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name: "Max Douy"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "20 June 1914"
died: "2 July 2007"
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updated: "2026-09-16T11:47:11.016327+00:00"
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# Max Douy

Production designer. Born 20 June 1914 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 2 July 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 20 June 1914, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Died:** 2 July 2007

## Biography

Max Douy was a French production designer and art director. Born in 1914 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, he began working in film in the early 1930s as an assistant draftsman and sketch artist, later assisting on Jean Renoir's *The Rules of the Game* (1939). He became a full art director in the mid-1940s.

Douy collaborated extensively with director Claude Autant-Lara from the late 1940s onwards, designing sets for nearly twenty films including *Le Diable au corps* (1947), *Occupe-toi d'Amélie* (1949) and *La Traversée de Paris* (1956). His credits also include *Jenny Lamour* (1947), *French Cancan* (1955), *Topkapi* (1964) and the James Bond film *Moonraker* (1979). He received a César Award for Best Production Design for *Malevil* (1981).

He died in 2007.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Rules of the Game* (1939), Fi1m 91, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rules-of-the-game.md)

## Also known for

- *Moonraker* (1979), Art Direction
- *Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard* (1967), Set Decoration
- *Fantomas Unleashed* (1965), Set Decoration
- *La Traversée de Paris* (1956), Production Design
- *Topkapi* (1964), Set Decoration
- *Jenny Lamour* (1947), Production Design, Art Direction, Set Decoration
- *Les Dames du bois de Boulogne* (1945), Set Decoration
- *French Cancan* (1955), Production Design

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