Camille Abbott

{{Short description|American illustrator, art director, and designer}} '''Camille Abbott''' is an American illustrator, art director, and designer. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Art Directors Guild]] in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://adg.org/awards/lifetime-achievement/camille-abbott/|title=ADG Lifetime Achievement - CAMILLE ABBOTT|website=adg.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref>

Abbott received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from [[Chouinard Art Institute]] in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.calarts.edu/2015/02/17/chouinard-alumna-camille-abbott-wins-lifetime-achievement-award/|title=Chouinard Alumna Camille Abbott Wins Lifetime Achievement Award|website=blog.calarts.edu|date=17 February 2015 |access-date=}}</ref> In 1960, she became the third woman to join then [[International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees|IATSE]] Local 790 (Illustrators and Matte Artists).<ref name=":0"/> She served as Secretary Treasurer of the local for 42 years. During her career, she drew [[storyboard]]s and production design drawings for dozens of films including ''[[Spaceballs]]'', ''[[Flashdance]]'', and [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|''Battlestar Galactica'']].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/art-directors-guild-honor-four-758823|title=Art Directors Guild to Honor Four With Lifetime Achievement Awards|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=17 December 2014 }}</ref> For the film ''Spaceballs'', Abbott worked in the art department as an illustrator.<ref>{{Citation |title=Spaceballs (1987) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/fullcredits |access-date=2022-10-14}}</ref> For ''Career Opportunities'' Abbott also worked in the art department, but as a production illustrator for the film.<ref>{{Citation |title=Career Opportunities (1991) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101545/fullcredits |access-date=2022-10-14}}</ref>

Abbott has lectured as a storyboard and sketch artist at universities including the [[University of Hawaii]], [[San Diego State University]], and the [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Scree|last=Katz|first=Steven Douglas|publisher=Gulf Professional Publishing|year=|isbn=|pages=82}}</ref> Abbott was nominated for Best Costume Design by the [[NAACP]] for the play ''[[Shaking the Mess out of Misery]]''.<ref name=":0"/>

In the mid-1970s, Abbott, along with a small community of parents, founded the first multicultural school in Los Angeles. She continued her work within the education system by heading various committees among four elementary schools, forming a multicultural calendar for them.<ref name=":0"/>

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