---
name: "Deborah Nadoolman Landis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deborah-nadoolman-landis"
fi1m_id: "deborah-nadoolman-landis"
imdb_id: "nm0618966"
tmdb_id: 7211
wikidata_id: "Q5248338"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T19:02:41.813720+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Deborah Nadoolman Landis

## Identity

Deborah Nadoolman Landis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deborah-nadoolman-landis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deborah-nadoolman-landis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0618966
- **TMDB ID:** 7211
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5248338
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Nadoolman_Landis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5248338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0618966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7211

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1980–1988
- **Also known as:** Deborah Nadoolman-Landis, Deborah Landis, Deborah Nadoolman
- **Frequently works with:** [John Landis](https://film.one/person/john-landis.md), [Dan Aykroyd](https://film.one/person/dan-aykroyd.md), [George Folsey Jr.](https://film.one/person/george-folsey-jr.md), [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,006m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Nadoolman_Landis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5248338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0618966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7211

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Trading Places*](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md) (80), [*An American Werewolf in London*](https://film.one/film/an-american-werewolf-in-london.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Raiders of the Lost Ark*](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md) (93)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blues Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) (81)
- **AMC+:** [*Coming to America*](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Spies Like Us*](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md) (47)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Deborah Nadoolman Landis is an American costume designer, author and professor. She graduated with an MFA in costume design from UCLA in 1975 and later earned a PhD in the history of design from the Royal College of Art in London.

She is known for her work on films including *National Lampoon's Animal House* (1978), *The Blues Brothers* (1980), *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), *Trading Places* (1983), *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), *¡Three Amigos!* (1986) and *Coming to America* (1988), the last of which earned her an Academy Award nomination. Many early credits appear under the name Deborah Nadoolman. She served two terms as president of the Costume Designers Guild.

Landis is married to director John Landis and has written and edited several books on costume design. She is a distinguished professor at UCLA and founding director of the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tft.ucla.edu.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Fi1m 47, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Trading Places* (1983), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-werewolf-in-london.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Fi1m 93, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Fi1m 81, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Burke & Hare* (2010), Costume Design
- *Susan's Plan* (1998), Costume Design
- *Blues Brothers 2000* (1998), Costume Design
- *Mad City* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Stupids* (1996), Costume Design
- *Innocent Blood* (1992), Costume Design
- *Oscar* (1991), Costume Design
- *Nothing but Trouble* (1991), Costume Design
- *Coming to America* (1988), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *¡Three Amigos!* (1986), Costume Designer
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Into the Night* (1985), Costume Design
- *Crackers* (1984), Costume Designer
- *Michael Jackson's Thriller* (1983), Costume Designer
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Costume Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *Trading Places* (1983), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/trading-places.md)
- *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-werewolf-in-london.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Costume Design — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)
- *1941* (1979), Costume Design
- *Animal House* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Kentucky Fried Movie* (1977), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1989: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Coming to America*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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