Award-winning Australian film and documentary director Gillian Armstrong’s film career spans over 40 years locally and internationally.
Here she shares her discovery of Orry-Kelly and the incredibly fortunate set of events that uncovered his memoir and his box of memorabilia including his three Oscars.
The release of Armstrong’s 2015 feature-length documentary on the life and work of renowned costume designer Orry-Kelly, ‘Women He’s Undressed’, coincided with ACMI’s exhibition ‘Orry-Kelly: Dressing Hollywood’.
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In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Viewing Booths
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003171
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Armstrong, Gillian
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Costume design
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Costume design - Motion pictures
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Costume designers
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - Australia
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture producers and directors
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture producers and directors - Australia
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Orry-Kelly, 1897-1964
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women in the motion picture industry
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Crafts & Visual Arts → Costume design - exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Costume designers
Music & Performing Arts → Costume
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation