Max Douy was born on June 20, 1913 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Rules of the Game (1939), Four Bags Full (1956) and Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945). He died on July 2, 2007 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.
Issy-les-Moulineaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Profession
Production Designer, Art Director, Set Decorator
Star Sign
Gemini
#
Fact
1
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.
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le bon Dieu sans confession
1953
Agence matrimoniale
1952/I
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
segments "L'orgueul/L'orgoglio", "Le huitième péché/L'ultimo peccato"
The Red Inn
1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
...Sans laisser d'adresse
1951
Le parfum de la dame en noir
1949
Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!
1949
Le mystère de la chambre jaune
1949
Devil in the Flesh
1947
Pétrus
1946
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
1945
Le ciel est à vous
1944
Feu Nicolas
1943
Adieu Léonard
1943
Lumière d'été
1943
Dernier atout
1942
There's No Tomorrow
1939
The Rules of the Game
1939
as Douy
Par ordre du Roy
1983
TV Movie
Les quarantièmes rugissants
1982
Le divan
1982
TV Movie
Spéciale dernière
1982
TV Movie
Malevil
1981
Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine
1977
Gloria
1977
Ham and Chips
1977
Le sauvage
1975
Les Charlots en folie: À nous quatre Cardinal!
1974
Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires
1974
Lucien Leuwen
1973-1974
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes
Joseph Balsamo
1973-1974
TV Mini-Series 7 episodes
L'insolent
1973
The Day the Clown Cried
1972
Les caïds
1972
Rum Runners
1971
La cavale
1971
Tang
1971
TV Series
Les patates
1969
Catherine
1969
Le franciscain de Bourges
1968
Estouffade à la Caraïbe
1967
The Oldest Profession
1967
segment "Aujourd'hui"
Atout coeur à Tokyo pour O.S.S. 117
1966
Une femme en blanc se révolte
1966
La corde au cou
1965/II
Journal d'une femme en blanc
1965
Le magot de Josefa
1963
Les sept péchés capitaux
1962
segment "Colère, La"
Tu ne tueras point
1961
Les régates de San Francisco
1960
The Green Mare
1959
The Chasers
1959
Le joueur
1958
Love Is My Profession
1958
Tamango
1958
He Who Must Die
1957
Four Bags Full
1956
Cela s'appelle l'aurore
1956
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
1955
Short
Marguerite de la nuit
1955
Les mauvaises rencontres
1955
French Cancan
1955
Rouge et noir
1954
On Trial
1954
The Game of Love
1954
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moonraker
1979
Castle Keep
1969
Un monde nouveau
1966
Enough Rope
1963
Phaedra
1962
The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
1961
He Who Must Die
1957
Terreur en Oklahoma
1951
Short
Retour à la vie
1949
segment "3: "Le retour de Jean"
Quai des Orfèvres
1947
Queen's Necklace
1946
François Villon
1945
Paris Frills
1945
Mirages de Paris
1933
Großstadtnacht
1932
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
Black and White in Color
1976
Section spéciale
1975
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
1967
Fantômas se déchaîne
1965
Umorismo in nero
1965
segment "1 "La Bestiole"
Friend of the Family
1964
The Red Inn
1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
Manon
1949
as Max Douhy
Quai des Orfèvres
1947
Pétrus
1946
La ferme du pendu
1945
Dernier atout
1942
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Topkapi
1964
sets
Le roman de Werther
1938
assistant art director
Les galeries Lévy et Cie
1932
assistant art director
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les sept péchés capitaux
1962
co-director - segment "La colère"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les patates
1969
technical screenplay
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Beaujolais Wine Has Arrived...
1978
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois
2004
Documentary
Himself
Vincent à l'heure
1995
TV Series
Himself
100 ans d'industries techniques du cinéma
1995
Documentary
Himself
La nuit des Césars
1982
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1982
César
César Awards, France
Best Production Design (Meilleurs décors)
Malevil (1981)
Known for movies
The Rules of the Game (1939) as Production Designer
Four Bags Full (1956) as Production Designer
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) as Production Designer
$1.6 Million
