César Award for Best Production Design
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This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Production Design (French
: César des meilleurs décors).
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: César des meilleurs décors).
Winners and nominees
- 1976: Pierre GuffroyPierre GuffroyPierre Guffroy was a French production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award for Tess in 1979 and had been previously nominated for one in another category Best Art Direction for Is Paris Burning? in 1966....
: Que la fête commenceQue la fête commenceQue la fête commence... is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret... - 1977: Alexandre TraunerAlexandre TraunerAlexandre Trauner was a set designer.After studying painting at l'École des beaux-arts de Budapest, he emigrated to Paris in 1929, where he became the assistant of set designer Lazare Meerson, working on such films as À nous la liberté in 1932 and La Kermesse héroïque in 1935)...
: Monsieur KleinMonsieur KleinMonsieur Klein is a 1976 French film directed by Joseph Losey, with Alain Delon starring in the title role.- Synopsis :It is 1942, the war is in full swing and France is occupied by the Nazis. To Robert Klein, however, these events are of little concern... - 1978: Jacques Saulnier: ProvidenceProvidence (1977 film)Providence is a French/Swiss 1977 film directed by Alain Resnais and starring Dirk Bogarde, David Warner, Ellen Burstyn, Elaine Stritch, and John Gielgud. The film won the 1978 César Award for Best Film.-Plot summary:...
- 1979: Guy-Claude François: MolièreMolière (1978 film)Molière is a 1978 French drama film directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Philippe Caubère - Molière / The Death* Marie-Françoise Audollent * Jonathan Sutton - La Grange...
- 1980: Alexandre TraunerAlexandre TraunerAlexandre Trauner was a set designer.After studying painting at l'École des beaux-arts de Budapest, he emigrated to Paris in 1929, where he became the assistant of set designer Lazare Meerson, working on such films as À nous la liberté in 1932 and La Kermesse héroïque in 1935)...
: Don GiovanniDon Giovanni (1979 film)Don Giovanni is a 1979 film adaptation of Mozart's classic opera Don Giovanni, based on the Don Juan legend of a seducer, destroyed by his excesses. The film stars Ruggero Raimondi in the title role. The director is Joseph Losey and the conductor Lorin Maazel. The film has generally been praised... - 1981: Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko: The Last MetroThe Last MetroThe Last Metro is a 1980 film made by Les Films du Carrosse, written and directed by the French filmmaker François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu....
- 1982: Max Douy: MalevilMalevilMalevil is a 1972 science fiction novel by French writer Robert Merle. It was adapted into a 1981 film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret and Jean-Louis Trintignant .-Plot summary:...
- 1983: Alain Nègre: The Return of Martin GuerreThe Return of Martin GuerreThe Return of Martin Guerre is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on historical events in France during the 16th century. .-Synopsis:...
- 1984: Hilton McConnicoHilton McConnicoJoseph Hilton McConnico is a designer and artist who was born in Memphis, Tennessee but has lived and worked in Paris since 1965. After working in fashion for such designers as Ted Lapidus and Yves St...
: Moon in the GutterMoon in the GutterMoon in the Gutter is a 1983 French drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.Although it immediately followed Beineix' big, commercial success Diva and featured two very big stars, Gérard Depardieu and Nastassja Kinski, Moon in the Gutter was... - 1985: Jacques Saulnier: Swann in LoveUn amour de Swann (film)Un amour de Swann is a 1984 Franco-German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Its screenplay is largely inspired by the novel of the same name by Marcel Proust....
- 1986: Alexandre TraunerAlexandre TraunerAlexandre Trauner was a set designer.After studying painting at l'École des beaux-arts de Budapest, he emigrated to Paris in 1929, where he became the assistant of set designer Lazare Meerson, working on such films as À nous la liberté in 1932 and La Kermesse héroïque in 1935)...
: SubwaySubway (film)Subway is a 1985 French film directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert and is part of the Cinema du look movement.-Plot:... - 1987: Pierre GuffroyPierre GuffroyPierre Guffroy was a French production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award for Tess in 1979 and had been previously nominated for one in another category Best Art Direction for Is Paris Burning? in 1966....
: Pirates - 1988: Willy HoltWilly HoltWilly Holt was an American production designer and art director, who lived in France for many years and worked extensively for the French film industry...
: Au revoir, les enfantsAu revoir, les enfantsAu revoir les enfants is a 1987 film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was published by Gallimard in the same year... - 1989: Bernard Vézat: Camille ClaudelCamille Claudel (film)Camille Claudel is a 1988 French film about the life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani,...
- 1990: Pierre GuffroyPierre GuffroyPierre Guffroy was a French production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award for Tess in 1979 and had been previously nominated for one in another category Best Art Direction for Is Paris Burning? in 1966....
: ValmontValmont (film)Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière... - 1991: Ezio Frigerio: Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
- 1992: Jean-Philippe Carp, Miljen Kreka Kljakovic: DelicatessenDelicatessen (film)Delicatessen is a 1991 French black comedy film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Karin Viard. It is set in an apartment building in a post-apocalyptic France of an ambiguous time period. The story focuses on the tenants of the building and their desperate...
