Dean Tavoularis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 18, 1932, is an American production designer and art director of Greek descent, considered one of the most influential of his generation. His career is inextricably linked to his long and fruitful collaboration with director Francis Ford Coppola, for whom he handled the production design of masterpieces such as *The Godfather* trilogy, *The Conversation* (1974), and *Apocalypse Now* (1979), crucially defining the visual aesthetic of these works. For his work on *The Godfather Part II* (1974), he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, an accolade for which he received four other nominations throughout his career. He has also collaborated with other important directors, including Arthur Penn on *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Michelangelo Antonioni on *Zabriskie Point* (1970), and Roman Polański on *The Ninth Gate* (1999). His style is distinguished by its meticulous attention to historical detail and his ability to create immersive and psychologically resonant environments.