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Anthony Powell (born 2 June 1935, [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]],^ref Manchester, [[England]]) is an English [[costume designer]] for [[stage (theatre)|]] and [[Big screen|screen]]. He has won three [[Academy Awards]], for [[...|Travels with My Aunt (1972)]], [[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|]] (1978) and [[Tess (film)|]] (1979). He has worked with directors such as [[Roman Polanski]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[George Cukor]], [[Robert Altman]] and [[David Lean]]. Among the stars who have worn his creations are [[Paul Newman]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Warren Beatty]], [[Steve McQueen]], [[Sean Connery]], [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Roger Moore]], [[Maggie Smith]], [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Johnny Depp]].

== Biography ==

Raised in Yorkshire and Dublin, Powell began his professional career as a teenager touring with his handmade marionettes. While serving as a map reader in the military, he managed to mistakenly lead the British Army of the Occupation in Germany into the Russian zone. After graduating from [[...|London's Central School of Art and Design]], he apprenticed as an assistant to other designers including [[Cecil Beaton]]. 

Simultaneously, Powell served as a lecturer at his alma mater. His costume designs for [[John Gielgud|John Gielgud's]] production of "[[The School for Scandal]]" (1963) earned him a [[Tony Award]], and he also received a second nomination for his scenic design. He was consulted as a designer fashioning men's sportwear during the, as well as working as a design consultant for hotels and restaurants. He assisted in the restoration and renovation of ,  during the 1960s and 1970s
 
Powell made his first Hollywood connection with director [[Irving Lerner]] who chose him to design the costumes for "[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]" (1969), which required styling both the Spanish conquistadors as well as the native Americans. His first Oscar came for his outlandish designs for [[Maggie Smith|Maggie Smith's]] Augusta in George Cukor's "[[Travels with My Aunt]]" (1972). Powell returned to Broadway as set designer for a revival of [[Noël Coward|Noël Coward's]] "[[Private Lives]]", starring Maggie Smith.

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'''Anthony Powell''' (born 2 June 1935, [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]],<ref>Anthony Powell, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article5275395.ece ''What's in a name?''], letter, The Times, 3rd Dec 2008, page 33</ref> Manchester, [[England]]) is an English [[costume designer]] for [[stage (theatre)|stage]] and [[Big screen|screen]]. He has won three [[Academy Awards]], for [[Travels with My Aunt (film)|Travels with My Aunt (1972)]], [[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]] (1978) and [[Tess (film)|Tess]] (1979). He has worked with directors such as [[Roman Polanski]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[George Cukor]], [[Robert Altman]] and [[David Lean]]. Among the stars who have worn his creations are [[Paul Newman]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Warren Beatty]], [[Steve McQueen]], [[Sean Connery]], [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Roger Moore]], [[Maggie Smith]], [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Johnny Depp]].

==Biography==
Raised in Yorkshire and Dublin, Powell began his professional career as a teenager touring with his handmade marionettes. While serving as a map reader in the military, he managed to mistakenly lead the British Army of the Occupation in Germany into the Russian zone. After graduating from [[Central School of Art and Design|London's Central School of Art and Design]], he apprenticed as an assistant to other designers including [[Cecil Beaton]].

Simultaneously, Powell served as a lecturer at his alma mater. His costume designs for [[John Gielgud|John Gielgud's]] production of "[[The School for Scandal]]" (1963) earned him a [[Tony Award]], and he also received a second nomination for his scenic design. He was consulted as a designer fashioning men's sportwear during the, as well as working as a design consultant for hotels and restaurants. He assisted in the restoration and renovation of <<link:0>>, <<link:1>> during the 1960s and 1970s
 
Powell made his first Hollywood connection with director [[Irving Lerner]] who chose him to design the costumes for "[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]" (1969), which required styling both the Spanish conquistadors as well as the native Americans. His first Oscar came for his outlandish designs for [[Maggie Smith|Maggie Smith's]] Augusta in George Cukor's "[[Travels with My Aunt]]" (1972). Powell returned to Broadway as set designer for a revival of [[Noël Coward|Noël Coward's]] "[[Private Lives]]", starring Maggie Smith.

