Camille Abbott

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Camille Abbott is an American illustrator, art director, and designer. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 2014. [1]

Abbott received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chouinard Art Institute in 1957. [2] In 1960 she became the third woman to join then IATSE Local 790 (Illustrators and Matte Artists). [1] She served as Secretary Treasurer of the local for 42 years. During her career, she drew storyboards and production design drawings for dozens of films including Spaceballs , Flashdance , and Battlestar Galactica. [3] For the film Spaceballs, Abbott worked in the art department as an illustrator. [4] For Career Opportunities Abbott also worked in the art department, but as a production illustrator for the film. [5]

Abbott has lectured as a storyboard and sketch artist at universities including the University of Hawaii, San Diego State University, and the UCLA. [6] Abbott was nominated for Best Costume Design by the NAACP for the play Shaking the Mess out of Misery . [1]

In the mid-1970s, Abbott, along with a small community of parents, founded the first multicultural school in Los Angeles. She continued her work within the education system by heading various committees among four elementary schools, forming a multicultural calendar for them. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ADG Lifetime Achievement - CAMILLE ABBOTT". adg.org. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. ↑ "Chouinard Alumna Camille Abbott Wins Lifetime Achievement Award". blog.calarts.edu. 17 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Art Directors Guild to Honor Four With Lifetime Achievement Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Spaceballs (1987) - IMDb , retrieved 2022-10-14
  5. ↑ Career Opportunities (1991) - IMDb , retrieved 2022-10-14
  6. ↑ Katz, Steven Douglas. Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Scree. Gulf Professional Publishing. p. 82.


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