Leslie Pope Explained

Leslie Pope
Birth Name:	Leslie Ann Pope
Other Names:	Leslie A. Pope
Birth Date:	2 June 1954
Birth Place:	Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:	Venice, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Set decorator
Yearsactive:	1982-2019
Relatives:	Bill Pope (brother)

Leslie Pope (June 2, 1954 – May 6, 2020) was an American set decorator who was nominated at the 76th Academy Awards for her work on the 2003 film Seabiscuit in the category of Best Art Direction. She shared her nomination with Jeannine Oppewall.^[1]

Pope was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky.^[2] She was an alumna of Antioch College, where she received a B.A. in biology.^[3]

Selected filmography

• After Hours (1985)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• Ironweed (1987)
• Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
• The Prince of Tides (1991)
• Carlito's Way (1993)
• The Juror (1996)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• In & Out (1997)
• The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
• Flawless (1999)
• The Family Man (2000)
• Bad Company (2002)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• S1m0ne (2002)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• Spanglish (2004)
• Failure to Launch (2006)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Seven Pounds (2008)
• Funny People (2009)
• Get Him to the Greek (2010)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• This Is 40 (2012)
• (2014)
• Ant-Man (2015)
• Ghostbusters (2016)
• (2018)
• (2019)

Notes and References

1. News: The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners . April 6, 2014 . . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929190645/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html . September 29, 2012 .
2. https://www.bgdailynews.com/obituaries/leslie-ann-pope/article_ad6dbada-f18d-578f-acfb-ee3760436695.html Leslie Ann Pope
3. https://deadline.com/2020/05/leslie-a-pope-dies-1202930717/ Leslie A. Pope Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Seabiscuit’ Set Decorator Was 65