Costume Designer Edith Head has won Most Oscars
Produced by: Sara Fishko Fishko files profiles
Who has the most Academy Award nominations and Statues of any woman in history? It’s Edith Head, once Costume Designer to the stars. WNYC’s Sara Fishko has more, in this edition of Fishko Files.
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Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie has designed for icons such as Diana Ross, Cher and Liza Minnelli. The “sultan of sequins,” as Mackie’s sometimes called, has received nine Emmy Awards and three Academy Award nominations.
Costume Designer and costume design historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis created Michael Jackson’s red Thriller jacket (1983) and Harrison Ford’s iconic fedora and jacket for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), among
other famous costumes. She is the David C. Copley Chair, and
Director of the Copley Center for Costume Design at the UCLA School
of Theater, Film & Television. Her most recent book is Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design.
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Tags: edith head costume designer hollywood designer stylist CDG Deborah Nadoolman Landis Bob Mackie
Categories: Culture, Costume Design, Hollywood, Artist, Talent, forums, People, Film
Tags: edith head costume designer hollywood designer stylist CDG Deborah Nadoolman Landis Bob Mackie
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