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- Birth nameIvor Leslie Dilley
- Leslie Dilley was born on January 11, 1941 in Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The Abyss (1989). He was married to Leslie Lykes Dilley and Amanda Parish. He died on May 20, 2025 in the USA.
- SpousesLeslie Lykes Dilley(1987 - May 20, 2025) (his death, 4 children)Amanda Parish(1967 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Dilley began his film career at the age of fifteen with a plastering and construction apprenticeship at the Associated British Picture Corporation. At the same time, he studied architecture and building construction at Willesden Technical College.
- At age 23, Dilley was a plaster worker on the James Bond movie From Russia With Love. He continued to work his way up the art department ladder as a draughtsman and then assistant art director on films including like Kelly's Heroes and Jesus Christ Superstar.
- For James Cameron's movie The Abyss, Dilley transformed an abandoned nuclear power plant in South Carolina into a large underwater filming set.
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