Marcel Vertès

Marcel Vertès (10 August 1895 – 31 October 1961) was a Hungarian costume designer. He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge.^[1]^[2]

Vertès is also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel in New York City, New York.

Selected filmography

Academy Award for Costume Design (1948–1960)

1948–1956 Black & White / Color separate	1948 (Black & white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff

1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton

1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Arlington Valles

Complete list (1948–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)