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IN THE MIND OF THE MAKER

By Charles RICHARD

ADLER AND ASSOCIATES ENTERTAINMENT INC. - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2020

Edward Couvillier builds exquisitely made cypress boats. In perfect proportions, he visualizes a complex three-dimensional image of the vessel in which every line, every contour, every tight angle, is built exactly from the mind of its maker.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 17 mn
- Director(s)
- Charles RICHARD
- Writer(s)
- Charles RICHARD
- Cast
- Edward COUVILLIER
- Producer(s)
- Marie ADLER
- Synopsis
- Edward Couvillier is an 85-year-old boat builder. He was born and raised on a houseboat in the swamps and never made it past the 8th grade. But his brain is capable of things that elude even trained maritime engineers.
  
  Following a tradition that goes back generations, Mr. Couvillier builds exquisitely made cypress boats. Boats that are more akin to art than carpentry. But he doesn’t use any blue prints or plans. Not even a sketch. Instead, in perfect proportions, he visualizes an extraordinarily complex three-dimensional image of the vessel–every fine line, every sweeping contour, each tight angle, is built exactly from the mind of its maker.