Mayes C. Rubeo
Mayes C. Rubeo | |
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 Mayes Rubeo interviewed by Dulce Osuna in 2017 | |
| Born | Mayes Castillero 1962 (age 58–59) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Other names | Mayes Rubeo Mayes Castillero de Rubeo |
| Education | LATTC UCLA Extension |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Bruno Rubeo (m. 19??; his death 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
Mayes Castillero Rubeo (born 1962) is a Mexican costume designer. She is known for her work on the films Apocalypto (2006), Avatar (2009), John Carter (2012), World War Z (2013), Warcraft (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Jojo Rabbit (2019), the lattermost of which earned her Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations.
Life and career[]
Rubeo was born Mayes Castillero in Mexico City, in 1962. She studied in Guadalajara Higschool José Guadalupe Zuno Hernández. She moved from Mexico City to Los Angeles in the 1980s, where she attended Los Angeles Trade Tech. After graduating, she moved to Italy to work with Italian Costume Designer Enrico Sabbatini. To this day, Rubeo maintains a workshop in Italy.[1]
She got her start in Hollywood working as a costume designer for John Sayles (Men With Guns, Sunshine State) but her big breakthrough came in 2006 when she was engaged as a costume designer for Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. Three years later she worked with James Cameron on Avatar, for which she was nominated for the Costume Designers Guild Award in the Excellence in Fantasy Film category.
Rubeo received Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations for best costume design in Jojo Rabbit.[2]
Rubeo received a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes in WandaVision.[3]
Personal life[]
Mayes Rubeo was married to the Italian production designer Bruno Rubeo until his death in 2011. Their son, , is an Art Director.[4]
Filmography[]
- The Arrival (1996)
- Men with Guns (1997)
- Inferno (1999)
- Warden of Red Rock (2001)
- Fidel (2002)
- Sunshine State (2002)
- Casa de los babys (2003)
- The Librarian – Quest for the Spear (2004)
- Apocalypto (2006)
- Dragonball Evolution (2009)
- Avatar (2009)
- John Carter (2012)
- World War Z (2013)
- Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)
- The Great Wall (2016)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Jojo Rabbit (2019)
- WandaVision (2020)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
References[]
- ^ "Mayes C. Rubeo, from Mexico to Hollywood", MexicoNewsNetwork, 21 January 2016, retrieved 17 July 2017
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (28 January 2020). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Jojo Rabbit', 'Knives Out' & 'Maleficent 2' Take Film Prizes – Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-fantasy-sci-fi-costumes
- ^ "Production Designer Bruno Rubeo Dies at 65", The Hollywood Reporter, 14 November 2011, retrieved 17 July 2017
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