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name: "Richard La Motte"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-la-motte"
fi1m_id: "richard-la-motte"
imdb_id: "nm0478756"
tmdb_id: 16596
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "27 July 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:20:57.489272+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."
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# Richard La Motte

## Identity

Richard La Motte

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-la-motte
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-la-motte
- **IMDb ID:** nm0478756
- **TMDB ID:** 16596
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478756/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16596

Costume designer. Born 27 July 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 27 July 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1992
- **Also known as:** Richard E. La Motte, Dick LaMotte, Richard E. LaMotte, Richard LaMotte, Dick Lamotte, Richard E. Lamotte, Richard Lamotte
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 58 (2), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, War 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $334m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478756/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16596

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Goonies*](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Rambo III*](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md) (39)

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

## Biography

Richard La Motte is an American costume designer and production designer. Born on 27 July 1943 in Los Angeles, California, he trained at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and took film courses at UCLA and USC. He began working in the costume department in 1966 after service in the US Marine Corps.

La Motte received costume design credits on films including *The Return of a Man Called Horse* (1976), *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1977), *The Goonies* (1985), *Rambo III* (1988) and *Gods and Generals* (2003). He worked as a military or technical advisor on *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992) and *The Mask of Zorro* (1998). He has also served as costume supervisor or advisor on other productions such as *Reds* (1981) and *The Pacific* (2010).

In 2001 he published the book *Costume Design 101*, drawing on his decades of experience in the industry. He retired from film work around 2006.

*Sources: imdb.com, richardlamotte.com, signalscv.com, faso.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Fi1m 84, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Fi1m 39, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)
- *The Goonies* (1985), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Gods and Generals* (2003), Costume Design
- *Crazy Horse* (1996), Costume Design
- *Geronimo* (1993), Costume Designer
- *Joshua Tree* (1993), Costume Design
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Costume Design — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)
- *The Hanoi Hilton* (1987), Costume Design
- *The Gladiator* (1986), Production Design
- *Stitches* (1985), Costume Designer
- *The Goonies* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)
- *Reds* (1981), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)
- *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Return of a Man Called Horse* (1976), Costume Design
- *Haunts of the Very Rich* (1972), Costumer

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