Georges Wakhévitch was born on August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a production designer and costume designer, known for La tragédie de Carmen (1983), Personal Column (1939) and Louise (1939). He died on February 11, 1984 in Paris, France.
Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978
Russian-born production designer, trained in Paris as a painter. Like fellow émigré Alexandre Trauner, he began as an assistant to Lazare Meerson and also worked as a theatrical set and costume designer.