Leslie Dilley
- Dirección de arte
- 11 de enero de 1941 · Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- 20 de mayo de 2025
Biografía
Leslie Dilley (January 11, 1941 — May 20, 2025) was a Welsh art director and production designer. During his career from the 1970s to 2000s, he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction twice for Star Wars (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Dilley received additional Best Art Direction nominations for Alien (1979), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and The Abyss (1989). Apart from art direction, Dilley was a production designer for The Exorcist III (1990), Casper (1995), and Son of the Mask (2005). In 1941, Dilley was born in Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Growing up, Dilley and his family moved to London and lived in Wembley Park. For his post-secondary education, Dilley studied architecture at Willesden Technical College. While working as an apprentice plasterer during college, Dilley was encouraged by a classmate to apply at Pinewood Studios. After Pinewood told him there were no open positions available, Dilley completed a five year plastering apprenticeship at the Associated British Picture Corporation.
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Filmografía
- The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars · En persona
- Death, Be Not Proud: The Making of "The Exorcist III" · En persona
- Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' · En persona
- Pequeño pero matón · Production Design
- La máscara II. El hijo de la máscara · Production Design
- La casa (Cold Creek Manor) · Antique Dealer, Production Design
- El caballero negro · Production Design
- Cadena de favores · The Governor, Production Design
- Hombres de honor · Production Design
- Inspector Gadget · Production Design
- El legado alien · En persona
- Deep Impact · Waiter, Production Design
- El pacificador · New York Priest, Production Design
- El quinto elemento · Agradecimientos
- Diabólicas · Production Design, Second Unit Director
- Donde reside el amor · Production Design, Second Unit Director
- Casper · Production Design
- Un ladrón de cuatro manos · Production Design
- Su distinguida señoría · Production Design
- Cariño, he agrandado al niño · Production Design, Second Unit Director
- ¿Qué pasa con Bob? · Production Design
- Caza de brujas · Production Design
- El exorcista III · Production Design
- Abyss · Production Design
- Un señorito en Nueva York · Production Design
- Allan Quatermain y la ciudad perdida de oro · Production Design
- Invasores de Marte · Production Design
- Legend · Supervising Art Director
- Nunca digas nunca jamás · Supervising Art Director
- Eureka · Supervising Art Director
- Un hombre lobo americano en Londres · Art Direction
- En busca del arca perdida · Art Direction
- El imperio contraataca · Art Direction
- Alien: El octavo pasajero · Art Direction
- Superman · Art Direction
- La guerra de las galaxias · Art Direction
- Los cuatro mosqueteros · Art Direction
- Los tres mosqueteros. Los diamantes de la reina · Art Direction
- Scorpio · Assistant Art Director
- Los demonios · Assistant Art Director
- New-Gen · Production Design