Leslie Dilley

Ivor Leslie Dilley , also Les Dilley (born January 11, 1941 in Rhondda , Wales ) is a British film architect for American films.

Live and act

Ivor Leslie "Les" Dilley, originally from South Wales, is considered a child prodigy in the film industry. At the age of 13 he began to study architecture at Willesden Technical College and two years later he received a five-year contract as an apprentice at the Associated British Studios in London . He first worked as a plasterer and later as a draftsman . In this role Dilley was also involved in the popular television series Simon Templar in the 1960s .

In 1973 and the following year, Dilley realized his first important works for the cinema when he designed the buildings for the two lively Dumas films of Richard Lester , The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers - The Revenge of My Lady . In 1976 his compatriot Norman Reynolds , with whom he had already worked on Simon Templar , brought him to Los Angeles to create the sets for George Lucas ' classic science fiction film Star Wars . This production became a worldwide success, brought both Brits and their colleague Jonathan Barry, who were also involved in it, an Oscar each and established Dilley in Hollywood. At Reynolds' side, Les Dilley also designed the buildings for lavish large-scale productions in the following years: Superman , The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Treasure , for which he received his second Oscar.

In addition, in 1978 Dilley realized Michael Seymour's impressive space designs in Ridley Scott's Alien - The uncanny creature from an alien world . The buildings of Scott's fantasy fairy tale legend and James Cameron's underwater adventure Abyss deserve attention from his later designs .

Films (complete)

1973: The three musketeers 1974: The Four Musketeers - The Revenge of Milady 1976: Star Wars 1976: Three Foreign Legionnaires ( The Last Remake of Beau Geste ) 1977: Superman 1978: Alien - The uncanny creature from an alien world 1979: The empire strikes back 1980: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1980: American Werewolf 1982: Eureka 1983: never say never 1984: legend 1985: The white coats ... dumber than the doctor allows ( Bad Medicine ) 1985: Invasion of Mars 1986: Quatermain II - In search of the mysterious city 1987: Stars and Bars - the normal American madness ( Stars and Bars ) 1988: Abyss - Abyss of Death 1989: The Exorcist III 1990: guilty of suspicion

1991: What about Bob? 1991: darling, now we have a giant baby 1992: An honorable gentleman 1993: Always anger about the Dojo 1994: Casper 1995: an American quilt 1995: Diabolical 1996: Project: Peacemaker (also guest role) 1997: Deep Impact (also guest role) 1998: Inspector Gadget 2000: Men of Honor 2000: The principle of happiness (also guest role) 2001: Knight Jamal - A Black Comedy (also guest role) 2003: Cold Creek Manor - Das Haus am Fluss (also guest role) 2004: Mask 2 - The next generation 2005: Little Man 2010: The Quinn-tuplets (TV) 2012: Drew Peterson: Untouchable (TV)

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 400.

Web links

• Leslie Dilley in the Internet Movie Database (English)