Updated: April 05, 2023

Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, his education included a degree in fashion design. Zastupnevich's early career was spent acting in stage productions and designing costumes for many of them. In addition to costume design in Irwin Allen's productions, Zastupnevich appeared in a number of Allen's movies and television series such as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Lost in Space.

Zastupnevich ran his own boutique "The House of Z" in Pasadena with his sister Olga, and he designed clothes for actresses. In 1994, he was the special guest of honor at a convention in England. He gave several talks at the convention, covering his work with Irwin Allen. The same year he became honorary president of the Irwin Allen News Network which is dedicated to all of Allen's works.

Selected filmography

Actor The Story of Mankind (Uncredited, 1957) Voyage to the Bottom of the Seas (5 episodes, 1964–1965) Lost in Space (3 episodes, 1965–1967)

Costume Designer The Big Circus (1959) The Lost World (1960) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Five Weeks In a Balloon (1962) Lost in Space (51 episodes, 1966–1968) Land of the Giants (3 episodes, 1968–1969) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Towering Inferno (1974) Viva Knievel! (1977) The Swarm (1978) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) When Time Ran Out (1980) Alice in Wonderland (1985)