Colleen Atwood
Colleen Atwood | |
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Born | Yakima, Washington, U.S. | September 25, 1948
Alma mater | Cornish College of the Arts |
Occupation | Costume designer |
Years active | 1981–present |
Children | 2 |
Colleen Atwood (born September 25, 1948)[1] is an American costume designer.
Atwood has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twelve times, winning four times - for the films Chicago (2002), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016); the latter is the first Wizarding World film to win an Academy Award. She has collaborated several times with directors Tim Burton, Rob Marshall and Jonathan Demme.[2]
Early life and education[]
Born in Yakima, Washington, she studied painting at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington in the early 1970s, and later worked in retail at various places, including the Yves St. Laurent boutique at Frederick & Nelson department store in the city.[3]
Career[]
Atwood began her career as a fashion advisor in Washington in the early 1970s. She moved to New York in 1980, where she studied art at New York University.[4] Her movie career started after a chance encounter with someone whose mother was designing the sets for the film Ragtime, and she got the job of a PA (production assistant) in the film.[3][5] She worked as an assistant to a costume designer and eventually earned her first film credit for A Little Sex, directed by Bruce Paltrow.[4]
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Eventually Atwood ventured into the world of costume design for theater and film, initially coming to fame through her work on Sting's Bring on the Night World Tour, also made into a documentary by the same name.[6] An important turning point in her career came when, through production designer Bo Welch with whom she had worked in Joe Versus the Volcano, she met director Tim Burton. Atwood and Burton worked together on over seven films in the next two decades, starting with Edward Scissorhands and including Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Big Fish, Planet of the Apes, and Sweeney Todd.[3][5] She moved to Los Angeles in 1990.[4]
Atwood has been partially involved in developing or has been the lead designer for producing the costumes on over 50 films to date. She was the lead costume designer for all the new costumes created for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2005–2006. She also designed The Black Parade band uniforms for the band My Chemical Romance, as well as costumes for the following album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. She also designs for television, including Arrow,[7] The Flash,[7] and Supergirl.[7]
Atwood's favorite fashion designers include Azzedine Alaia,[4] Yohji Yamamoto[4] and Alexander McQueen.[4][8]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1984 | Firstborn | Michael Apted | |
1985 | Bring on the Night | ||
1986 | Manhunter | Michael Mann | |
1987 | Critical Condition | Michael Apted | |
The Pick-up Artist | James Toback | ||
Someone to Watch Over Me | Ridley Scott | ||
1988 | For Keeps | John G. Avildsen | |
Married to the Mob | Jonathan Demme | ||
Fresh Horses | David Anspaugh | ||
Torch Song Trilogy | Paul Bogart | ||
1989 | Hider in the House | Matthew Patrick | |
1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Volker Schlöndorff | |
Joe Versus the Volcano | John Patrick Shanley | ||
Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton |
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1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Costume Design |
Rush | Lili Fini Zanuck | ||
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | George Miller | |
1993 | Born Yesterday | Luis Mandoki | |
Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | ||
1994 | Cabin Boy | Adam Resnick | |
Wyatt Earp | Lawrence Kasdan | ||
Ed Wood | Tim Burton | Nominated – Awards Circuit Community Awards for Best Costume Design | |
Little Women | Gillian Armstrong |
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1995 | The Grotesque | John-Paul Davidson | |
1996 | The Juror | Brian Gibson | |
That Thing You Do! | Tom Hanks | ||
Head Above Water | Jim Wilson | ||
Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Costume Design | |
1997 | Buddy | Caroline Thompson | |
Gattaca | Andrew Niccol | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Costume Design | |
1998 | Fallen | Gregory Hoblit | |
Beloved | Jonathan Demme |
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Mumford | Lawrence Kasdan | ||
1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton |
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2001 | Golden Dreams | Agnieszka Holland | |
The Mexican | Gore Verbinski | ||
Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton |
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2002 | CinéMagique | Jerry Rees | |
Chicago | Rob Marshall |
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2003 | Big Fish | Tim Burton | |
2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Brad Silberling |
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2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall |
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2006 | Mission: Impossible III | J. J. Abrams | |
2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Tim Burton |
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2009 | Nine | Rob Marshall |
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Public Enemies | Michael Mann | ||
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Tim Burton |
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2010 | The Tourist | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
2011 | The Rum Diary | Bruce Robinson | |
In Time | Andrew Niccol | ||
2012 | Dark Shadows | Tim Burton | |
Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders |
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2014 | Big Eyes | Tim Burton | Nominated – Italian Online Movie Awards for Best Costume Design |
Into the Woods | Rob Marshall |
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2015 | Blackhat | Michael Mann | |
2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | |
Alice Through the Looking Glass | James Bobin |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Tim Burton | Nominated – Costume Designers Guild Awards for Excellence in Fantasy Film | |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates |
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2018 | Tomb Raider | Roar Uthaug | |
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | David Yates |
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2019 | Dumbo | Tim Burton | |
Lady and the Tramp | Charlie Bean | ||
Now Is Everything | Valentina De Amicis Riccardo Spinotti |
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Bombshell | Jay Roach | ||
2020 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm[9] | Jason Woliner | Visual Consultant |
TBA | The Little Mermaid | Rob Marshall | Filming |
Television[]
Notable awards and nominations[]
Academy Awards
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Little Women (1994)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Beloved (1998)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Chicago (2002)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Nine (2009)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Into the Woods (2014)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
BAFTA Awards
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Little Women (1994)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Chicago (2002)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Won: Best Costume Design, Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Into the Woods (2014)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Emmy Awards
- Won: Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special, Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006)
References[]
- ^ "Atwood, Colleen". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 19–22. ISBN 978-0-8242-1113-4.
- ^ "Oscars: Colleen Atwood wins for Alice in Wonderland costume design". LA Times. February 27, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Who dresses Johnny Depp? Costumer Colleen Atwood, a Northwest native". The Seattle Times. December 11, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Diamond, Jamie (February 24, 2005). "A Costume Drama in Modern Dress". New York Times.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Behind the Scenes; A Dozen Bright Talents Who Are Helping To Shape the Season Ahead:COLLEEN ATWOOD: Clothes Conscientious". New York Times. September 9, 1990.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (November 8, 1985). "SCREEN: STING IN 'BRING ON THE NIGHT'". New York Times.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Costume Designer Colleen Atwood on Making the Heroes of 'Flash' & 'Arrow' Look Super". Variety. June 3, 2015.
- ^ Leung, Mariana (June 1, 2012). "Exclusive Interview: Oscar-Winning Costume Designer Colleen Atwood". Ms Fabulous. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ Sacha Baron Cohen Breaks Down 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm's' Cake Scene | Vanity Fair, retrieved April 18, 2021
- Colleen Atwood Biography (1950-) filmreference
- "From Sketch to Still, a Visual History of Alice in Wonderland's Costumes". Vanity Fair. January 28, 2011.
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