Listed by Adler & Associates Entertainment
Genre documentary
Original Language English
Duration 60 minutes
Runtime 60 minutes
Completion Year 2020
Project Status Completed
Project Type Documentary
Sales Agent Adler & Associates Entertainment
Cast Edward Couvillier, James Delahoussaye, Larry Couvillier, Kevin Couvillier
Director Charles E. Richard
Edward Couvillier is an 85-year-old boat builder.
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.