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Mary Zophres was born on 23 March 1964 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. She is a costume designer, known for La La Land (2016), Babylon (2022) and Hail, Caesar! (2016). She has been married to Murray Valeriano since 9 March 2006.The Big Lebowski, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Catch Me If You Can, No Country for Old Men, Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man 2, True Grit, Cowboys & Aliens, People Like Us, Gangster Squad, Inside Llewyn Davis, Intersteller- Costume Designer
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Colleen Atwood was born on 25 September 1948 in Ellensburg, Washington, USA. She is a costume designer, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Chicago (2002).Torch Song Trilogy, Edward Scissorhands, Silence of the Lambs, Little Women, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hallow, Planet of the Apes, Chicago, Big Fish, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mission Impossible III, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Public Enemies, Nine, Alice in Wonderland, The Tourist, The Rum Diary, In Time, Dark Shadows, Snow White & the Huntsman, Into the Woods- Costume Designer
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Judianna was born on August 24, 1955. As a child she joined the Metropolitan Opera ballet and children's chorus but was always more interested in what went on backstage to produce a show. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago and Yale Drama School she worked as an assistant to Jane Greenwood, the English designer who had been one of her teachers at Yale and who introduced her to Milena Canonero. She became Milena's assistant designer on 'The Cotton Club' and 'Dick Tracy' and worked as an associate and co-designer before becoming a credited costume designer in her own right on the films 'Gardens of Stone' and 'Big'. She has been associated with two of the most profitable and enjoyed franchises of the early 21st century with the Harry Potter films and the Hunger Games adaptations the latter, reuniting her with 'Big's writer Gary Ross.Pleasantville, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone, Seabiscuit, The Last Airbender, The Hunger Games, Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Costume Designer
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Costume designer Joanna Johnston is a respected name in film business and one of the most talented and sought after in her craft. She is mostly associated with the films of Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis but she also provides the costumes for other directors and can do basically of everything, providing the wardrobe from two different World Wars films to the class of the 1950's and even going to a distant future in crazy time travels. Different films, different styles but always with the same impeccable quality.
She started in the business as an assistant costume designer under the supervision of Anthony Powell in films like Death on the Nile (1978), Tess (1979), Evil Under the Sun (1982) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), with the latter being her first work with Spielberg, who noticed her efforts and selected Joanna to provide the costumes in Kenya for his next project The Color Purple (1985). With Hellraiser (1987) she got her very first costume designer job and from then on she got her association with Zemeckis in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Death Becomes Her (1992), the multitude of periods of Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004) and Allied (2016).
With Spielberg, their collaborations resulted in works such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), War of the Worlds (2005), War Horse (2011) Lincoln (2012) - earning her first Oscar nomination. - and most recently The BFG (2016).
Her versatility and quality can also be attested in Far and Away (1992), The Sixth Sense (1999), About a Boy (2002), Valkyrie (2008), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015).Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Back to the Future Parts II & III, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Valkerye, War Horse, Lincoln, Jack the Giant Slayer- Costume Designer
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Deborah L. Scott was born in 1954. She is known for Titanic (1997), Minority Report (2002) and Avatar (2009). She is married to Tim Suhrstedt.Back to the Future, Titanic, Avatar, We Bought a Zoo, The Amazing Spider-Man 2- Costume Designer
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Janty Yates was born in 1950. She is a costume designer, known for Gladiator (2000), House of Gucci (2021) and Napoleon (2023).Gladiator, Robin Hood, Prometheus- Costume Designer
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Londoner, Sandy, studied at St Martins School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design where she specialised in theatre design, She started her professional career in fringe with the National Theatre working on numerous productions including Orders of Obedience and Rococo, She went on to design sets and costumes for productions of Lumiere and Son, Bright Side and Culture Vulture, As a student and one of the leading lights of the international theatre scene she most admired was Lindsay Kemp, the gifted director, designer and performer, On impulse she spoke to him on the phone and said how much she wanted to work with him, After seeing samples of her work he asked her to join him in Milan as costume designer for his theatre company, During her 3 year spell with him she worked on Nijinsky which was a study of the start and madness of the great Russian dancer, She also designed the costumes for The Big Parade, a tragic- comic homage to the silent screen, and the stage and screen versions of A Midsummer Nights Dream, In 1985 she rapidly established herself in the world of video working on many pop promos with director Derek Jarman and with him on his film Caravaggio, and Zenith's For Queen and CountryThe Aviator, Shutter Island, HUGO- Costume Designer
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Eiko Ishioka was born on 12 July 1938 in Tokyo, Japan. She was a costume designer and director, known for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Cell (2000) and The Fall (2006). She was married to Nico Soultanakis. She died on 21 January 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.Immortals, Mirror Mirror- Costume Designer
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Michael Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Armageddon (1998), Blade Runner (1982) and Star Trek (2009).Clue, Pearl Harbor, Star Trek, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol- Costume Designer
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Award winning costume designer Kym Barrett, grew up in a nomadic environment on Christmas Island off the coast of Australia, before moving to Sydney where she would eventually study design at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art).
Her creations on Romeo & Juliet (1996) garnered great attention. This lead to a collaboration with sibling directors Lana & Andy Wachowski, starting with The Matrix (1999). Barrett's original and now iconic designs catapulted her to fame, with the sleek and sexy costumes from The Matrix Trilogy (2003) being imitated and absorbed into global fashion trends of the day.
Not one to be pigeon holed, Barrett has mastered a vast array of theater, TV and film genres including: action, adventure, animation, circus, comedy, crime, fantasy, horror, mystery, opera, period (1800s - 1980s), romance, science fiction, thriller etc. She recently debuted at the Met in NYC having designed costumes for The Tempest. She was responsible for the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as Cirque du Soliel's 26th production - Totem.
