Anthony Mendleson
Anthony Mendleson (7 February 1915 – 5 September 1996) was a British
set designer. He is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s; those include his designs for such critically acclaimed films as Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Mandy (1952), and The Ladykillers (1955). Mendleson has been nominated twice, for Young Winston (1972) and The Incredible Sarah (1976), for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design
.
Mendleson was born on 7 February 1915 in Chiswick, London and died in London on 5 September 1996.[1]
Filmography (as costume designer)
- Passport to Pimlico (1949)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Train of Events (1949)
- A Run for Your Money (1949)
- The Blue Lamp (1950)
- Cage of Gold (1950)
- The Magnet (1950)
- Pool of London (1951)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- The Man in the White Suit (1951)
- His Excellency (1952)
- Secret People (1952)
- I Believe in You (1952)
- Mandy (1952)
- The Gentle Gunman (1952)
- Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
- The Love Lottery (1954)
- The Ladykillers (1955)
- Who Done It? (1956)
- The Feminine Touch (1956)
- True as a Turtle (1957)
- Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
- The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
- The One That Got Away (1957)
- Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
- Innocent Sinners (1958)
- Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
- Left Right and Centre (1959)
- The Mouse That Roared (1959)
- Follow a Star (1959)
- Make Mine Mink (1960)
- The Bulldog Breed (1960)
- Mr. Topaze (1961)
- A Matter of WHO (1961)
- She'll Have to Go (1962)
- Guns of Darkness (1962)
- Billy Budd (1962)
- The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
- The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
- The Moon-Spinners (1964)
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
- Pretty Polly (1967)
- The Magus (1968)
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
- David Copperfield (1969)
- Jane Eyre (1970)
- Macbeth (1971)
- Young Winston (1972)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
- The Black Windmill (1974)
- Persecution (1974)
- The Ghoul (1975)
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
- Mister Quilp (1975)
- The Incredible Sarah (1976)
- Gulliver's Travels (1977)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- The Boys from Brazil (1978)
- The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
- Saturn 3 (1980)
- Rough Cut (1980)
- Dragonslayer (1981)
- Krull (1983)
- The Keep (1983)
- The Masks of Death (1984)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Best Costume Design | Young Winston | Nominated | [2] |
| 1976 | The Incredible Sarah | Nominated | [3] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 1964 | Best British Costume Design – Colour | The Long Ships | Nominated | [4] |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Nominated | |||
| 1969 | Best Costume Design | Oh! What a Lovely War | Won | [5] |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Macbeth Young Winston |
Won | [6] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Best Costume Design | Dragonslayer | Nominated | |
| 1983 | Krull | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Anthony Mendleson". BFI. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "45th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "49th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "18th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "23rd BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "26th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
External links
- Anthony Mendleson at IMDb
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