John Mollo

John Mollo (born 18 March 1931 in London, England) is a British costume designer and book author, most known for his costume design for the "Star Wars" series of films.

Biography

John Mollo has been interested in European and American military uniforms since a very young age and wrote several books on the subject. [cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/50/John-Mollo.html|title=John Mollo Biography (1931-) |publisher=www.filmreference.com|accessdate=2008-01-14] This lead him to costume design, first being an advisor for the movie "Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1966 and later a costume designer, his first movie being George Lucas' "" in 1977. [cite web
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Costume Design

Movies

* "" (1977)cite web
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* "Alien" (1979)
* "" (1980)
* "Outland" (1981)
* "Gandhi" (1982)
* "The Lords of Discipline" (1983)
* "" (1984)
* "King David" (1985)
* "Revolution" (1985)
* "Cry Freedom" (1987)
* "Hanna's War" (1988)
* "White Hunter Black Heart" (1990)
* "Air America" (1990)
* "Chaplin" (1992)
* "The Three Musketeers" (1993)
* "The Jungle Book" (1994)
* "Event Horizon" (1997)

Television

Awards & Nominations

* two Academy Awards [cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/index.html|title=Official Academy Awards Database|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
** 1978: ""
** 1983: "Gandhi" (together with Bhanu Athaiya)
* three Saturn Award nominations, won one [cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#costume|title=Past Saturn Awards - Best Costume|publisher=Saturn Awards]
** 1978: ""
* five BAFTA Award nominations Fact|date=January 2008
* three Emmy Award nominations [cite web|url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php|title=Advanced Primetime Awards Search|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]

References