Facing the Future: The Art and Life of Antony Clavet
Sandy Hunter, Cazador Inc
Language: English
Based On: Original Screenplay
Project Type: Feature Film (Doc)
Genre: Documentary
Stage of Development: Production
Estimated Length (minutes): 75 minutes
Director: Clem McIntosh
Proposed or confirmed talent: Executive Producer/writer John Leroux, Writer Alison Taylor
Total Budget: 708K
Percent Confirmed: 100%
Currency: CAD
List names of confirmed partners: Telefilm Canada, Province of New Brunswick, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Blue Ice Docs
What is this project seeking?
Distribution, Sales Agent, Broadcaster, Co-production Partner
Logline:
Many of the most iconic and original aesthetic looks of the 1980s – from David Bowie to Miami Vice – were created by Antony Clavet, a self-educated outsider from rural Canada whose trailblazing career as a hair and makeup designer was cut short by his tragic death.
Synopsis:
Born in New Brunswick, Canada in 1945, Antony Clavet was a globally renowned make-up/hair artist and art director who worked with many of the world’s leading photographers, models, musicians and actors from the 1970s until his death in 1990. His major collaboration was with David Bowie from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. They were close friends and colleagues, and Clavet was art director and make-up/hair artist for his early 1980s films, most of his music videos from ‘Heroes’ to ‘Let’s Dance’, and his magazine/album cover portraits.
His major collaboration was with David Bowie from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. They were close friends and colleagues, and Clavet was the art director and make-up/hair artist for Bowie’s early 1980s films, most of his music videos from Heroes to Let’s Dance, and his magazine/album cover portraits. Clavet was selected by Harper’s Magazine as “one of the image-setters of the 1970s, with a vision for the 1980s.” This would be prophetic, as Clavet’s vision led the way to creating the colourful primary- and jewel-toned make-up and asymmetrical hair aesthetic of the 1980s, and much more.
Contact: sandyhunter@cazador.ca
