Juul Haalmeyer


Juul Haalmeyer is a costume designer, best known for doing costume design on several iterations of SCTV. Haalmeyer also worked as a costume designer for many movies, television shows, theatre productions, concerts wardrobes for various artists and specials like Bridge to Silence, All My Sons, Long Day's Journey into Night, Noddy, the Shining Time Station Family Specials, Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales, Diamonds, , and Ghostwriter.

Career

Juul Haalmeyer started his career as a costume designer in 1969, working on TV, movies, and theatre in Toronto.

The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers

The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers were a woefully inept troupe of variety show dancers on the television sketch comedy show SCTV. They premiered on series 4, cycle 1, episode 8, titled Bouncin' Back to You with The Tubes.
Catherine O'Hara wanted bad dancers for the Bouncin' Back to You segment with Lola Heatherton. O'Hara auditioned professional dancers, but they couldn't dance poorly, so she asked Haalmeyer, the show's costume designer, to put something together with whoever was available. O'Hara named the dance group The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers because it sounded similar to the June Taylor Dancers.
The dance group changed with each episode they appeared on, with Haalmeyer being the only constant. The dancers were made up of the show's cast members who weren't busy elsewhere, the show's writers, and miscellaneous crew members who were available.
All the dancers were dressed identically, with Haalmeyer creating the costumes. The choreography and dance routines were kept simple and jointly developed by the dancers. The signature exit move — fingers pointing down while backing up — was developed by Eugene Levy.
The character of "Juul Haalmeyer" was allowed to develop over the course of several episodes and was seen on occasion without the dance troupe. In his final appearance, he and SCTV character Lola Heatherton revealed that they were in a relationship.

Appearances

The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers only appeared on these six episodes of SCTV.
Juul Haalmeyer also appeared as "himself" in:
Haalmeyer can also be glimpsed as an extra in a handful of other episodes.

Charity

Haalmeyer is active in charity work, donating costumes to groups such as the acrobatic/dance group Fantasy Flyers.

Filmography

COSTUME DESIGN:
YEAR PRODUCER PRODUCTION / PERFORMER CATEGORY # Shows
1999-2000 IMG Skate The Nation with Brian Orser & International Champions Skating Tours

1998-99 PBX/BBC/TVO Noddy Children's Series * Received EMMY Award for Costume Design Jayne Eastwood, Sean McCann

1994-95 CATALYST / PBS Shining Time Station Children's Special

1993-94 ALLIANCE / FAMILY Mighty Jungle Sitcom

1993 TOUCHSTONE / DISNEY Cool Runnings, John Candy - Personal Assistant

1989-92 CBC / SALTER STREET FILMS Codco Comedy Series - Cathy Jones, Greg Malone, Tommy Sexton, Mary Walsh

1990-91 BILL GRAHAM / IMG Skating I & II North American Tour with Brian Boitano / Katarina Witt

1991 McKENNA / GLOBAL / HA! Peeping Tom Comedy Pilot

1989 NORSTAR / SIMPSON / SAGAR Prom Night III – The Last Kiss Film

1989 CDN. CENTRE FOR ADVANCED FILM STUDIES Exposed Film - Co-designed with Sylvie Bonniere

1989 CBS / SHOWTIME Together Again Comedy Special with Andrea Martin

1989 CBS / WHITLEY / SHOWTIME Second City 15th Anniversary Comedy Special with SCTV & Second City Alumni

1988 FAR NORTH / FRIES / CBS Bridge to Silence Movie of the Week with Lee Remick, Marlee Matlin

1988 MALABAR / PITTSBURGH L.O. Annie Get Your Gun Stage Musical

1988 MALABAR / MUNI – ST. LOUIS Grease Stage Musical

1987-88 ALLIANCE / CBS Diamonds Drama Series

1987 WHITLEY / H.B.O. The Enigma of Bobby Bittman Comedy Special with Eugene Levy

1987 CBC / ROTHMAN Rendezvous 87 Variety Special

1987 CINEMAX Max Campaign Commercials

1986 BRANDMAN / WHITLEY / UNIVERSAL Long Day's Journey Into Night Drama Special with Jack Lemmon /

1986 BRANDMAN/WHITLEY/UNIVERSAL/PBS/G.W. All My Sons Drama Special with Aidan Quinn / Michael Learned / James Whitmore

1986 SHOWMAKERS Hollywood Then & Now Stage Productions

1985 SHOWTIME / INTERCHANGE The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood * Winner of A.C.E. Award for Costume Design Comedy Special – Film

