| Paul LeBlanc | |
| Other Names: | Paul Le Blanc |
| Birth Date: | 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Death Date: | October 2, 2019 (aged 73) |
| Death Place: | Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation: | Hairstylist |
| Yearsactive: | 1976–2010 |
Paul LeBlanc (1946 – October 2, 2019) was a Canadian Academy Award-winning hairstylist who won at the 1984 Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film Amadeus. He shared the Oscar with Dick Smith.[1]
One of his first films was the Francis Ford Coppola-produced The Black Stallion Returns. LeBlanc continued to work for Coppola as well as for Lucasfilm, creating new hairstyles for the character of Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi.[2]
In 2003, LeBlanc received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild.[3] He died at his home in Dieppe, New Brunswick, on October 2, 2019, at the age of 73.[4]