Albert Wolsky

Albert Wolsky born 24 November 1930

Albert Wolsky is an American costume designer. He has worked both on stage shows as well as for film, and has received two Academy Awards.

Wolsky was born in Paris, France. He graduated from the City College of New York and began an early career in the travel industry. He decided to change careers and took an assistant's job with notable costume maker Helene Pons. Wolsky became a well regarded costume designer, working both on Broadway and in the motion picture industry.

Wolsky worked on many films including Harry and Tonto, The Turning Point, Grease and Manhattan. He worked with Bob Fosse, a leading Broadway director, on All That Jazz and won his first Academy Award. He won his second Academy Award for Bugsy in 1991 and has been nominated five other times, most recently for his work on Julie Taymor's Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe (2007) and Sam Mendes's Revolutionary Road (2008).

He began his career as costume designer for the theatre by assisting costume designer Ann Roth on A Case of Libel (1963); he later assisted Roth on The Odd Couple (1965), Patricia Zipprodt on Fiddler on the Roof (1964), and Theoni Aldredge on Illya Darling (1967). His first work as lead costumer was Generation (1965). He went on to serve as principal costume designer for both plays and musicals, including The Sunshine Boys (1972) and Sly Fox (1976).

Wolsky is currently a Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

He is the recipient of the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award For Costume Design.