Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Academy Award for Costume Design


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 6 Sep 08)

  
 costume   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Ghostface costume - The Ghostface costume is the costume worn by the killers in all three "Scream" movies.
Costume jewelry - Costume jewelry refers to adornments that are made of less valuable materials, including base metals, glass, plastic, and synthetic stones, i...
Sandy Powell (costume designer) - Sandy Powell (born April 7, 1960) is a British costume designer who has been nominated for several Academy Award's in t...
www.serebella.com /search/topic-costume.html   (502 words)

  
 Academy Award Information - TextSheet.com
The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States.
The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5816, with actors, with a membership of 1311, making up the largest voting block.
There is also a wide belief that awards are given for "political" reasons - for instance, rewarding an artist whose career has included many good works but has not thus far received an Academy Award.
www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/academy_award.html   (875 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Academy Award for Costume Design
This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for fl-and-white and color movies.
For 1957 the awards were combined into a single award.
Best Costume Design Oscar 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Academy-Award-for-Costume-Design   (9403 words)

  
 Academy Award - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
The Academy Awards (nicknamed The Oscars) are the most prominent film awards in the United States.
The Academy Award statuette was allegedly nicknamed Oscar when Academy librarian Margaret Herrick saw it on a table and said, "it looks just like my uncle Oscar!" The nickname stuck and is used almost as commonly as Academy Award, even by the Academy itself.
The awards night itself is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent fashion designers.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /academy_award.htm   (1014 words)

  
 The Dead (1987 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dead is a 1987 film directed by John Huston (the last film he directed before his death) and starring his daughter Anjelica Huston.
It was adapted from a short story by James Joyce (from his book Dubliners), and nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.
It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dead_(1987_movie)   (94 words)

  
 Costume in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Costume designer is a cinema term which refers to a person whose responsibilty is to design costume s for a movie or stage production.
A costume drama is a period piece in which elaborate costume s, set s and prop properties are featured in order to capture the ambience of a particular era.
Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater performance.
www.tutorgig.com /es/Costume   (1032 words)

  
 Academy to Present Costume Design Seminar
Beverly Hills, CA - A four-part seminar examining the art of costume design will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning Tuesday, September 14, at 7 p.m.
A sampling of the costume sketches recently donated to the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library from the Costume Designers Guild will be on display in the lobby of the Dunn Theater.
The seminar is being held in conjunction with the Academy's gallery exhibition "Fifty Designers/Fifty Costumes: Concept to Character," which will be on display in the Grand Lobby and Fourth Floor Galleries of the Academy's Beverly Hills building from September 10 through December 5.
www.oscars.org /press/pressreleases/2004/04.08.18.html   (524 words)

  
 New Line Cinema | Auction
Best known as the Academy Award winner for costume design for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Eiko’s provocative and shockingly beautiful vision can be seen on August 18th in The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez.
Aside from the special bodysuits the four main characters wear in the laboratory scene, I was in charge of the costumes for the fantasy sequences.
Since I was responsible for creating costume for the fantasy world in which the doctor that Jennifer Lopez plays and the serial killer that Vincent D’Onofrio plays interact, I had total freedom.
www.newline.com /nlcauction/eiko_interview.html   (1248 words)

  
 OSCAR.com - 77th Annual Academy Awards - Nominees: Costume Design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Based on "The Iliad" and its recounting of the battles of the Trojan War, the film tells the tale of the efforts of the Greek armies to defeat the city of Troy and reclaim Helen, wife of the Spartan king Menelaus.
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Bob Ringwood.
ACADEMY AWARD(S)®, OSCAR(S)®, OSCAR NIGHT® and OSCAR® statuette design mark are the registered trademarks and service marks, and the OSCAR® statuette the copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
www.oscar.com /nominees/nom_34023.html   (184 words)

  
 Directory - Arts: Movies: Filmmaking: Makeup and Costumes: Costumers: Plunkett, Walter
Costume Designers Guild: Hall of Fame  · cached · Profile of the designer widely regarded as among the best period costumers in Hollywood history.
Little Golden Guy: Nominations  · A list of designer nominations and wins for the Academy Award for Costume Design presented along with the competition.
Vivien Leigh: Costumes from the Film  · cached · This project established Plunkett as the authority on period costumes in Hollywood regardless the director's and author's consideration of other designers right down to the wire.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=1210826   (236 words)

  
 From Here to Eternity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Academy Award for Best Picture - Buddy Adler, producer
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Frank Sinatra
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/From_Here_to_Eternity   (233 words)

  
 Academy Award for Costume Design - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
This Academy_Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for fl-and-white and color movies.
Marie_de_Matteis - ''War and Peace'' For 1957 the awards were combined into a single award.
Walter_Plunkett - ''Some_Came_Running'' For 1959 the Award was again divided into two awards.
www.indexsuche.com /Academy_Award_for_Costume_Design.html   (164 words)

  
 Film101CyberCinema-Art, Costume, and Make-Up Production Awards
Academy Award winner for Costume Design in 1996 for Ann Roth (also Costume Designer for Midnight Cowboy in 1969, Klute in 1971, Day of the Locust in 1975, Hair in 1979, Nine to Five in 1980, The World According to Garp in 1992, The Unbearable Lightness of Being in 1988, and Primary Colors in 1998)
Academy Award Nomination for 1993 for Sandy Powell (also Costume Designer for Caravaggio in 1986, The Crying Game in 1992, Rob Roy in 1995, Michael Collins in 1996, Wings of the Dove in 1997, and Shakespeare in Love in 1998)
Won Academy Award for Costume Design in 1997 for Deborah L. Scott (also Costumer and Costume Designer on ET in 1982, Back to the Future in 1985, and Looking for Richard in 1996.
www.miracosta.edu /home/gfloren/F-Design.htm   (1132 words)

