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September 18, 2023 Inception, Ocean's Eleven, Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland
"Tenet is a film about many things, from entropy to time travel, Armageddon to environmentalism. But it's also a film about Robert Pattinson wearing a succession of truly astonishing suits. For that, we thank Jeffrey Kurland.

The storied costume designer had previously worked with Nolan on Inception – where he proved his tailoring chops – and Dunkirk, but Tenetposed a very specific set of challenges. The first one being just figuring out what the hell was actually going on.

"I read the script at least six times before I even sat down to talk with Chris," Kurland tells me, over the phone, from LA. "That's how you do any Chris Nolan film. The script is there, and it's totally wonderful. And then it's usually up from there. It's always a wild ride." - Tom Banham, Esquire Magazine, September 22nd, 2020

Jeffrey Kurland began his career in costume design in New York City. After graduating from Northwestern University with a B.A. in design, he moved to the east coast to design for the theatre. Jeffrey soon segued into designing costumes for film when he began designing the stylish films of director Woody Allen.

Jeffrey has the unique distinction of being the costume designer of 15 films for Woody Allen, from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. He has since realized the visual story for over 40 films, collaborating with such renowned directors as Milos Forman, Neil Jordan, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Mann, and Christopher Nolan.

During his career, Jeffrey has dressed a host of leading actors. He has created designs for leading men such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr., Michael Caine, Viggo Mortensen and Leonardo DiCaprio. He has also designed for leading ladies Julia Roberts, Marion Cotillard, Cameron Diaz, Annette Bening, Diane Keaton, Gena Rowlands and Ellen Page. He received a BAFTA Award, Britain's highest film honor, for his designs for Radio Days and an Academy Award nomination for his work on Bullets Over Broadway. Jeffrey was awarded the Costume Designers Guild award for his designs for the film Erin Brockovich and received a nomination for his work on Ocean's 11. His work has also been recognized through being honored with The Hamilton Timeless Style Award.

Jeffrey Kurland sits on the board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He co-curated the exhibit 50 Designers/50 Costumes: Concept to Character for the Academy, and his designs have also been featured in several exhibits around the world. He has spoken on the art of costume design in numerous symposia at the Directors Guild of America, the American Film Institute, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and UCLA, where he has also taught. Jeffrey's work is featured in the publications Screencraft: Costume Design, 50 Designers/50 Costumes: Concept to Character and Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design.
1 hr 21 min
August 11, 2023 “What We Do in the Shadows” Emmy winning Costume Designer Laura Montgomery on Dressing Vampires in Flux!
“What We Do in the Shadows” Emmy winning Costume Designer Laura Montgomery on Dressing Vampires in Flux!

Montgomery's costume design credits include the upcoming Gen V (The Boys spinoff), What We Do in the Shadows Seasons 3,4 and 5, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Small Town Murder Songs (TIFF Official Selection 2010), When Moses Woke (Gemini Award Winner for Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program) and Coopers Christmas (TIFF Official Selection 2008).

Montgomery has won one primetime Emmy and been nominated for three Costume Designer’s Guild awards. She holds an honours degree in French Literature and European History from the University of Toronto.
51 min
July 24, 2023 Perry Mason, Man in the High Castle, Costume Designer Catherine Adair
Cate is an Emmy award-winning and CDGA nominated Costume Designer. She completed formal training in Fashion and Costume Design in her native Britain and has gone on to design feature films, television, ballet, and theatre.
Most recently, she designed HBO’s Perry Mason (Season 2), The Sterling Affairs for FX, and Disney+’s The Mysterious Benedict Society, for which she won an Emmy. Additional credits include Amazon Prime Video’s The Man in the High Castle (Seasons 3 & 4), The Son (Season 1) — a Western for AMC set in 1849 and 1915 — and ABC’s iconic Desperate Housewives.
Cate holds British, American, and Irish passports. And has worked in Vancouver, Dublin, Rome, Nice, Monte Carlo as well as multiple cities across the U.S. When not on location, she calls Los Angeles home.
1 hr 24 min
July 24, 2023 Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, State of Consciousness Costume Designer Luciano Capozzi
LUCIANO CAPOZZI was born in Marino, a small town just outside Rome.
After having completed his studies at the State Art Institute in Rome in 1986, Luciano took part in a Costume Designer competition and from the 300 applicants he was one of a few that were selected for the first ever design course to be given by Giulia Mafai, the famous Italian Costume Designer
He graduated with the highest marks possible in his final diploma and began working first as a volunteer and later as an assistant to various professionals; Giulia Mafai included.
During this time he had also begun to do work in his own right as a Costume Designer for both Cinema and the Theatre. The costumes for the Harold Pinter premier of The Basement and Arthur Miller’s Clara were both the work of Luciano. Both of these were staged at a major festival in Italy.
He went on to spend several years designing Costumes for both prominent Opera Houses and Theatre Companies worldwide before turning his hand to the world of Film & TV.
The year 2005 brought the first international film, a co-pro between Spain and Italy, entitled Los Borgia by Antonio Hernandez. His work on this awarded him a nomination for Best Costume Design at the Premio GoyaAwards (Spain’s National Film Awards). Then in 2008 he won 1st prize at the Festival International Cinéma et Costumes (France) and in 2009, 1st prize at the Premios Corona, Spain.
In 2007 his Costumes for Ritorno a Rivombrosa, Directed by Stefano Alleva went on to win the Costume prize at The Rome Fiction Festival. In 2008 he started working on Doctor Clown, a TV series Directed by Maurizio Nichetti and that same year Supervised the Costume Design for Ti Stramo directed by both Pino Insegno & Gianluca Sodaro.
His next project Il falco e la Colomba set in 16th Century Rome was praised by critics and public alike for his stunning work; thus earning him the reputation; without the shadow of a doubt, a Beautiful Designer.
Luciano's experience spans period Costume design through to contemporary design with a strong emphasis on historical high-end TV Drama.
51 min
July 24, 2023 Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Parts 1 and 2, Costume Designer Jill Taylor
JILL TAYLOR (Costume Designer) was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne and studied Fashion Design at Northumbria University where she obtained her degree.
After graduating she moved into television, primarily working for the BBC as an Assistant Costume Designer, eventually designing her own projects, most notably the BBC’s prestigious Screen One and Screen Two series of one off films.
Jill’s films have included “The Full Monty”, “Sliding Doors”, “Johnny English”,
three films for Woody Allen, “Matchpoint”, “Scoop” and “Cassandra’s Dream”, and “My Week With Marilyn”
Jill has received a BAFTA film nomination for her work on “My Week With Marilyn”, and a BAFTA tv nomination for “The Mill On The Floss”.
She has won a Costume Design Guild Award for “The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers” and was also Emmy nominated for the same project.
Other films include, “Jack Ryan” with Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner. “The Gunman” with Sean Penn and Javier Bardem, “Criminal” with Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman, “Me Before You” with Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, “The Commuter” with Liam Neeson, “Military Wives” with Kristin Scott Thomas, and “Infinite” with Mark Wahlberg.
For the past three years, Jill has been working on the Mission Impossible franchise with Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, and is currently now working on Part two.
1 hr 43 min
May 21, 2023 Beef, The Shrink Next Door, Costume Designer Helen Huang
Huang is an Emmy– and CDGA Award-winning costume designer based in Los Angeles. Known for her most recent work for “Station Eleven” and Apple TV’s “The Shrink Next Door,” her other credits include “Holidate,” “Tall Girl,” and “Rim of the World” for Netflix. She also designed for FOX’s “911,” NBC’s “The Night Shift,” FX’s “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” and MGM’s “Get Shorty.”
Her career began in the fashion editorial world and commercials. However, it was through scripted TV and film that she found her true calling, as it combines her love of art and storytelling. She relies heavily on historical reference, literature, and fine arts for her projects, but is greatly inspired by the study of people and cultures. Her north star, so to speak, is to draw inspiration from real life because life itself is always stranger than fiction.
35 min
May 09, 2023 Wakanda Forever, Bullet Train, Sound Mixer Peter J. Devlin
Peter J. Devlin, recently elected as a Governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, has worked on more than 70 films and been nominated for five Oscars including Black Panther, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, Transformers, Star Trek (2009) and Pearl Harbor. He received a BAFTA nomination for his work on Star Trek and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Star Trek: Picard. He has worked closely with some of the top directors in film, including Michael Bay, Ryan Coogler, Ron Howard and Patty Jenkins. Earlier in the year he wrapped his work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and is thrilled to have just worked with Chris Pine, who is making his directorial debut with the upcoming film Poolman. A past CAS Board member, it was his first CAS nomination for Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday that introduced him to the organization in 2000. Since then, he has received multiple nominations.

Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Devlin knew that he wanted to work in film after seeing Jaws as a teenager. Though his school principal told him his dreams were “pie in the sky,” he applied for a trainee audio assistant position at the BBC in Belfast in 1981. Initially thinking he might move into the camera department, he quickly realized his true interest was in production sound. To prepare for the interview, he spent his days in the local library reading as much about microphone principles, recording techniques and filmmaking as he could find. He got the job, which proved the perfect training ground, with the BBC’s wide range of productions, from news, to sports, to concerts and to radio drama. “I had great mentors, and I learned about all of the different disciplines of sound there.”

Devlin’s focus and persistence were evident as he took the next step, writing to directors he admired, including Michael Mann. He still has the letter Mann sent him in 1987, inviting him to visit the set of Miami Vice. From there, Devlin forged connections with others in the industry, landing his first job in the United States, working in commercials. Eventually, he moved into television and film.

Today, Devlin continues to adapt to the ever-changing technologies that enhance storytelling through production sound mixing. While he wishes that he had today’s tech for some of the films he worked on in the past, he says, “The most important element will always be the work of the sound department as a team, boom operators and sound utilities. Their expertise allows me to concentrate on recording performance and create tracks that can elevate a scene when they are handed off to our colleagues in post production.”

Devlin joins an illustrious group of past CAS Career Achievement Honorees including: Anna Behlmer, Willie Burton, Tom Fleischman, Les Fresholtz, Ed Greene, Tomlinson Holman, Doc Kane, William B. Kaplan, David MacMillan, Paul Massey, Scott Millan, Mike Minkler, Walter Murch, Andy Nelson, Chris Newman, Lee Orloff, Richard Portman, John Pritchett, Don Rogers, Gary Rydstrom, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom, Jim Webb, Jeffrey S. Wexler and Charles Wilborn.

47 min
April 21, 2023 Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, X-MEN: First Class, Costume Designer Sammy Sheldon
SAMMY SHELDON (Costume Designer) was born in Manchester and started her career at the Royal Exchange Theatre as a costume maker, then studied Costume Design at Wimbledon School of Art 1990 to 1993. After graduating with a degree, she moved into designing costumes for pop promos and advertising, before becoming an assistant designer on films including Ridley Scott’s & and Jake Scott’s.

She went on to design costumes for Ridley Scott’s Hawk and the mockumentary & starring Orlando Bloom. Sammy has received
BAFTA Film nominations for her work on Morten Tyldum’s “The Imitation
Game”, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. “The Merchant of starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons, and a BAFTA TV nomination for the BBC’s modern adaptation of The Canterbury Tales: The wife of Bath”. Costume Designers Guild Award nominations for Excellence in Period Film
“The Imitation Game”, and Excellence in Fantasy Film “Ex Machina”, “X-Men:
First Class” and “V for Vendetta”. Other film credits include “Kick-Ass Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.

Differs more recent film credits include “Assassin’s Creed” directed by Justin
Kurzel, Marvels “ Ant- Man” directed by Peyton Reed, “Annihilation” directed
by Alex Garland and “Jurassic World, Fallen Kingdom” directed by J A Bayon.
Her most recent films are “Eternals“ directed by Chloe
Zhao, and "Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."
1 hr 9 min
April 18, 2023 John Wick 4, Death on the Nile, Costume Designer Paco Delgado
Francisco "Paco" Delgado López is a Spanish costume designer from Lanzarote, Canary Islands. He is best known for his nominations for the Academy Awards in the category of Best Costume Design twice: at the 85th Academy Awards for the film Les Misérables, and at the 88th Academy Awards for the film The Danish Girl. His recent work includes Jungle Cruise, Death on the Nile, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and John Wick 4
1 hr 8 min
April 18, 2023 Logan, Ford v Ferrari, Costume Designer Daniel Orlandi
Daniel Orlandi is an American costume designer for film and television who regularly collaborated with directors Joel Schumacher, Ron Howard and John Lee Hancock.
Born in New Jersey, Orlandi graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and began working Off-Broadway. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1980.
Orlandi won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming for his work on a television special for the illusionist David Copperfield.] He had received a BAFTA Award nomination for his work on Saving Mr. Banks.4
Orlandi's films include Logan, Ford v Ferrari, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Da Vinci Code.
Orlandi resides in Los Angeles, California.
59 min