Martin Pakledinaz (September 1, 1953 – July 8, 2012) was an American

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for stage and film. He won his

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s for designing the costumes for '' Thoroughly Modern Millie'' and the 2000 revival of ''

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'', which also earned him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design. His most recent costume designs were for the Broadway shows '' Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012); ''Man and Boy'' (revival, 2011); ''

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'' (revival 2011) and '' The Normal Heart''. He worked on the 1995 production of ''

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'' at the

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. He designed costumes for plays for the leading regional theatres of the United States, and the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden.Biography at Tisch, New York University
design.tisch.nyu.edu, accessed July 3, 2009 Opera credits include works at the New York Metropolitan Opera (''

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'', '' Rodelinda'', '' Iphigénie en Tauride'') and the

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, as well as opera houses in Seattle, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Santa Fe, Houston, and Toronto. European houses include Salzburg, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Helsinki, Gothenburg, and others. He also designed for dance companies such as the

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production of ''Nutcracker'', and worked with Mark Morris for many years. Pakledinaz died from

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on July 8, 2012, at the age of 58. Shortly after his death, he was posthumously inducted into the

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Education

Pakledinaz received a BFA from

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and an MFA (1975) from the

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References

External links

* *
Biography from americantheatrewing.org as of July 2007
* Martin Pakledinaz Websit

1953 births 2012 deaths American costume designers Drama Desk Award winners Tony Award winners Wayne State University alumni University of Michigan alumni {{theat-bio-stub