Jean-Pierre Dorléac


Jean-Pierre Dorléac is a French costume designer whose work has appeared in film, television, theater, variety, opera and burlesque.

Biography

Dorléac was born in Toulon, France. He began his career for the film industry in the United States in 1977. Dorléac was nominated at the 53rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Costumes for his work on the 1980 film Somewhere in Time.
Additionally he was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice for the 1978 TV series Battlestar Galactica and the 1999-2001 TV series The Lot. He was also nominated for Quantum Leap five times, along with Mae West, Lily Dale, The Bastard and Tales of the Gold Monkey.
He is also known for films The Blue Lagoon, Heart and Souls, and Leave It to 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, the, Montreal, Canada, and in the Place Vendôme, Paris, France.
He has worked throughout the world, principally in France, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay.
In 2005, Abracadabra Alakazama 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 straightforward 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 Good Guys Wear Black Battlestar Galactica Buck Rogers in the 25th Century The Blue Lagoon Somewhere in Time National Lampoon's Class Reunion The Boss' Wife The Killing Time Heart and Souls The Only Thrill Leave It to Beaver Walking to the Waterline

Television movies

The Bastard The Rebels Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls Twirl Mae West Rooster Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story Airwolf The Highwayman For the Very First Time A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story An Element of Truth Dead Man's Island

Television series

Battlestar Galactica Galactica 1980 The Greatest American Hero Tales of the Gold Monkey Emerald Point N.A.S. Masquerade Automan Knight Rider Airwolf Cover Up Max Headroom Jake and the Fatman Matlock Quantum Leap