Jean-Pierre Dorléac

Jean-Pierre Dorléac (b. (1943-04-12)April 12, 1943 in Toulon, France) is a French costume designer whose work has appeared in film, television, theater, variety, opera and burlesque.

Jean-Pierre Dorléac
Born	(1943-04-12) April 12, 1943 (age 82) Toulon, France
Other names	Jean-Pierre Dorléac
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1977-2004

Biography

Jean-Pierre Dorkéac was born in Toulon (France) on (1943-04-12)April 12, 1943.

He began his career for the film industry in the United States in 1977.

Dorléac with British-American actress Olivia Hussey, circa 1978 (probably in relation with TV film The Bastard).

Jean-Pierre Dorléac was nominated at the 53rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Costumes for his work on the 1980 film Somewhere in Time.^[1]

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 Palais de la civilisation [fr], 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 (1978)
• Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Somewhere in Time (1980)
• National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
• The Boss' Wife (1986)
• The Killing Time (1987)
• Heart and Souls (1993)
• The Only Thrill (1997)
• Leave It to Beaver (1997)
• Walking to the Waterline (1998)
• In Enemy Hands (2004)

Television movies

• The Bastard (1978)
• The Rebels (1979)
• Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981)
• Twirl (1981)
• Mae West (1982)
• Rooster (1982)
• Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
• Airwolf (1984)
• 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 (1996)

Television 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 (1983)
• Automan (1983)
• Knight Rider (1984)
• Airwolf (1984)
• Cover Up (1984)
• Max Headroom (1987)
• Jake and the Fatman (1987)
• Matlock (1988)
• Quantum Leap (1989–91)
• The Lot (2001)