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Max Douy(1914-2007)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Set Decorator
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Max Douy was born on 20 June 1914 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a production designer and art director, known for Moonraker (1979), The Rules of the Game (1939) and Malevil (1981). He died on 2 July 2007 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.
BornJune 20, 1914
DiedJuly 2, 2007(93)
BornJune 20, 1914
DiedJuly 2, 2007(93)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, and Richard Kiel in Moonraker (1979)
Moonraker
6.3
  • Art Director
  • 1979
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Roland Toutain in The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game
7.9
  • Production Designer(as Douy)
  • 1939
Malevil (1981)
Malevil
6.5
  • Production Designer
  • 1981
Topkapi (1964)
Topkapi
6.9
  • Art Department
  • 1964

Credits

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Production Designer

  • Pierre Clémenti, Pascal Greggory, Christiane Jean, and Jean Sorel in Par ordre du Roy (1983)
    Par ordre du Roy
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1983
  • Les quarantièmes rugissants (1982)
    Les quarantièmes rugissants
    5.6
    • Production Designer
    • 1982
  • Le divan (1982)
    Le divan
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1982
  • Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982)
    Emmenez-moi au théâtre
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1982
  • Malevil (1981)
    Malevil
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1981
  • Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine (1977)
    Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine
    5.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1977
  • Gloria (1977)
    Gloria
    5.8
    • Production Designer
    • 1977
  • Ham and Chips (1977)
    Ham and Chips
    5.6
    • Production Designer
    • 1977
  • Catherine Deneuve and Yves Montand in Le sauvage (1975)
    Le sauvage
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1975
  • Les Charlots en folie: À nous quatre Cardinal! (1974)
    Les Charlots en folie: À nous quatre Cardinal!
    5.2
    • Production Designer
    • 1974
  • Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires (1974)
    Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires
    5.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1974
  • Lucien Leuwen (1973)
    Lucien Leuwen
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1973–1974
  • Joseph Balsamo (1973)
    Joseph Balsamo
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1973
  • Henry Silva in L'insolent (1973)
    L'insolent
    5.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1973
  • The Day the Clown Cried (1972)
    The Day the Clown Cried
    • Production Designer
    • 1972

Art Director

  • Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, and Richard Kiel in Moonraker (1979)
    Moonraker
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • Burt Lancaster in Castle Keep (1969)
    Castle Keep
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1969
  • Nino Castelnuovo and Christine Delaroche in A New World (1966)
    A New World
    6.4
    • Art Director
    • 1966
  • Enough Rope (1963)
    Enough Rope
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1963
  • Anthony Perkins and Melina Mercouri in Phaedra (1962)
    Phaedra
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 1962
  • Yvonne Furneaux and Louis Jourdan in The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
    The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
    6.4
    • Art Director
    • 1961
  • Melina Mercouri and Pierre Vaneck in He Who Must Die (1957)
    He Who Must Die
    7.5
    • Art Director
    • 1957
  • Terreur en Oklahoma
    6.9
    Short
    • Art Director
    • 1951
  • Retour à la vie (1949)
    Retour à la vie
    7.0
    • Art Director (segment "3: "Le retour de Jean")
    • 1949
  • Suzy Delair and Louis Jouvet in Jenny Lamour (1947)
    Jenny Lamour
    7.7
    • Art Director
    • 1947
  • The Queen's Necklace (1946)
    The Queen's Necklace
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1946
  • François Villon (1945)
    François Villon
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Micheline Presle and Raymond Rouleau in Paris Frills (1945)
    Paris Frills
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Jacqueline Francell in Mirages de Paris (1933)
    Mirages de Paris
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1933
  • Dolly Haas in Großstadtnacht (1932)
    Großstadtnacht
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1932

Set Decorator

  • Black and White in Color (1976)
    Black and White in Color
    6.7
    • Set Decorator
    • 1976
  • Special Section (1975)
    Special Section
    7.6
    • Set Decorator
    • 1975
  • Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
    Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
    6.7
    • Set Decorator
    • 1967
  • Louis de Funès and Jean Marais in Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
    Fantomas Unleashed
    6.8
    • Set Decorator
    • 1965
  • Umorismo in nero (1965)
    Umorismo in nero
    5.2
    • Set Decorator (segment "1 "La Bestiole")
    • 1965
  • Friend of the Family (1964)
    Friend of the Family
    5.4
    • Set Decorator
    • 1964
  • Suzy Delair and Louis Jouvet in Jenny Lamour (1947)
    Jenny Lamour
    7.7
    • Set Decorator
    • 1947
  • Pétrus (1946)
    Pétrus
    6.0
    • Set Decorator
    • 1946
  • La ferme du pendu (1945)
    La ferme du pendu
    6.8
    • Set Decorator
    • 1945
  • The Trump Card (1942)
    The Trump Card
    5.9
    • Set Decorator
    • 1942

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Douy
  • Born
    • June 20, 1914
    • Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Died
    • July 2, 2007
    • Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
  • Relatives
    • Jacques Douy(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    From 1930, assistant draftsman at Pathe-Natan. Worked as sketch artist and builder on the sets of Jean Vigo's L'Atalante (1934). Full art director from 1944. After the war, began a long association with the films of director Claude Autant-Lara. Internationally known for constructing the sets for the James Bond movies Thunderball (1965) and Moonraker (1979) from the drawings of Ken Adam.

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