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.^[1]

Academy Award nominations and wins

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1960	Best Costume Design — Black and White	Seven Thieves	Nominated	^[2]
1960	Best Costume Design — Color	Spartacus	Won	^[2]
1961	Best Costume Design — Color	Babes in Toyland	Nominated	^[3]
1962	Best Costume Design — Color	Bon Voyage!	Nominated	^[4]
1963	Best Costume Design — Black and White	Toys in the Attic	Nominated	^[5]
1965	Best Costume Design — Black and White	Ship of Fools	Nominated	^[6]
1965	Best Costume Design — Color	Inside Daisy Clover	Nominated
1967	Best Costume Design	The Happiest Millionaire	Nominated	^[7]
1970	Best Costume Design	The Hawaiians	Nominated	^[8]
1971	Best Costume Design	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Nominated	^[9]

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

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

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.