Donfeld

Date of birth : 07/03/1934

Date of death : 02/03/2007

City of birth : Los Angeles, California, USA

Los Angeles native Donfeld (born Donald Lee Feld) attended Chouinard Art Institute before being hired as art director in 1953 by Capitol Records. After several years at Capitol he went out on his own, and soon found steady employment in the film industry as a costume designer. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design four times: for Days of Wine and Roses (1962), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Tom Sawyer (1973) and Prizzi's Honor (1985).