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Costume designer Joan Bergin is no stranger to the world of historical dramas. She previously received an Emmy nomination for her work on David Copperfield in 2001, another nomination for her work on The Tudors, along with three wins for the show in 2007, 2008 and 2010. But delving back so far into history... »
During the opening scene of The History Channel series Vikings, we find ourselves somewhere in Eastern Baltic in 793 AD where Viking warriors are battling to the death. Recreating the world of Norse traditions was a task production designer Tom Conroy embraced wholeheartedly. No stranger to recreations of historical drama, he has also designed... »
House of Cards opens on Frank (Kevin Spacey) a congressman who has just been passed over for Secretary of State, a position he had been promised by the newly elected President. Incensed, he does not return home until late in the evening where he find his wife Claire (Robin Wright) waiting for him, angry... »
The glittering stars and the costume designers that dress them flocked to the 15th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Feb. 19 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The festive evening was hosted by Joel McHale, who was hardly the only funny guy around. Steve Martin, donning a handsome tux and... »
Leave it to director David O. Russell to make a film with a playbook on how to get through the madness and absurdity of life and receive an Academy Award nomination for best motion picture of the year along with nominations for his directing, for his adapted screenplay, for the editing – Jay Cassidy... »
Production design can often be taken for granted. After all, it is easy to accept the world presented on screen at face value. When considered, however, production design is a meticulous, consummate art, where all the art departments merge to recreate other worlds. The achievement in production design nominees for the 85th Academy Awards... »
Costume design is so much more than simply stitching together clothing. It is a visual endeavor to breathe life and identity into a character and to contribute to the overall texture and tone of a film. It is a demanding task to develop fully faceted characters that are expressed through external appearances. For the... »
"Shocked!" is how director Sacha Gervasi felt the first time he saw Psycho as a 14-year-old kid at a film club. "I couldn't see it for another 20 years," exclaimed Gervasi. Years later, studying at UCLA in the 1990s, the budding screenwriter rediscovered Alfred Hitchcock. "I was a huge fan of his and then... »
Production designer Eve Stewart’s experience on Les Misérables was a personal one. Making the film was as moving to her as the tragic and redemptive story itself. Stewart had already worked on The Kings Speech with director Tom Hooper, for which she received an Academy Award nomination along with several other projects. She has... »
Ann Maskrey found herself cast in the role of costume designer overnight on the set of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Having worked as a costume cutter for much of her career – most notably for Batman Begins (2005) and Alice in Wonderland (2010) – Maskrey had turned down many other projects... »