- 1993: Jacques Bufnoir: IndochineIndochine (film)Indochine is a 1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, with the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement set as a backdrop...
- 1994: Jacques Saulnier: Smoking/No SmokingSmoking/No SmokingSmoking/No Smoking is a 1993 French movie. It was directed by Alain Resnais and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, from the play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn...
- 1995: Gianni QuarantaGianni QuarantaGianni Quaranta is an Italian production designer and art director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Production Design for La Traviata . He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the...
: FarinelliFarinelli (film)Farinelli is a 1994 biographical film about the life and career of the Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time... - 1996: Jean RabasseJean RabasseJean Rabasse, born in 1961 in Tlemcen, French Algeria, is a French cinema set decorator and scenographer.-Biography:Jean Rabasse has long worked with the DCA Company of Philippe Decouflé for whom he created stage objects and machines...
: The City of Lost Children (La cité des enfants perdus)The City of Lost ChildrenThe City of Lost Children is a dystopian French fantasy/drama film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:A mad scientist,... - 1997: Ivan Maussion: RidiculeRidiculeRidicule is a 1996 French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself...
- 1998: Dan Weil: The Fifth ElementThe Fifth ElementThe Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich...
- 1999: Jacques RouxelJacques Rouxel (production designer)Jacques Rouxel is a French production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Cyrano de Bergerac.-External links:...
: Lautrec - 2000: Philippe ChiffrePhilippe ChiffrePhilippe Chiffre, born in 1958 in Paris, France, is a French cinema Production Designer-Biography:Philippe Chiffre is the son of Yvan Chiffre, and the father of César Chiffre....
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2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Production designer(s) |
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| 2000 | Vatel Vatel (film) Vatel is a 2000 film based on the life of 17th century French chef François Vatel, directed by Roland Joffé and starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, and Tim Roth. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration. The film opened the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-... |
Jean Rabasse Jean Rabasse Jean Rabasse, born in 1961 in Tlemcen, French Algeria, is a French cinema set decorator and scenographer.-Biography:Jean Rabasse has long worked with the DCA Company of Philippe Decouflé for whom he created stage objects and machines... |
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| Saint-Cyr | Thierry François | ||
| Sentimental Destinies Sentimental Destinies Sentimental Destinies is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Emmanuelle Béart - Pauline Pommerel* Charles Berling - Jean Barnery* Isabelle Huppert - Nathalie Barnery... |
Les Destinées sentimentales | Katia Wyszkop | |
| 2001 | Amélie Amélie Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre... |
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Aline Bonetto Aline Bonetto Aline Bonetto is a French production designer and set decorator, best known for her work with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on films such as Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, and Micmacs à tire-larigot, among others... |
| Brotherhood of the Wolf Brotherhood of the Wolf Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel... |
Le Pacte des loups | Guy-Claude François | |
| The Lady and the Duke The Lady And The Duke The Lady and the Duke is a 2001 feature film by French director Éric Rohmer.The film was inspired by Ma vie sous la révolution, the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburgh-born royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution... |
L'Anglaise et le duc | Antoine Fontaine | |
| 2002 | The Pianist The Pianist (2002 film) The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman... |
Allan Starski | |
| 8 Women | 8 femmes | Arnaud de Moleron | |
| Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, originally titled Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, is a 2002 French-German film based on the comic book Astérix et Cléopatre by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and a sequel for the 1999 movie Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar. It was the most expensive French... |
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre | Hoang Thanh At | |
| Safe Conduct | Laissez-passer | Émile Ghigo | |
| 2003 | Bon voyage Bon Voyage (2003 film) Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard... |
Catherine Leterrier and Jacques Rouxel Jacques Rouxel (production designer) Jacques Rouxel is a French production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Cyrano de Bergerac.-External links:... |
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| Monsieur N. Monsieur N. Monsieur N. is a 2003 British-French movie directed by Antoine de Caunes. It tells the story of the last years of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte who was imprisoned by the British on St Helena. Napoleon retained a loyal entourage of officers who helped him plot his escape, and evaded the attentions... |
Patrick Durand | ||
| Not on the Lips Not on the Lips Not on the Lips is a 2003 French musical film directed by Alain Resnais. It is an adaptation of the operetta Pas sur la bouche, written by André Barde and Maurice Yvain, which was first produced in Paris in 1925.-Plot:... |
Pas sur la bouche | Jacques Saulnier | |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I... |
Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Aline Bonetto Aline Bonetto Aline Bonetto is a French production designer and set decorator, best known for her work with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on films such as Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, and Micmacs à tire-larigot, among others... |
| The Chorus The Chorus (2004 film) The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely... |
Les Choristes | François Chauvaud | |
