Biography
Albert Wolsky (November 24, 1930 — May 23, 2026) was an American costume designer. He has worked both on stage shows as well as for film, and has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design seven times, winning two awards for his work on the films All That Jazz (1979) and Bugsy (1991).
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1992
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1980
- Tony Award — Best Costume Design in a Play · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 2008 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1986 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1980 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Newsroom
Manhattan
All That Jazz
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Road to Perdition
Grease
Sophie's Choice
Lenny
Across the Universe
Galaxy Quest
Revolutionary Road
The Changeling
The Journey of Natty Gann
Jarhead
You've Got Mail
To Be or Not to Be
An Unmarried Woman
The Gambler
The Pelican Brief
Chances Are
Charlie Wilson's War
The Manchurian Candidate
Star 80
The Jackal
Bugsy
The Falcon and the Snowman
Fingers
Red Corner
Up Close & Personal
Moscow on the Hudson
Popi
Enemies, a Love Story
Amsterdam
Ad Astra
Maid in Manhattan
Runaway Bride
Crimes of the Heart
Legal Eagles
Where's Poppa?
The Woman in the Window
Larry Crowne
She-Devil
Tempest
Loving
Duplicity
The Grass Harp
Moon Over Parador
Down and Out in Beverly Hills