Paul Zastupnevich

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Paul DN Zastupnevich (born December 24, 1921 in Homestead , Pennsylvania , † May 9, 1997 in Rancho Mirage , California ) was an American costume designer .

Live and act

Paul Zastupnevich first attended Homestead High School in his native city and then the Carnegie Institute of Technology, a college specializing in engineering in Pittsburgh . He earned a bachelor's degree from Duquesne University and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh . He made his first experiences in costume design at the Pittsburgh Civic Ballet and at Gene Kelly's Pitt Cap and Gown Show . He then studied fashion design at the Louise Salinger School of Dress Design in Pittsburg.

During his military service he was involved as a costume designer in theater performances at Fort Benning . These included pieces like Oklahoma , Separate Rooms and The Man Who Came to Dinner . Zastupnevich moved to Hollywood in the mid-1940s . He worked as a costume designer and theater actor at the Pasadena Playhouse for around ten years .

Through a meeting with actress Rhonda Fleming , Zastupnevich got into the crew of Irwin Allen's circus film The Big Circus (1959), for which he designed the costumes. Starting with this film debut, he worked with Allen for over 30 years, both as a costume designer and as a production assistant. Among other things, he furnished the disaster films The Poseidon's Infernal Journey , The Day on which the World Ended and The Deadly Swarm and was awarded Oscar nominations for this. He also worked on Allen's television productions such as the SF series Lost Between Alien Worlds . Her television film Alice in Wonderland received five Emmy nominations in 1986 , one of them for Zastupnevich's costume design. At this time his film career ended.

Zastupnevich later worked as a freelance fashion designer, including designing ball gowns for Olivia de Havilland . He ran the boutique The House of Z with his sister Olga . In 1994 he became the co-founder and president of the Irwin Allen News Network (IANN), which is dedicated to promoting and disseminating Irwin Allen's work.

In 1997 Paul Zastupnevich died of cancer at Rancho Mirage. He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood .

Awards

Filmography (selection)

  • 1959: The world of sensations ( The Big Circus )
  • 1960: The Lost World ( The Lost World )
  • 1961: Fire Belt Company ( Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea )
  • 1962: Five Weeks in a Balloon ( Five Weeks in a Balloon )
  • 1964–1968: The Seaview - In a Secret Mission ( Voyage to the bottom of the sea , television series) - as a production assistant
  • 1966–1967: Time Tunnel (TV series) - as a production assistant
  • 1966–1968: Lost Between Alien Worlds (TV series, Lost in Space )
  • 1968–1970: Planet of the Giants ( Land of the Giants , TV series)
  • 1972: The Poseidon Adventure ( The Poseidon Adventure )
  • 1974: Flammendes Inferno ( The Towering Inferno )
  • 1976: Time Travelers (TV movie)
  • 1976: The flood breaks loose ( Flood ! , TV movie)
  • 1977: Horizon in Flames ( Fire!, TV movie)
  • 1977: Viva Knievel!
  • 1978: Adventure Atlantis ( The Return of Captain Nemo , TV movie)
  • 1978: The Swarm ( The Swarm )
  • 1979: Hanging by a Thread (TV movie)
  • 1979: Hunt for the Poseidon ( Beyond the Poseidon Adventure )
  • 1980: The day the world ended ( When Time Ran Out ... )
  • 1980: The Secret of Queen Anne ( The Memory of Eva Ryker , Movie made for TV)
  • 1983: The Night the Bridge Fell Down (TV movie)
  • 1983: Cave In! (TV movie)
  • 1985: Alice in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland , TV movie)
  • 1986: Cry for Justice ( Outrage ! , TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Zastupnevich costume design drawings collections.oscars.org, accessed March 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ Paul Zastupnevich Biography iann.net retrieved on March 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Paul Zastupnevich Tribute iann.net, accessed on March 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Paul D Zastupnevich, United States Social Security Death Index , accessed March 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Paul Zastupnevich findagrave.com, accessed March 2, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Zastupnevich, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zastupnevich, Paul DN
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Homestead , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1997
Place of death Rancho Mirage , California