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Mary Zophres is an American costume designer. In a career spanning over three decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across independent films and blockbusters. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design four times.
Feb 16, 2019 · Mary Zophres has been the head Costume Designer on every Coen Brothers film for nearly 25 years. From Fargo to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, she hasn’t missed once. The Academy recognized her work this year in nominating her for best Costume Design for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Nov 27, 2018 · Zophres was tasked by the film's costume designer Judy L. Ruskin ("Sleepless in Seattle", "Waiting to Exhale") to sort through and organize massive piles of thrifted buy-by-the-pound clothing...
Feb 15, 2019 · From The Dude’s robe and sweater in The Big Lebowski to the simple but strikingly effective dresses in La La Land (for which she won a Costume Designers Guild award earned one of her three Oscar nominations for), Zophres understands time and place and how a costume helps an actor become a character almost better than anyone.
Zophres began her research a full year before production was set to begin, challenged by Chazelle to eschew the flapper dresses and cloche hats that have become cliché of the 1920s and find inspiration that was historically accurate but also surprising.
Together, the duo sing and dance through the arc of their relationship, from bliss to despair and back again. I caught up with costume designer, Mary Zophres to talk about how she honored Chazelle’s vision, and how his creativity helped inspire a collaborative relationship.
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Jan 15, 2019 · Joel and Ethan Coen have been making films for over 30 years now and, since the mid-1990s, costume designer Mary Zophres has been a key part of creating their distinct aesthetic worlds.
