Deborah Landis
Costume designer Deborah Landis has collaborated with directors John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Louis Malle, and Costa Gravas in her iconic designs for films such as “Animal House,” “Indiana Jones” and “Coming to America” (for which she was nominated for an Academy Award). She received her Master’s in Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from UCLA and her PhD in the History of Design from the Royal College of Art in London. She is a 30-year member of the Costume Designer’s Guild, for which she served two terms as president. She is a Professor at the University of the Arts in London and holds the David C. Copley Chair and is the Founding Director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. She is the author of several books, most recently “Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration.” She was the senior guest curator for the blockbuster exhibition entitled “Hollywood Costume” at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
