Michael Kaplan (costume designer)
- Blade Runner
- Armageddon
- Fight Club
- Pearl Harbor
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Burlesque
- Star Trek franchise
- Star Wars sequel trilogy
Michael Kaplan is an American film costume designer. He is a co-recipient of the BAFTA Award for his work on Blade Runner. He is known for working on many famous Hollywood films including the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Kaplan has been working in the Hollywood film industry since the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday.
Work
Kaplan won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Costume Design together with Charles Knode in 1983, for his costume design work on Blade Runner, the first theatrically-released film he had worked on as costume designer. He went on to become a nominee in the Costume Designers Guild Awards 1999, and the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005 in the category of Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary, for his costume designs for Fight Club and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, respectively.
Besides Fight Club, Kaplan has worked on three other films for director David Fincher: Seven, The Game, and Panic Room. He also reunited with Blade Runner director Ridley Scott on Matchstick Men. He worked on Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise.[1] Kaplan's other credits include two films for Michael Bay, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.
He also worked on Flashdance, Clue, Perfect, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Malice, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Gigli, Miami Vice, I Am Legend starring Will Smith, J. J. Abrams' Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, The Sorcerer's Apprentice for director Jon Turteltaub,[2] and Burlesque, starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. His contribution to Burlesque resulted in a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination for "Excellence In Contemporary Film".[3]
Kaplan reunited with Abrams for the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,[4] and returned to the franchise as costume designer for both Star Wars: The Last Jedi[5] and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.[6]
Filmography
Year | Title | Notes |
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1982 | Blade Runner | with Charles Knode |
1983 | Flashdance | |
1984 | Against All Odds | |
Thief of Hearts | ||
American Dreamer | ||
1985 | Perfect | |
Clue | ||
1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | |
1988 | Big Business | |
1989 | Cousins | |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | ||
Cat Chaser | ||
1991 | Curly Sue | |
1993 | Malice | |
1995 | Seven | |
1996 | Diabolique | |
The Long Kiss Goodnight | ||
1997 | The Game | |
1998 | Armageddon | |
1999 | Fight Club | |
2000 | Keeping the Faith | |
2001 | Pearl Harbor | |
2002 | Panic Room | |
Trapped | ||
2003 | Gigli | |
Matchstick Men | ||
2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | |
2006 | Miami Vice | |
2007 | Lucky You | |
I Am Legend | ||
2009 | Star Trek | |
2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | |
Burlesque | ||
2011 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | |
2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | |
2014 | Winter's Tale | |
2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | |
2016 | War Dogs | |
2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | |
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | |
2023 | 65 |
References
- ^ "The Suits of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol | Tailor On Ten". www.tailoronten.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "UTA :: Production Department".
- ^ "Costume Design Guild nominees include 'King's Speech' & 'Social Network'".
- ^ "Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VII". ComingSoon.net.
- ^ "Star Wars: Episode VIII Now Filming".
- ^ "Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced | StarWars.com". StarWars.com. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
External links
- Michael Kaplan at IMDb
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- Danilo Donati (1968)
- Anthony Mendleson (1969)
- Maria De Matteis (1970)
- Piero Tosi (1971)
- Anthony Mendleson (1972)
- Phyllis Dalton (1973)
- Theoni V. Aldredge (1974)
- Ann Roth (1975)
- Moidele Bickel (1976)
- Danilo Donati (1977)
- Anthony Powell (1978)
- Shirley Ann Russell (1979)
- Seiichiro Momosawa (1980)
- Milena Canonero (1981)
- Michael Kaplan and Charles Knode (1982)
- Piero Tosi (1983)
- Gabriella Pescucci (1984)
- Milena Canonero (1985)
- Jenny Beavan and John Bright (1986)
- Jeffrey Kurland (1987)
- James Acheson (1988)
- Gabriella Pescucci (1989)
- Richard Bruno (1990)
- Franca Squarciapino (1991)
- Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (1992)
- Janet Patterson (1993)
- Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner (1994)
- Charles Knode (1995)
- Shuna Harwood (1996)
- Deirdre Clancy (1997)
- Sandy Powell (1998)
- Colleen Atwood (1999)
- Timmy Yip (2000)
- Jenny Beavan (2001)
- Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor (2002)
- Wendy Stites (2003)
- Jacqueline Durran (2004)
- Colleen Atwood (2005)
- Lala Huete (2006)
- Marit Allen (2007)
- Michael O'Connor (2008)
- Sandy Powell (2009)
- Colleen Atwood (2010)
- Mark Bridges (2011)
- Jacqueline Durran (2012)
- Catherine Martin (2013)
- Milena Canonero (2014)
- Jenny Beavan (2015)
- Madeline Fontaine (2016)
- Mark Bridges (2017)
- Sandy Powell (2018)
- Jacqueline Durran (2019)
- Ann Roth (2020)
- Jenny Beavan (2021)
- Catherine Martin (2022)
- Holly Waddington (2023)