John Mollo

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-03-18 (86 years old)

Deathday

2017-10-25

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

John Mollo

Biography

John Mollo (18 March 1931 – 25 October 2017) was a British costume designer and writer on the history of the military uniform. He created the costumes for the first two installments of the Star Wars original film trilogy. Mollo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twice, for Star Wars (1977) and Gandhi (1982), winning both times. Mollo was born in London on 18 March 1931. His father was Eugene Simonovitch Mollo, a Russian immigrant who had escaped Russia in the 1920s, and his mother was Ella Clara Mollo (née Cockell). Eugene Mollo had started his own company that specialised in spraying cement. He was a collector of ti...

Production

1979

Alien

as Costume Design

1990

Air America

as Costume Design

1997

Event Horizon

as Costume Design

1981

Outland

as Costume Design

1990

White Hunter, Black Heart

as Costume Design

1992

Chaplin

as Costume Design

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

as Costume Design

1977

Star Wars

as Costume Design

1982

Gandhi

as Costume Design

1993

The Three Musketeers

as Costume Design

1994

The Jungle Book

as Costume Design

1985

King David

as Costume Design

1983

Privates on Parade

as Technical Advisor

1987

Cry Freedom

as Costume Design

1998

1970

The Adventures of Gerard

as Technical Advisor

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