Bill Thomas (costume designer)

American costume designer (1921–2000)

Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas (1951)
Born	William Thomas (1921-10-13)October 13, 1921 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died	May 30, 2000(2000-05-30) (aged 78) Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Costume Designer
Years active	1950-1983

Bill Thomas (October 13, 1921 – May 30, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American costume designer with over 180 credits, best known for films such as Babes in Toyland, Spartacus and The Happiest Millionaire. He was nominated ten times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning once for Spartacus.

In 2006 he was inducted into the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame.

Academy Award nominations and wins

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1960	Best Costume Design — Black and White	Seven Thieves	Nominated
1960	Best Costume Design — Color	Spartacus	Won
1961	Best Costume Design — Color	Babes in Toyland	Nominated
1962	Best Costume Design — Color	Bon Voyage!	Nominated
1963	Best Costume Design — Black and White	Toys in the Attic	Nominated
1965	Best Costume Design — Black and White	Ship of Fools	Nominated
1965	Best Costume Design — Color	Inside Daisy Clover	Nominated
1967	Best Costume Design	The Happiest Millionaire	Nominated
1970	Best Costume Design	The Hawaiians	Nominated
1971	Best Costume Design	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Nominated

References

"8th annual awards". Costume Designers Guild Awards. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
"33rd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"34th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"35th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"36th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"38th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"40th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"43rd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
"44th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

External links

Bill Thomas at IMDb

v t e Academy Award for Best Costume Design
1948–1956	1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton
1959–1960	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
1961–1966	1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott 1968: Danilo Donati 1969: Margaret Furse 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo 1972: Anthony Powell 1973: Edith Head 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund 1976: Danilo Donati 1977: John Mollo 1978: Anthony Powell 1979: Albert Wolsky 1980: Anthony Powell
1981–2000	1981: Milena Canonero 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh 1984: Theodor Pištěk 1985: Emi Wada 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright 1987: James Acheson 1988: James Acheson 1989: Phyllis Dalton 1990: Franca Squarciapino 1991: Albert Wolsky 1992: Eiko Ishioka 1993: Gabriella Pescucci 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner 1995: James Acheson 1996: Ann Roth 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott 1998: Sandy Powell 1999: Lindy Hemming 2000: Janty Yates
2001–2020	2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie 2002: Colleen Atwood 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004: Sandy Powell 2005: Colleen Atwood 2006: Milena Canonero 2007: Alexandra Byrne 2008: Michael O'Connor 2009: Sandy Powell 2010: Colleen Atwood 2011: Mark Bridges 2012: Jacqueline Durran 2013: Catherine Martin 2014: Milena Canonero 2015: Jenny Beavan 2016: Colleen Atwood 2017: Mark Bridges 2018: Ruth E. Carter 2019: Jacqueline Durran 2020: Ann Roth
2021–present	2021: Jenny Beavan 2022: Ruth E. Carter 2023: Holly Waddington
Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Costume Design
1970s	Bill Thomas (1976) John Mollo (1977) Theoni V. Aldredge (1978) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1979)
1980s	Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1980) Bob Ringwood (1981) Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton (1982) Aggie Guerard Rodgers and Nilo Rodis-Jamero (1983) Bob Ringwood (1984) Nanà Cecchi (1985) Robert Fletcher (1986) Phyllis Dalton (1987) Barbara Lane (1988) Erica Edell Phillips (1989/90)
1990s	Marilyn Vance (1991) Eiko Ishioka (1992) Mary E. Vogt (1993) Sandy Powell (1994) Julie Weiss (1995) Deborah Everton (1996) Ellen Mirojnick (1997) Jenny Beavan (1998) Trisha Biggar (1999)
2000s	Louise Mingenbach (2000) Judianna Makovsky (2001) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor / Trisha Biggar (2002) Penny Rose (2003) Kevin Conran (2004) Isis Mussenden (2005) Yee Chung-man (2006) Colleen Atwood (2007) Mary Zophres (2008) Michael Wilkinson (2009)
2010s	Colleen Atwood (2010) Alexandra Byrne (2011) Paco Delgado (2012) Trish Summerville (2013) Ngila Dickson (2014) Alexandra Byrne (2015) Colleen Atwood (2016) Jacqueline Durran (2017) Michael Wilkinson (2018/19) Bina Daigeler (2019/20)
2020s	Jacqueline Durran, David Crossman and Glyn Dillon (2021/22) Jacqueline Durran (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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