  
 Best Costume Design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Art Direction and Costume Design sometimes go hand in hand as far as the Academy Awards go.
this chart detailing the history of the art direction and costume design categories.
And as you know, "Oscar(s)®" and "Academy Award(s)®" are registered trademarks and service marks of A.M.P.A.S.
members.aol.com /reedyb/oscar/categories/costume.htm   (84 words)

  
 Directory - Arts: Movies: Filmmaking: Makeup and Costumes: Costumers: Sharaff, Irene
Costume Designers Guild: Hall of Fame  · cached · Profile offered of the designer who was one of very few to carry through work on several film projects from their beginnings on the stage.
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)  · iweb · Filmography offered of the designer whose work spans five decades and includes Academy Award wins for "An American in Paris", "Cleopatra", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "The King and I", and "West Side Story".
Little Golden Guy: Nominations  · Complete list of the designer's wins and nominations for the Academy Award for Costume Design along with his competitors.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=1210847   (133 words)

  
 Morgan! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The movie was written by David Mercer and directed by Karel Reisz.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vanessa Redgrave) and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
American 80's icon Morgan Fairchild took her first name from this film.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morgan!   (113 words)

  
 Gigi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
None of them, however, was for any of the acting awards.
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color - E. Preston Ames, F. Keogh Gleason, Henry Grace, and William A. Horning
Academy Award for Costume Design, Black-and-White or Color - Cecil Beaton
www.wikiverse.org /gigi   (408 words)

  
 Academy Award for Comedy Direction -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Academy Award for Comedy Direction -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Academy Award for Comedy Direction would now be considered as a variation of Best Director.
It was only given in the first year of the awards.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/academy_award_for_comedy_direction.htm   (113 words)

  
 Darling (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
The movie was written by and directed by John Schlesinger.
It won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Julie Christie), Best Costume Design, Black-and-White and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen.
It was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Darling_(film)   (152 words)

  
 Table Of Contents: Collection One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
To celebrate a member's nomination for an academy award for costume design, the Club hosts a Masque Ball and the guest of honor dresses as Guinevere and arranges to meet up with Lancelot at midnight.
At the Club weekend, she is assigned Ferdinand, the world's greatest chocolatier for an appointment at the Bordella.
The hot new designer of sexy at-home designs favored by Jennifer Lopez and other celebrities puts on a fashion show at the club for the wealthy members but what she really needs is a session at the Bordella to learn how to feel as erotic as her hot creations.
www.bordellareaders.com /TableOfContents.html   (468 words)

  
 Articles - All About Eve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Smaller roles were filled by Gregory Ratoff as the producer Max Fabian, Barbara Bates, as Phoebe, a young fan of Eve Harrington, and Walter Hampden as the Master of Ceremonies at an award presentation.
Academy Award for Costume Design, fl and white: Edith Head and Charles Le Maire
The film also won many awards including, in 1997, placement on the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
gaple.com /articles/All_About_Eve?mySession=7c7f359cb20f01b9b336d633...   (1172 words)

  
 ez2Find : Arts : Movies : Filmmaking : Makeup and Costumes : Costumers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Fact filled rundown and reference associates costumers with their trademark and specialty styles.
Since the 1948 inaugural of the Academy Award for Costume Design with an award presented to one color and one fl and white film, a complete list of winners and nominees that includes links to certain film synopses, cast biographies, and crew credits.
James Sherwood's 'Costume Dramas' considers Hollywood's role in setting fashion trends over the influence of Parisian runways, especially in the first half of the 20th century.
www.ez2find.com /cgi-bin/directory/meta/search.pl/Arts/Movies/Filmmaking/Makeup_and_Costumes/Costumers   (201 words)

  
 Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
She began her motion picture career as a seamstress at Warner Bros. in 1929, working under costume designer Orry Kelly.
Rhodes succeeded him as head of Warner Bros. Costume Department in the 1940s and remained with the studio into the 1950s.
A sampling of Rhodes's nonfilm work, which ranged from general fashion design to elaborate costumes created for Las Vegas shows, is also included.
www.oscars.org /mhl/sc/rhodes_149.html   (247 words)

  
 1998 Academy Awards
Anyone in the Los Angeles area should be sure to visit FIDM's 7th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit, which runs through mid-April.
Costumes from all five Oscar-nominated films, as well as other 1998 releases including The Mask of Zorro, Ever After, The Man in the Iron Mask, and (!) Babe: Pig in the City, are featured.
Includes the list of nominees for Costume Design (the most important Oscar!), an overview of the nominated designs and review of the costumes in the FIDM exhibit, plus the dish on best and worst dressed at the Oscar ceremony.
members.fortunecity.com /emfarrell/awards99.html   (190 words)

  
 academy award for costume design - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word academy award for costume design:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "academy award for costume design" is defined.
Additional searches for academy award for costume design...
www.onelook.com /?w=academy+award+for+costume+design   (97 words)

  
 Queen Margot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
Queen Margot or La Reine Margot in French, was a novel written in 1845 by AlexandreDumas and a film of that novel, with the same name (1994), starring Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design.
It is the fictionalized story of the real Marguerite deValois, wife of King Henry IV of France.
www.therfcc.org /queen-margot-159114.html   (78 words)

  
 weiss - fashion search engine ©Metrofashion
Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.
Notices- Academy Awards®, Oscar® and the Oscar® statuette design are trademarks, service marks and copyrighted property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globes and Golden Globe statuette are trademarks, service marks and copyrighted property of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
www.metrofashion.com /cgi-bin/smsearch.pl?terms=weiss   (362 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.