George Lucas Thanks Les Dilley For His Work Even For "How Crazy I Act Sometimes" At BAFTA Wales Awards
Les Dilley Gets Outstanding Contribution Award At BAFTA WALES. On Sunday, production designer and art director Leslie (Les) Dilley received the Outstanding Contribution Award , one of the highest accolades BAFTA can award at the British Academy Cymru Awards. It was streamed live online and Alex Jones (not that one) was the host. Les Dilley was born in the Rhondda, Wales and has worked on some of the most iconic movies such as Star Wars: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Alien to name but a few. James Cameron started off the compliments explaining how he had the pleasure of working with Les in 1988 on The Abyss and how it was a "horrifically challenging film for a number of reasons and we always that felt we were in such great hands from the design, from the sense of functionality of this deep ocean underwater drilling rig to the execution of it, Les was able to build sets that were so real, feeling to us as the crew and to the audience ...