Other film work includes - Three Kings, Gothika, Monster in Law, Rumor Has It, Green Hornet, The Amazing Spiderman and The Nice Guys (2016).
Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas, and Jupiter Ascending, highlights Barrett's enduring association with the Wachowski siblings.Romeo + Juliet, The Matrix, Speed Racer, The Amazing Spider-Man, Cloud Atlas- Costume Designer
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Alexandra Byrne was born in 1962. She is a costume designer, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Emma. (2020) and Doctor Strange (2016). She has been married to Simon Shepherd since 1980. They have four children.Finding Neverland, The Phantom of the Opera, THOR, The Avengers- Costume Designer
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Ngila Dickson was born in 1958 in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is a costume designer and actress, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). She is married to Hamish Keith.The Lord of the Rings Trilogy- Costume Designer
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Mayes C. Rubeo is a costume Designer known for her work on Apocalypto (2006), Avatar (2009), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Warcraft: The Beginning (2016), World War Z (2013) and John Carter (2012). She was born in Mexico City and went on to train in Fashion and Costume at the Los Angeles Trade-Tech College (LATTC) and UCLA. In a design career spanning two decades, she has collaborated with visionary directors such as Mel Gibson and Zhang Yimou, leading studios such as Legendary and Marvel and screen stars including Cate Blanchett, Ruth Negga, Brad Pitt and Andy Lau. Her early collaborations laid the foundations for a career that has demanded enormous versatility: Mayes began work as an Assistant Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor, gaining experience with Designers Shay Cunliffe, Erica Edell Phillips, Ellen Mirojnick and Enrico Sabbatini, the latter becoming her career mentor. After assisting Shay Cunliffe on Lone Star (1996), Mayes continued to work with the same independent Director-Producer team John Sayles and Maggie Renzi, designing costumes for three of their films: Angeli Armati/Men with Guns (1997), Sunshine State (2002), and Casa de los Babys (2003). Though budgets were lean, costumes and characters had to feel convincing. These cherished collaborations strengthened Mayes resourcefulness. For Hallmark's movie saga Fidel (2002), Mayes met the challenge of costuming characters from many walks of life and times, to tell a history spanning seven decades. It was Mayes' collaboration with Mel Gibson on Apocalypto (2006), which delivered a powerful image of the lost Mayan civilization, that set her on the path of creating costumes for the epic and otherworldly. Since then she has been known for creating the visual identities of the "Na'vi" people in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), Edgar Rice Burroughs's 100-year-old vision of civilized Mars in Andrew Stanton's John Carter (2012), and for transforming some of the world's most popular video game and comic book worlds into reality on-screen for Duncan Jones' Warcraft (2016) and Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Marc Forster's World War Z (2013), for which thousands of people (living and un-dead) were costumed, instead demanded contemporary realism, though still on a global and epic scale. Mayes continues to bring her costumes into new territories, turning technological and technical challenges into creative opportunities. Her characteristic passion and collaborative spirit have enabled her to successfully lead diverse teams across five continents, merging traditional craft skills with state-of-the-art technology. * Mayes' work has featured in international exhibitions, including the Deborah Nadoolman Landis curated exhibition Hollywood Costume (2012) at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London. 3 FIDM Exhibitions: 18th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design for the Film Apocalyptp 21st Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design for the Film John Carter 26th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design for the Film Thor Ragnarok Member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, OSCARS. Member of The Costume Designers Guild of America. MemberThe Scenic Arts Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Avatar, John Carter- Costume Designer
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Jenny Beavan was born in London, England, UK. Jenny is a costume designer and actor, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Cruella (2021) and The King's Speech (2010). Jenny was previously married to Ian Albery.Sense & Sensibility, Jane Eyre, Anna and the King, Gosford Park, Timeline, Alexander, Casanova, Defiance, Sherlock Holmes, The King's Speech- Costume Designer
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Sammy Sheldon is known for Ant-Man (2015), Ex Machina (2014) and X-Men: First Class (2011). She has been married to Ian Differ since 14 August 2010.V for Vendetta, Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class- Costume Designer
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Anna B. Sheppard was born on 18 January 1946 in Zyrardów, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is a costume designer, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Schindler's List (1993).Schindler's List, Inglourious Basterds, Captain America: The First Avenger- Costume Designer
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Catherine Martin was born on 26 January 1965 in Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is a producer and costume designer, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Australia (2008). She has been married to Baz Luhrmann since 26 January 1997. They have two children.Moulin Rouge, Australia, The Great Gatsby- Costume Designer
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Jacqueline Durran is known for Anna Karenina (2012), Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Atonement (2007).Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Anna Karenina- Costume Designer
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Paco Delgado was born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. He is known for Les Misérables (2012), The Danish Girl (2015) and The Skin I Live In (2011).Les Miserables- Costume Designer
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Jill Taylor was born in 1957 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK. She is a costume designer, known for My Week with Marilyn (2011), Infinite (2021) and Criminal (2016).My Week with Marilyn- Costume Designer
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Hope Hanafin was born in North Carolina, but raised in New York City, New York and San Diego, California. She earned her B.A. with Honors from Santa Clara University and an M.F.A. from New York University (NYU). She designed costumes for such films as "Kazaam, " "Bean, " "The Air Up There, " and "House Arrest."(500) Days of Summer- Costume Designer
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Trish Summerville is known for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- Costume Designer
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Sharen Davis is a costume designer and producer, known for Dreamgirls (2006), The Help (2011) and Django Unchained (2012).Doctor Doolittle, Rush Hour, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Antwone Fisher, Ray, Beauty Shop, Akeelah and the Bee, Dreamgirls, The Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds, The Book of Eli, The Help, Looper, Django Unchained