Jean-Pierre Dorléac
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
The diversified costumes of designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac have enlightened audiences
worldwide with their visual concept of the 18th and 19th centuries;
provided them with an accurate and honest visual history of this
century and our present day; and propelled them into the futuristic
galaxies of tomorrow, ... all filled with details of authenticity.
Dorléac's prolific career in costume design has encompassed feature
films, television, theater, rock-videos and private couture. His
provocative and challenging creations range from the exotic rags and
tatters assembled for The Blue Lagoon (1980), the mad, institutional designs for the
West Coast premier stage production of Peter Weiss' "Marat/Sade". The
gallantry and pageantry of the American Revolutionary War was seen in
the television movie, The Bastard (1978), earning Dorléac his first Emmy
nomination, followed by its sequel, _"Rebels, The" (1979) (mini)_. The beauty and romanticism
of turn-of-the-century America, has been honestly captured in a quartet
of films that include Horton Foote's Lily Dale (1996); the biographical films,
Mae West (1982), and A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994); and finally, Somewhere in Time (1980), the feature that garnered
him an Academy Award nomination. His depiction of the South Pacific in
the 30's was nominated for an Emmy for Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), while the 40's were
explored in another woman's biographical film, Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982). The 50's, 60's,
70's and 80's costumes for the NBC series, Quantum Leap (1989) were Emmy nominated
for four consecutive years for their factual depiction of the
quaternion. The enduring Heart and Souls (1993), showed us San Francisco in the late
50's and present day, while Universal's feature, Leave It to Beaver (1997) gave us a
'today', reminiscent of the late 50's. His striking creations for the
cover of NEW YORK magazine caused a fashion media frenzy and the
beguilingly-styled, high-tech Bond-ish glamour, Elizabeth Hurley wore
in the television special, "THE WORLD OF JAMES BOND" was 'simply
drop-dead', so said television's EXTRA. Fantasy and science-fiction
have been represented through the punk, sociopathic madness of Max Headroom (1987);
the vampy, cartoonish camp of _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)_; and the Emmy Award winning
simplicity of the retro, look-into-the-future of Battlestar Galactica (1978). Dorléac's
collection of work has been exhibited world wide. Benefits for AIDS
Project Los Angeles have celebrated his designs, as well as the
Mannequins Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Southern California
with fashion shows. The Los Angeles County Museum of Arts showcased his
costumes in their exhibition and book, "HOLLYWOOD AND HISTORY: COSTUME
DESIGN IN FILM", as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City; La Palais de la Civilization, Montreal, Canada; and La Place
Vendôme, Paris, France.