Dean Tavoularis Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Godfather’ & ‘Apocalypse Now’ Production Designer Was 93

Dean Tavoularis, nan accumulation designer whose collaborations pinch head Francis Ford Coppola produced nan iconic looks and imagery of specified seminal films arsenic nan Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, died of earthy causes successful Paris connected Wednesday, April 22. He was 93.

His decease was reported by writer and movie professional Jordan Mintzer of Deadline’s sister publication The Hollywood Reporter. Mintzer co-authored nan 2022 book Conversations With Dean Tavoularis.

Tavoularis won nan Oscar for his creation direction-set decoration of 1974’s The Godfather: Part II, and was nominated for nan Coppola-directed Apocalypse Now (1979), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), The Godfather: Part III (1990) arsenic good arsenic William Friedkin‘s The Brink’s Job (1978).

A afloat obituary is forthcoming…

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