| Immortel | Immortel (ad vitam) | Jean-Pierre Fouillet | |
| 2005 | Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
Olivier Radot | |
| Grey Souls | Les Âmes grises | Loula Morin | |
| Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | Jean-Michel Simonet | |
| 2006 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a French film directed by Michel Hazanavicius. It is a parody of the spy film genre. The film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, OSS 117, in Cairo in 1955.-Plot:... |
OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions | Maamar Ech-Cheikh |
| Days of Glory | Indigènes | Dominique Dourand | |
| Lady Chatterley Lady Chatterley (film) Lady Chatterley is a French film by Pascale Ferran. An adaptation of the novel John Thomas and Lady Jane by D. H. Lawrence, it was released in the UK on 24 August, 2007.... |
François-Renaud Labarthe | ||
| Private Fears in Public Places Private Fears in Public Places (film) Private Fears in Public Places is the English-language title of Cœurs , a 2006 French film directed by Alain Resnais. It was adapted from Alan Ayckbourn's play Private Fears in Public Places... |
Cœurs | Jacques Saulnier | |
| The Tiger Brigades | Les Brigades du Tigre | Jean-Luc Raoul | |
| 2007 | La Vie en Rose La Vie en rose (film) La Vie En Rose is a 2007 French biographical film about the life of French chanteuse Édith Piaf co-written, and directed by Olivier Dahan. Marion Cotillard stars as Piaf. The title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf's signature song... |
La Môme | Olivier Raoux |
| Jacquou le Croquant Jacquou le Croquant Jacquou le Croquant is a 2007 French historical film, based on the novel by Eugène Le Roy. Set in the Dordogne during the Bourbon Restoration, it tells the story of a young peasant who leads a revolt against an evil nobleman. It was nominated for two César Awards in 2008.-Plot:1815. Jacquou, a... |
Christian Marti | ||
| Molière | Françoise Dupertuis | ||
| The Second Wind | Le Deuxième Souffle | Thierry Flamand | |
| A Secret A Secret Un secret is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the novel by Philippe Grimbert.-Synopsis:... |
Un secret | Jean-Pierre Kohut Svelko | |
| 2008 | Séraphine Séraphine (film) Séraphine is a 2008 French-Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best Film.-Plot:... |
Thierry François | |
| Home Home (2008 film) Home is a 2008 Swiss drama film directed by Ursula Meier and starring Isabelle Huppert. The film was the official Swiss submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.-Plot:... |
Ivan Niclass | ||
| Paris 36 Paris 36 Paris 36 is a 2008 French film directed by Christophe Barratier. This film is set in 1930s Paris.The song "Loin de Paname" , sung by Nora Arnezeder, was nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Original Song.-Plot summary:When a neighborhood music hall closes down, a trio of unemployed... |
Faubourg 36 | Jean Rabasse Jean Rabasse Jean Rabasse, born in 1961 in Tlemcen, French Algeria, is a French cinema set decorator and scenographer.-Biography:Jean Rabasse has long worked with the DCA Company of Philippe Decouflé for whom he created stage objects and machines... |
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| Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 Public Enemy Number One Mesrine is a two-part 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet... |
L'Instinct de mort and L'Ennemi public n°1 | Emile Ghigo | |
| Trouble at Timpetill | Les Enfants de Timpelbach | Olivier Raoux | |
| 2009 | A Prophet A Prophet A Prophet is a 2009 French prison film directed by Jacques Audiard. Audiard claims that the film aims at "creating icons, images for people who don't have images in movies, like the Arabs in France," though he also had stated that the film "has nothing to do with his vision of society," and is a... |
Un prophète | Michel Barthélemy Michel Barthélemy Michel Barthélemy was born in France, became a Sulpician priest and came to New France in 1665. He was sent as a missionary to the Algonquins with François Dollier de Casson to learn their language and study their way of life.... |
| Micmacs à tire-larigot | Aline Bonetto Aline Bonetto Aline Bonetto is a French production designer and set decorator, best known for her work with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on films such as Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, and Micmacs à tire-larigot, among others... |
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| OSS 117 Rio ne répond plus... | Maamar Ech Cheikh | ||
| In the Beginning In the Beginning (2009 film) In the Beginning is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.- Cast :* François Cluzet* Gérard Depardieu* Emmanuelle Devos* Brice Fournier - Louis* Roch Leibovici... |
À l'origine | Émile Ghigo | |
| Coco Before Chanel | Coco avant Chanel | Olivier Radot | |
2010s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Production designer(s) |
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| 2010 | The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec | Hugues Tissandier |
| Of Gods and Men Of Gods and Men (film) Of Gods and Men is a 2010 French drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois, starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. Its original French title is Des hommes et des dieux, which means "Of Men and of Gods" and refers to a verse from the Bible shown at the beginning of the film... |
Des hommes et des dieux | Michel Barthélemy Michel Barthélemy Michel Barthélemy was born in France, became a Sulpician priest and came to New France in 1665. He was sent as a missionary to the Algonquins with François Dollier de Casson to learn their language and study their way of life.... |
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| The Princess of Montpensier The Princess of Montpensier The Princess of Montpensier is a 2010 French period romance film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, inspired by a short story anonymously published by Madame de La Fayette. It stars Mélanie Thierry in the title role, alongside Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lambert Wilson and Raphaël... |
La Princesse de Montpensier | Guy-Claude Francois | |
| The Ghost Writer | Albrecht Konrad | ||
| Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) | Christian Marti | ||