François Audouy
François Audouy (French: [odwi]; born June 17, 1974) is a French-American movie production designer. He is a frequent collaborator with director James Mangold, having designed The Wolverine (2013) its sequel Logan (2016), and Ford v Ferrari (2019) which was nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture. Other design credits include the fantasy films Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Dracula Untold (2014) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).[1]
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Born | |
Occupation | Production Designer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Spouse(s) | Veronique Audouy (1998–present) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
In addition to his film career, he designed music videos for Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and BTS, P!nk, Harry Styles, Camila Cabello and Dua Lipa.[2]
Early life
Audouy was born in Toulouse, France, to a French father and an English mother.[3] He is a bi-lingual speaker of French and English.
He moved to Southern California at the age of six after his parents divorced and his mother remarried.[4]
Filmography
As production designer
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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2012 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Timur Bekmambetov | |
2013 | The Wolverine | James Mangold | |
2014 | Dracula Untold | Gary Shore | |
2017 | Logan | James Mangold | |
2019 | Ford v Ferrari | James Mangold | |
2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Jason Reitman | |
TBA | Green Lantern (TV series) |
As art director
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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2002 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | assistant art director |
Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | assistant art director | |
2003 | The Cat in the Hat | Bo Welch | assistant art director |
2004 | The Terminal | Steven Spielberg | supervising graphic designer |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | art director |
2007 | Transformers | Michael Bay | art director |
Lions for Lambs | Robert Redford | supervising art director | |
2009 | Watchmen | Zach Snyder | supervising art director |
2011 | Green Lantern | Martin Campbell | supervising art director |
Awards
- 2022: Won an Art Directors Guild production design award in the commercials category for Apple Music "Happier Than Ever." Nominated for another five ADG awards for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Ed Sheeran "Shivers," P!nk "All I Know So Far," Coldplay and BTS "My Universe," and Neom "Made to Change."[5]
- 2021: Won an Art Directors Guild production design award for Harry Styles' "Falling" music video, and nominated for Camila Cabello's "My Oh My" music video in the same Short Format category. Also nominated for a SDSA award for Harry Styles’ “Falling.”[6]
- 2020: Nominated for an Art Directors Guild production design award in the Period Film category,[7] and Satellite Award for Best Art Direction & Production Design for Ford v. Ferrari.[8]
- 2018: Won an Art Directors Guild production design award in the Contemporary Film category for Logan.[9]
- 2006: Nominated for an Art Directors Guild production design award in the Period or Fantasy Film category for his work as one of the Art Directors on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.[10]
References
- Cieply, Michael (May 9, 2011). "Aside from the vampires, Abraham Lincoln film seeks accuracy". New York Times. nytimes.com.
- "François Audouy". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- "Francois Audouy". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- "Francois Audouy | World Building Institute". worldbuilding.institute. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- "ADG Awards Winner & Nominees". adg.org. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- "ADG Awards Winner & Nominees". adg.org. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- "Art Directors Guild nominations 2020". Hollywood Reporter. 9 December 2019.
- "Satellite award nominations". Awards Circuit. Archived from the original on 2019-12-04.
- "ADG awards press release" (PDF). Art Directors Guild. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- "ADG Awards Winner & Nominees". adg.org. Retrieved 2022-03-07.