Biography
Albert Wolsky (24 November 1930 – 23 May 2026) was a French-born American costume designer. Born in Paris, his family fled to New York during the Second World War. He graduated from the City College of New York and worked in the travel industry before training under costume maker Helene Pons on Broadway productions, including the original Camelot. He began designing for Broadway in the mid-1960s and received his first film credit on The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968).
Wolsky worked extensively in both theatre and film. His screen credits include Grease (1978), Manhattan (1979), Sophie’s Choice (1982), Revolutionary Road (2008), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Ad Astra (2019). He received seven Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, winning for All That Jazz (1979) and Bugsy (1991). He was also nominated for a Tony Award for his work on the 2013 Broadway revival of The Heiress.
