Paul LeBlanc (1946 – October 2, 2019) was a Canadian
Academy Award-winning
hairstylist who won at the
1984 Academy Awards for
Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film ''
Amadeus''. He shared the Oscar with
Dick Smith.
One of his first films was the
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...
-produced ''
The Black Stallion Returns''. LeBlanc continued to work for Coppola as well as for
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a business segment of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is best known for creating and producing the ''Star Wars'' and ' ...
, creating new hairstyles for the character of
Princess Leia
Princess Leia Organa is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, portrayed in films by Carrie Fisher. Introduced in the Star Wars (film), original ''Star Wars'' film in 1977, Leia is princess of th ...
in ''
Return of the Jedi''.
In 2003, LeBlanc received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild. He died at his home in
Dieppe, New Brunswick on October 2, 2019 at the age of 73.
Selected filmography
* ''
Black Swan
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'' (2010)
* ''
No Country for Old Men'' (2007)
* ''
The Terminal'' (2004)
* ''
Moonlight Mile'' (2002)
* ''
O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000)
* ''
Requiem for a Dream'' (2000)
* ''
The Mask of Zorro'' (1998)
* ''
Stepmom'' (1998)
* ''
Jack'' (1996)
* ''
The Quick and the Dead'' (1995)
* ''
Casino'' (1995)
* ''
Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992)
* ''
We're No Angels'' (1989)
* ''
Mississippi Burning
''Mississippi Burning'' is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi. It stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI ...
'' (1988)
* ''
Angel Heart'' (1987)
* ''
Children of a Lesser God'' (1986)
* ''
Amadeus'' (1984)
* ''
Birdy'' (1984)
* ''
The Black Stallion Returns'' (1983)
* ''
Return of the Jedi'' (1983)
* ''
More American Graffiti'' (1979)
References
External links
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1946 births
2019 deaths
Best Makeup Academy Award winners
Best Makeup BAFTA Award winners
Canadian people of French descent
Canadian hairdressers
Hairdressers
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