Anthony Powell, the British costume designer whose decades-long career yielded three Academy Awards, died Sunday at age 85.
“My friend, my mentor, Anthony Powell passed away last evening,” fellow designer Scott Traugott announced on Facebook Monday. We have lost a brilliant designer, a true gentleman. I was so honored to follow in his shadow on many productions. A light has dimmed in our universe. He taught me so much, and helped me so much. I will truly miss him. Everything was told with a very funny Hollywood story.”
The Costume Designers Guild also confirmed the news in a statement Monday on Facebook: “Legendary English costume designer Anthony Powell passed away last weekend. He will be celebrated in a small, private gathering due to Covid restrictions and is survived by two nieces,”
A master of period detail, he earned his Oscars for “Travels With My Aunt” (1972), the Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile...
“My friend, my mentor, Anthony Powell passed away last evening,” fellow designer Scott Traugott announced on Facebook Monday. We have lost a brilliant designer, a true gentleman. I was so honored to follow in his shadow on many productions. A light has dimmed in our universe. He taught me so much, and helped me so much. I will truly miss him. Everything was told with a very funny Hollywood story.”
The Costume Designers Guild also confirmed the news in a statement Monday on Facebook: “Legendary English costume designer Anthony Powell passed away last weekend. He will be celebrated in a small, private gathering due to Covid restrictions and is survived by two nieces,”
A master of period detail, he earned his Oscars for “Travels With My Aunt” (1972), the Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile...
- 4/20/2021
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Anthony Powell, the three-time Oscar-winning costume designer known for helping shape the looks of Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones and Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil, has died. He was 85.
The Costume Designers Guild confirmed Powell’s death on Monday night on Facebook, writing: “Legendary English costume designer Anthony Powell passed away last weekend. He will be celebrated in a small, private gathering due to Covid restrictions and is survived by two nieces.” According to a Facebook post from fellow designer Scott Traugott, Powell died on Friday evening.
Powell’s Academy Awards came for “Travels with My Aunt” (1972), “Death on the Nile” (1978) and “Tess” (1979). He was nominated for Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” and “102 Dalmatians.”
He worked with top directors of the 1970s and ’80s including Spielberg, Roman Polanski, George Cukor and William Friedkin.
Born in Manchester, U.K. Powell was a graduate of the Central School of Art and Design in London.
The Costume Designers Guild confirmed Powell’s death on Monday night on Facebook, writing: “Legendary English costume designer Anthony Powell passed away last weekend. He will be celebrated in a small, private gathering due to Covid restrictions and is survived by two nieces.” According to a Facebook post from fellow designer Scott Traugott, Powell died on Friday evening.
Powell’s Academy Awards came for “Travels with My Aunt” (1972), “Death on the Nile” (1978) and “Tess” (1979). He was nominated for Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” and “102 Dalmatians.”
He worked with top directors of the 1970s and ’80s including Spielberg, Roman Polanski, George Cukor and William Friedkin.
Born in Manchester, U.K. Powell was a graduate of the Central School of Art and Design in London.
- 4/20/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Anthony Powell, the extraordinary British costume designer whose résumé included a pair of Indiana Jones films for Steven Spielberg, Tess and three other features for Roman Polanski and a trio of Academy Awards, has died. He was 85.
Powell died Friday, veteran Broadway costume designer Scott Traugott reported on Facebook. “We have lost a brilliant designer, a true gentleman. I was so honored to follow in his shadow on many productions. A light has dimmed in our universe,” he wrote.
The Costume Designers Guild, which gave Powell its career achievement award in 2000, said Powell “will be celebrated in ...
Powell died Friday, veteran Broadway costume designer Scott Traugott reported on Facebook. “We have lost a brilliant designer, a true gentleman. I was so honored to follow in his shadow on many productions. A light has dimmed in our universe,” he wrote.
The Costume Designers Guild, which gave Powell its career achievement award in 2000, said Powell “will be celebrated in ...
- 4/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Anthony Powell, the extraordinary British costume designer whose résumé included a pair of Indiana Jones films for Steven Spielberg, Tess and three other features for Roman Polanski and a trio of Academy Awards, has died. He was 85.
Powell died Friday, veteran Broadway costume designer Scott Traugott reported on Facebook. “We have lost a brilliant designer, a true gentleman. I was so honored to follow in his shadow on many productions. A light has dimmed in our universe,” he wrote.
The Costume Designers Guild, which gave Powell its career achievement award in 2000, said Powell “will be celebrated in ...
Powell died Friday, veteran Broadway costume designer Scott Traugott reported on Facebook. “We have lost a brilliant designer, a true gentleman. I was so honored to follow in his shadow on many productions. A light has dimmed in our universe,” he wrote.
The Costume Designers Guild, which gave Powell its career achievement award in 2000, said Powell “will be celebrated in ...
- 4/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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