Thomas, Bill

Thomas, Bill
▪ 2001
William Thomas Petersen 
      American costume designer (b. Oct. 13, 1921, Chicago, Ill.—d. May 30, 2000, Beverly Hills, Calif.), created costumes for more than 300 films. Thomas received 10 Academy Award nominations for best costume design. After studying at the University of Southern California and the Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and provided fashions for United Service Organizations shows. After the war he was an apprentice designer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1947 to 1949 and later worked for Universal Studios and Walt Disney Productions. Thomas and fellow designer Valles shared the Oscar for best costume design for their work on Spartacus (1960). Among other films for which Thomas received Oscar nominations were Toys in the Attic (1963), Ship of Fools (1965), and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

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