The Academy honored him with back-to-back Oscars for his glamorous 30's designs for "[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]" (1978), particularly the women's outfits worn in the film by such luminaries as [[Mia Farrow]], [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Bette Davis]] and Maggie Smith, and his 19th Century attire for "[[Tess]]" (1979). The latter began a three-film collaboration with director [[Roman Polanski]] that included the lavish "[[Pirates (1986 film)|Pirates]]" (1986) and the contemporary "[[Frantic (film)|Frantic]]" (1988). Additionally, Powell created the costumes and sets for the French stage production of "[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]", in which Polanski starred as well as directed.

Powell also forged a collaboration with director [[Steven Spielberg]], creating the period-appropriate costumes for both "[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]" (1984) and "[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]" (1989). Powell had spent the better part of four years working closely with [[David Lean]] on the director's proposed film "[[Nostromo (film)|Nostromo]]"; however the project was halted due to Lean's death. [[Marlon Brando]], [[Paul Scofield]], [[Peter O'Toole]], [[Isabella Rossellini]], [[Christopher Lambert]], and [[Dennis Quaid]] had all been set to star in this adaptation. In 1991, he designed the fantastic clothing for "[[Hook (film)|Hook]]", some of which recalled his earlier work on "Pirates".

Returning to the stage, he re-interpreted [[Edith Head|Edith Head's]] designs for the 1950 film, fashioning the lavish and luxuriant clothes of Norma Desmond in the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] musical "[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]" (1993 in London; 1994 in the USA). [[Glenn Close]] headed the American production and Powell got to create the over-the-top costumes for her [[Cruella DeVil]] in the live action remake of "[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]" (1996), and it's sequel "[[102 Dalmatians]]"; for which he received another Best Costume Design Academy Award nomination. He also reinterpreted 60s mod fashions for the film version of "[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]" (1998).

==List of Credits==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |1964 
| Festival (TV series) – [[The Comedy of Errors]] 
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1969 
| [[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]] 
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1972 
| [[Travels with My Aunt (film)|Travels with My Aunt]]
| Won the [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1973 
| [[Papillon (film)|Papillon]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1975
| [[That Lucky Touch]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1976 
| [[Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson]]
| 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1977 
| [[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]] 
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1978 
| [[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]] (costumes designed by)
| Won the [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]] <br /> Won the [[BAFTA]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1979
| [[Tess (film)|Tess]]
| Won the [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]] <br /> Nominated for the [[BAFTA]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1981  
| [[Priest of Love]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1982 
| [[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1984 
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 
| Nominated [[Saturn Award]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Costume|Best Costume Design]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1986 
| [[Pirates (1986 film)|Pirates]]
| Won [[César Award]] for [[César Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] <br /> Nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1987 
| [[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]] 
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1988 
| [[Frantic (film)|Frantic]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1989 
| [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]] 
| Nomiated [[Saturn Award]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Costume|Best Costume Design]]
|- 
| style="text-align: center;" | 1991 
| [[Hook (film)|Hook]]
| Nominated [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1996 
| [[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]] 
| 
|- 
| style="text-align: center;" | 1998 
| [[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]
| 
|- 
| style="text-align: center;" | 1999 
| The Ninth Gate
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2000 
| [[102 Dalmatians]] 
| Nominated [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]]
|-
| | 2004 
| Capriccio (TV movie) 
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2006 
| [[Miss Potter]]
|
|}

==Awards==
* [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]] – 1973, 1979, 1981
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design]] – 1979
* [[César Award for Best Costume Design]] ''(Meilleurs costumes=Best costumes)'' – 1987
* [[Costume Designers Guild Awards|Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award]] – 2000
* [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design]] – 1963

==References==
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http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/interviews/clothing-tess-poirot-indiana-jones

==External links==
* {{IBDB name|25228|Anthony Powell}}
* {{IMDb name|0694018|Anthony Powell}}

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| NAME              = Powell, Anthony
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English costume designer
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 2 June 1935
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England
| DATE OF DEATH     =
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
}}
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[[Category:Best Costume Design Academy Award winners]]
[[Category:British costume designers]]
[[Category:César Award winners]]
[[Category:Costume Designers Guild Award winners]]
[[Category:Tony Award winners]]

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