François Audouy

François Audouy
François Audouy
	Toulouse, France
Occupation	Production Designer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Véronique Audouy (1998–present)
Children	2
Website	www.audouy.com

François Audouy (French:

Ford v Ferrari (2019) which was nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture.^[1] He also designed the Mangold film A Complete Unknown

, which is currently in production.

In addition to his film career, Audouy has designed many award-winning commercials and music videos;[2] including music videos for Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, P!nk, Harry Styles, Camila Cabello and Dua Lipa.^[3]

Early life

Audouy was born in Toulouse, France, to a French father and an English mother.^[4] He is a bilingual speaker of French and English.

He moved to Southern California at the age of six after his parents divorced and his mother remarried.^[5]

Career

At the age of 21, Audouy was discovered by production designer Bo Welch who recruited him as a graphic designer and illustrator for the film Men in Black. At the time, he was one of the first all-digital concept artists working in the field.^[6] He continued to work behind the scenes in art departments of many notable films including Spider-Man, Zodiac, Minority Report and Avatar, until becoming an art director, and eventually a production designer.^[7]

Filmography

As production designer

Feature Films


Year	Film	Director
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
2023	Air	Ben Affleck
TBA	A Complete Unknown	James Mangold

Television

TBA	The Residence	Liza Johnson, Jaffar Mahmood

As art director

Feature Films


Year	Film	Director	Notes
2002	Spider-Man	Sam Raimi	assistant art director
2002	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
2007	Lions for Lambs	Robert Redford	supervising art director
2009	Watchmen	Zack Snyder	supervising art director
2011	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell	supervising art director

Awards

As a production designer, Audouy has won four Art Directors Guild production design awards including the ADG's first-ever award bestowed to a music video, at their 26th Annual awards show.

Art Directors Guild Awards


Year	Project	Type	Category	Result	Notes
2024	Apple MacBook Pro : Scary Fast	Commercial	Excellence in Commercials	Won
2023	Just Eat: Did Somebody Say	Commercial	Excellence in Commercials	Nominated
2023	Bud Lite Seltzer: Land of Loud Flavors	Commercial	Excellence in Commercials	Nominated
2022	Apple Music: Happier Than Ever	Commercial	Excellence in Commercials	Won
	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Feature Film	Excellence in Fantasy Film	Nominated
	Ed Sheeran: Shivers	Music Video	Excellence in Music Videos	Nominated
	Pink: All I Know So Far	Music Video	Excellence in Music Videos	Nominated
	Coldplay + BTS: My Universe	Music Video	Excellence in Music Videos	Nominated
	Neom: Made to Change	Commercial	Excellence in Commercials	Nominated
2021	Harry Styles: Falling	Music Video	Excellence in Short Format	Won
2021	Camila Cabello: My Oh My	Music Video	Excellence in Short Format	Nominated
2020	Ford v. Ferrari	Feature Film	Excellence in Period Film	Nominated
2018	Logan	Feature Film	Excellence in Contemporary Film	Won
2006	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Feature Film	Period or Fantasy Film	Nominated	As Art Director

Satellite Awards


Year	Project	Category	Result
2020	Ford v Ferrari	Best Art Direction & Production Design	Nominated

References

^ Cieply, Michael (May 9, 2011). "Aside from the vampires, Abraham Lincoln film seeks accuracy". New York Times.
^ "NEOM - Made to Change". Clios. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
^ "François Audouy". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
^ "Francois Audouy". geni_family_tree. 17 June 1974. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
^ "Francois Audouy | World Building Institute". worldbuilding.institute. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
^ Admin (2013-07-22). "Interview – Production Designer François Audouy talks about The Wolverine". flickeringmyth.com.
^ "Production design of "The Wolverine" – interview with François Audouy". pushing-pixels.org. 2013-12-06.

External links

François Audouy Official Site
François Audouy at
IMDb

[1] Cieply, Michael (May 9, 2011). "Aside from the vampires, Abraham Lincoln film seeks accuracy". New York Times.

[2] "NEOM - Made to Change". Clios. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[3] "François Audouy". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-28.

[4] "Francois Audouy". geni_family_tree. 17 June 1974. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

[5] "Francois Audouy | World Building Institute". worldbuilding.institute. Retrieved 2021-08-28.

[6] Admin (2013-07-22). "Interview – Production Designer François Audouy talks about The Wolverine". flickeringmyth.com.

[7] "Production design of "The Wolverine" – interview with François Audouy". pushing-pixels.org. 2013-12-06.

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v t e Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film
Feature Film (1996–1999)	Stuart Craig (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Eugenio Zanetti (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999)
Fantasy or Period (2000–2005)	Arthur Max (2000) Catherine Martin (2001) Grant Major (2002) Grant Major (2003) Rick Heinrichs (2004) John Myhre (2005)
Contemporary (2000–present)	David Gropman (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Jeannine Oppewall (2002) Henry Bumstead (2003) Alex McDowell (2004) David J. Bomba (2005) Peter Lamont (2006) Jess Gonchor (2007) Mark Digby (2008) Karl Júlíusson (2009) Thérèse DePrez (2010) Donald Graham Burt (2011) Dennis Gassner (2012) K. K. Barrett (2013) Kevin Thompson (2014) Arthur Max (2015) David Wasco (2016) François Audouy (2017) Nelson Coates (2018) Lee Ha-jun (2019) Wynn Thomas (2020) Mark Tildesley (2021) Rick Heinrichs (2022) Suzie Davies (2023)
Fantasy (2006–present)	Eugenio Caballero (2006) Dennis Gassner (2007) Nathan Crowley (2008) Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2010) Stuart Craig (2011) David Gropman (2012) Andy Nicholson (2013) Charles Wood (2014) Colin Gibson (2015) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2016) Dennis Gassner (2017) Hannah Beachler (2018) Charles Wood (2019) Nathan Crowley (2020) Patrice Vermette (2021) Jason Kisvarday (2022) James Price and Shona Heath (2023)
Period (2006–present)	Tingxiao Huo (2006) Jack Fisk (2007) Donald Graham Burt (2008) Sarah Greenwood (2009) Eve Stewart (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Sarah Greenwood (2012) Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen (2014) Jack Fisk (2015) Wynn Thomas (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) Fiona Crombie (2018) Barbara Ling (2019) Donald Graham Burt (2020) Tamara Deverell (2021) Florencia Martin (2022) Ruth De Jong (2023)

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