OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A COMEDY-VARIETY or music series - 1978
- Nominee
- Franne Lee
- Saturday Night Live
- NBC
- SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Franne Lee
Date of Birth:
December 30, 1941
Date of Passing:
August 27, 2023
Birthplace:
Bronx, New York
Obituary:
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Franne Lee was an American costume and production designer for stage, television, and film. Franne designed costumes for SNL from 1975 to 1980 and is responsible for such iconic outfits as the Killer Bees and the Coneheads. Later, Franne collaborated with Harold Prince in his Broadway production of Sweeney Todd in 1979 and went on to work on the television version of the same title in 1980.
Franne Lee was an American costume and production designer for stage, television, and film. Franne designed costumes for SNL from 1975 to 1980 and is responsible for such iconic outfits as the Killer Bees and the Coneheads. Later, Franne collaborated with Harold Prince in his Broadway production of Sweeney Todd in 1979 and went on to work on the television version of the same title in 1980.
Other productions include The Mooney Shapiro Songbook (1981), Shel Silverstein's Wild Life (1983), three one-act plays by Elaine May, David Mamet, and Shel Silverstein (1983) for Chicago's Goodman Studio, Streetheat (1985), The Paul Simon Special, and Edith Wharton specials for PBS, and Comedy Zone (1988). Her film work includes John Sayles' Baby It's You (1982), Al Pacino's The Local Stigmatic (1992) and Chinese Coffee (1997), and Sweet Nothing (1993). Franne also designed several music videos, including the Harlem Shuffle (1986) with the Rolling Stones, and created the sets for Suzanne Vega's Days of Open Hand Tour.
Awards & Nominations
2 Nominations
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