Paul Tazewell
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Biography
Paul Tazewell is an American costume designer for the theatre, dance, and opera and television. After training at New York University Tisch School of the Arts he started his career on Broadway. He went on to win a Tony Award and a Emmy Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Tazewell made his Broadway debut as a costume designer with Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in 1996. He went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016). His other Tony-nominated works include The Color Purple (2006), In the Heights (2008), Memphis (2010), A Streetcar Named Desire (2012), Ain't Too Proud (2019), MJ (2022), and Suffs (2024). He is also the first African American male costume designer to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for his work on Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Wiz Live! (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Tazewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- The Dish ... (Costume Design)
2025
- Wicked: For Good ... (Costume Design)
- Hamilton ... (Costume Design)
- Wicked: The Official Podcast as Self
- Reclaim the Flag as Self
2024
- Wicked ... (Costume Design)
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked as Self
- Making Wicked as Self
2022
- Mr. Saturday Night ... (Costume Design)
2021
- West Side Story ... (Costume Design)
2019
- Harriet ... (Costume Design)
- Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
2017
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ... (Costume Design)
2011
- Memphis ... (Costume Design)
- Gounod: Faust ... (Costume Designer)
2009
- The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess ... (Costume Designer)
2004
- Project Runway as Self - Guest Mentor
- Elaine Stritch at Liberty ... (Costume Design)
1953
- The Oscars as Self