Jean-Pierre Dorléac is an American costume designer whose work has appeared in film, television, theater, variety, opera and burlesque. He was nominated at the 53rd Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Best Costumes for his work on the film ''Somewhere in Time (film), Somewhere in Time''. Additionally he was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice for ''Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' and ''The Lot''. He was also nominated for ''Quantum Leap'' five time, along with ''Mae West (TV Movie), Mae West'', ''Lily Dale (TV Movie), Lily Dale'', ''The Bastard (1978 film), The Bastard'' and ''Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV Series), Tales of the Gold Monkey.'' He is also known for films ''The Blue Lagoon (1980 film), The Blue Lagoon'', ''Heart and Souls'', and ''Leave It to Beaver (film), Beaver'' among many others. Examples of his work have been exhibited worldwide: LACMA displayed his costumes for the exhibition and book ''Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film'' as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, La Palais de la Civilization, Montreal, Canada, and La Place Vendome, Paris, France. He has worked throughout the world, principally in France, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay. In 2005, ''Abracadabra Alakazam''a two-part comic mystery caper was released, and immediately optioned for a motion picture. In 2015, ''The Naked Truth: An Irreverent Chronicle of Delirious Escapades'' was released. The book details accounts of Hollywood's last gasp for glamour in the 80's after the corporations took over the studios and sold off the massive period collection of one-of-a-kind historic garments in order to make rental money on the facilities in which they were kept. Additionally, it is a straightfoward honest look at such legends as Fred Astaire, Buddy Ebsen, Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, David Hemmings, Louis Jourdan, Patricia Neal, Sarah Miles, Ann Miller, Eleanor Parker, Barbara Rush, Brooke Shields, Susan Strasberg, Lana Turner, Nancy Walker and Mae West.

Selected filmography

Films

* ''The Great Smokey Roadblock'' (1978) * ''Good Guys Wear Black'' (1978) * ''Saga of a Star World, Battlestar Galactica'' (1978) * ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (film), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (1979) * ''The Blue Lagoon (1980 film), The Blue Lagoon'' (1980) * ''Somewhere in Time (film), Somewhere in Time'' (1980) * ''National Lampoon's Class Reunion'' (1982) * ''The Boss' Wife'' (1986) * ''The Killing Time (film), The Killing Time'' (1987) * ''Heart and Souls'' (1993) * ''The Only Thrill'' (1997) * ''Leave It to Beaver (film), Leave It to Beaver'' (1997) * ''Walking to the Waterline'' (1998) * ''In Enemy Hands (film), In Enemy Hands'' (2004)

Television movies

* ''The Bastard (1978 film), The Bastard'' (1978) * ''The Rebels (1979 film), The Rebels'' (1979) * ''Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls'' (1981) * ''Twirl (film), Twirl'' (1981) * ''Mae West (film), Mae West'' (1982) * ''Rooster (film), Rooster'' (1982) * ''Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story'' (1982) * ''Airwolf (film), Airwolf'' (1984) * ''The Highwayman (1987 film), The Highwayman'' (1987) * ''For the Very First Time'' (1991) * ''A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story'' (1994) * ''An Element of Truth'' (1995) * ''Dead Man's Island'' (1995) * ''Lily Dale (film), Lily Dale'' (1996)

Television series

* ''Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' (1978) * ''Galactica 1980'' (1980) * ''The Greatest American Hero'' (1981) * ''Tales of the Gold Monkey'' (1983) * ''Emerald Point N.A.S.'' (1983) * ''Masquerade (TV series), Masquerade'' (1983) * ''Automan'' (1983) * ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'' (1984) * ''Airwolf'' (1984) * ''Cover Up (TV series), Cover Up'' (1984) * ''Max Headroom (TV series), Max Headroom'' (1987) * ''Jake and the Fatman'' (1987) * ''Matlock (TV series), Matlock'' (1988) * ''Quantum Leap'' (1989–91) * ''The Lot'' (2001)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorleac, Jean-Pierre French costume designers Living people Mass media people from Toulon Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)