1985 SHOWTIME / CBC The Martin Short Comedy Special Comedy Special with SCTV Cast & Christopher Guest

1985 TAFFNER / CTV / G.W. Check It Out Sitcom

1985 SHOWMAKERS Young & Alive Stage Production

1980-85 SHOWMAKERS Mary Kay Industrials

1984 ALNDON / CBC Claus Mission Christmas Special

1984 SHOWMAKERS Ontario Bicentennial Tour Stage Production

1984 CANDY / HBO / WHITLEY The Last Polka Comedy Special with John Candy and Eugene Levy

1981-84 OLD FIREHALL / NBC / CINEMAX S.C.T.V. Comedy Series with John Candy / Joe Flaherty / Eugene Levy / Andrea Martin / Rick Moranis / Catherine O’Hara / Martin Short / Dave Thomas

1978-84 BALMUR / CBS / CBC Anne Murray Concert Wardrobe

1980 ESSEX / CBS Castle Rock Drama Special

1980 VALENTINE / TWP Valentine Brown Stage Production * Nominated for Dora Mayor Award for Costume Design

1980 OSMONDS / CTV Big City Comedy Show Comedy Series with John Candy

1980 CBC Mr. Smith Goes To The Movies Variety Special

1980 SALOME BEY ENTERTAINMENT Indigo Cabaret

1980 ANDROCLES Dinah Christie & Friends Cabaret

1979 OECA Read All About It Children's Series

1979 CJOH / CTV The Magic Show Variety Special

1979 CJOH / CTV Beauty & The Beast Ballet

1979 WOLF RISSMILLER Jethro Tull – Storm Watch World Tour

1976-78 CHAMPLAIN / CTV The Julie Show Variety Series

1976-78 CHAMPLAIN / CTV Loto Canada Variety Specials

1977 DISTORTED REFLECTIONS Dolly Parton Concert Wardrobe

1976 CBC / HARTLEY The Shari Lewis Special Variety Special

1976 CTV / GLENWARREN The David Steinberg Show Comedy Series

1976 CTV / BLYE / GLENWARREN The Bobby Vinton Show Variety Series

1975 HALLMARK / CBS / G.W. Valley Forge Drama Special

1975 ABC / CTV Welcome To My Nightmare Variety Special with Alice Cooper

1975 CHAMPLAIN / CTV Kidstuff Children's Series

1975 OECA Portrait Of The Novel Drama Anthology

1975 OECA Monkey Bars Children's Series

1974 NBC / CTV / G.W. Razzle Dazzle Variety Series

1974 ABC / CTV Salem Village Movie of the Week

1973 HALLMARK / FOX The Borrowers Children's Special * Nominated for an EMMY Award, Costume Design with Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Dame Judith Anderson

1973 CTV / WESTINGHOUSE Norman Corwin Presents Anthology Drama Series

1973 JAN KADAR / PBS The Blue Hotel Film Drama Special

1973 ABC / CTV / G.W. Jack Lemmon – George Gershwin Variety Special

1971 ABC / CTV / G.W. Rollin’ On the River Variety Series with Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

1971-74 CTV The Pig & Whistle Variety Series

1971 NBC / CTV / ROTHMAN / G.W. ½ The George Kirby Comedy Hour Variety Series

1969-70 MALABAR COSTUMES LTD. International Operas and Musicals Coordinated 200+ productions

1969–present NUMEROUS COMMERCIALS AND INDUSTRIALS

1971–present VARIOUS ARTISTS & SKATERS Performance & Competition Wardrobe & Commercials