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Leslie Dilley

Production designer (1941 - 2025) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 84

Leslie Dilley was a Welsh art director and production designer. During his film career from the 1970s to 2000s, he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction twice for Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), sharing this both times with Norman Reynolds.

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Academy Award for Best Production Design1982

Academy Award for Best Production Design1978

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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 Deep Impact (1998).

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United Kingdom

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1941 to 2025 · aged 84