* (1958), Production Design
- *The Reluctant Debutante* (1958), as Art Direction
- *The Lovers of Montparnasse* (1958), Production Design
- *A Kiss for a Killer* (1957), Production Design
- *Bitter Victory* (1957), as Art Direction · Production Design
- *L'Homme aux clés d'or* (1956), Production Design
- *Her Bridal Night* (1956), Production Design
- *Paris, Palace Hôtel* (1956), Production Design
- *Lola Montès* (1955), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md)
- *Mademoiselle Nitouche* (1954), Production Design
- *Touchez Pas au Grisbi* (1954), Production Design
- *Daughters of Destiny* (1954), Production Design
- *Julietta* (1953), Production Design
- *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), Production Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md)
- *Palace Hotel* (1952), as Art Direction
- *Casque d'Or* (1952), Production Design
- *Le Plaisir* (1952), Production Design
- *Olivia* (1951), Production Design
- *Just Me* (1950), Production Design
- *Orpheus* (1950), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md)
- *La Ronde* (1950), Production Design
- *Lady Paname* (1950), Production Design
- *Not Any Weekend for Our Love* (1950), Production Design
- *Wicked City* (1949), Production Design
- *Black Magic* (1949), as Art Direction
- *I Love Only You* (1949), as Art Direction
- *Impasse of Two Angels* (1948), Production Design
- *The Charterhouse of Parma* (1948), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Postlagernd 212* (1944), Production Design
- *From Mayerling to Sarajevo* (1940), Production Design
- *Crossroads* (1938), Production Design
- *The Men Without Names* (1937), Production Design
- *The Girl in the Taxi* (1937), as Art Direction
- *Social Police* (1937), Production Design
- *Jenny* (1936), as Set Decoration
- *Le Roman d'un spahi* (1936), Production Design
- *Marie des angoisses* (1935), as Art Direction
- *Le Chant de l'amour* (1935), Production Design
- *In Old Alsace* (1933), Production Design
- *Âme de clown* (1933), Production Design
- *The Blood of a Poet* (1932), Production Design
- *Le défenseur* (1930), Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1952: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *La Ronde*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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