Camille Abbott

Camille Abbott is an American illustrator, art director, and designer. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 2014.^[1]

Abbott received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chouinard Art Institute in 1957.^[2] In 1960, she became the third woman to join then IATSE Local 790 (Illustrators and Matte Artists).^[1] She served as Secretary Treasurer of the local for 42 years. During her career, she drew storyboards and production design drawings for dozens of films including Spaceballs , Flashdance , and Battlestar Galactica.^[3] For the film Spaceballs, Abbott worked in the art department as an illustrator.^[4] For Career Opportunities Abbott also worked in the art department, but as a production illustrator for the film.^[5]

Abbott has lectured as a storyboard and sketch artist at universities including the University of Hawaii, San Diego State University, and the UCLA.^[6] Abbott was nominated for Best Costume Design by the NAACP for the play Shaking the Mess out of Misery .^[1]

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.^[1]

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