Deborah LANDIS

United States

Deborah LANDIS

Deborah Nadoolman Landis' many costume design credits include: Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Trading Places and Coming to America for which she was nominated for an Academy Award© in 1988. Her costume for Indiana Jones is on permanent display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. Dr. Landis received her Ph.D. from The Royal College of Art, and in addition to Screencraft: Costume Design (Focal Press, 2003), she co-curated the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences exhibition 50 Costumes/50 Designers: Concept to Character (University of California Press, 2004). Her latest book, Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume (Harper Collins) will be published for Christmas 2007. She is an adjunct professor at USC and the American Film Institute, and President of The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892.

Jury attendance

  • Member Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2007