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- Birth nameConstantine Tavoularis
- Dean Tavoularis was born on May 18, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather Part III (1990). He was married to Aurore Clément and Barbara Joan Weiss. He died on April 23, 2026 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- SpousesAurore Clément(1986 - April 22, 2026) (his death)Barbara Joan Weiss(March 3, 1957 - January 1969) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenGina TavoularisAlison Tavoularis
- RelativesAlex Tavoularis(Sibling)
- Frequently works with Francis Ford Coppola.
- He met his wife, actress Aurore Clément, on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979), but her role was cut out of the original theatrical release. It was restored when the Redux version was released in 2001.
- He has contributed with the production design of five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather Part III (1990). The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) are winners in the category. As an art director, he contributed with the nominated Bonnie and Clyde (1967); and as assistant art-director in the nominated America America (1963).
- Is portrayed by Eric Balfour in The Offer (2022).
- For The Godfather Part II, Tavoularis transformed East Sixth Street between Avenues A and B in Lower Manhattan into Little Italy in 1918, complete with a dirt road and quaint, old-fashioned storefronts.
- Of Greek-American ancestry.
- [on working with Francis Ford Coppola] Francis's scripts are like a newspaper. There's a new one every day.
- [on Michelangelo Antonioni]: I did work with him in Rome, late 1971 to March 1972, on a film titled "The Spiral". We were working on many interesting idea with video, laser beams, holographs and theatrical scrims. The film, unfortunately, did not reach the filming stages.
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