William Travilla
William Jack Travilla ( born March 22, 1920 in Los Angeles, † November 2, 1990 ibid ) was under the name of Travilla one of the most famous costume designer for film, theater and television in Hollywood.
Life and work
William Travilla came to Hollywood in 1942 and worked in B- movies. Later, he designed costumes for major film productions and won an Oscar in 1949 for The amorous adventures of Don Juan with Errol Flynn in the title role. In 1951 he made the costumes for The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Later Travilla worked mainly for the film studio 20th Century Fox and was responsible in eight of her films for the wardrobe of Marilyn Monroe. Among them were the famous white dress from the movie The cursed 7th year, which was blown up in New York over a subway tunnel and the pink dress from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monroe contributed to the song Diamonds Are a Girl 's Best Friend. The works for the Monroe Movies How to Marry a Millionaire? and rhythm in their blood brought a Travilla more Oscar nominations. Other films, designed the costumes for the Travilla, were Fritz Lang's 1950 Hero of Mindanao, 1952 Elia Kazan Viva Zapata! or Edward Dmytryks The left hand of God in the year 1955. 1964 he received another Oscar nomination for The Lost Rose.
From the late 1970s Travilla worked mainly for television productions. In the 1980s he designed the costumes for episodic television shows such as The Thorn Birds and Dallas and received several Emmy Awards and nominations.
Saloon Monroe dress from the final scene of River of No Return (1954 )
Dress rhythm in the blood ( 1954)
The white dress from The cursed 7th year, which was blown up over a subway tunnel (1955 )
Films (selection )
Awards
Nominations
- Oscar nominations 1954: How to Marry a Millionaire?
- 1955: for rhythm in the blood
- 1964: for The Lost Rose