Mary Zophres

Born: 1964-03-23

Known For: Costume & Make-Up

Biography

Mary Zophres is an American costume designer. In a career spanning over three decades, she is recognised for her prolific work across independent films and blockbusters. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design four times. Zophres is best known for her collaborations with directors such as the Coen brothers, Steven Spielberg, and Damien Chazelle. Zophres was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her father was born in Ioannina, Greece. She graduated from Vassar College with degrees in art history and studio art. After graduation, Zophres moved to New York City and began her career in fashion, which included stints for Norma Kamali and Esprit, among others. She first went into film production, being the extras wardrobe supervisor on Oliver Stone's 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July. She worked under costume designer Judy L. Ruskin, who first tasked her to sort through and organise massive piles of thrifted buy-by-the-pound clothing into categories: '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then asked her to return another day. Zophres subsequently worked as an associate costume designer for Ruskin on three more films, including the 1991 film City Slickers. Zophres moved to Los Angeles and began a professional relationship with designer Richard Hornung. She worked for him on several films, including the Coen brothers's 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy. During the preproduction of Coen's 1996 film, Fargo Hornung felt ill and couldn't finish the project. He recommended Zophres instead. She continued a creative partnership with the Coen brothers on all of their subsequent films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Zophres, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu ... (Costume Design)

2024

Fly Me to the Moon ... (Costume Design)

2020

Antebellum ... (Costume Designer)

2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ... (Costume Designer)
First Man ... (Costume Design)

2017

Battle of the Sexes ... (Costume Design)

2016

La La Land ... (Costume Design)
Hail, Caesar! ... (Costume Design)

2015

Inside 'Interstellar' as Self - Costume Designer

2014

Interstellar ... (Costume Design)

2013

Gangster Squad ... (Costume Design)
Inside Llewyn Davis ... (Costume Design)

2012

People Like Us ... (Costume Design)
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe as Self

2011

Cowboys & Aliens ... (Costume Design)

2010

Iron Man 2 ... (Costume Design)
True Grit ... (Costume Design)

2009

A Serious Man ... (Costume Design)

2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ... (Costume Design)
Burn After Reading ... (Costume Design)
DC Insiders Run Amuck as Self
Welcome Back, George as Self

2007

No Country for Old Men ... (Costume Design)
Lions for Lambs ... (Costume Design)

2006

Smokin' Aces ... (Costume Design)

2005

Bewitched ... (Costume Design)

2004

The Terminal ... (Costume Design)
The Ladykillers ... (Costume Design)

2003

Intolerable Cruelty ... (Costume Design)
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera as Self
View from the Top ... (Costume Design)

2002

Catch Me If You Can ... (Costume Design)
Moonlight Mile ... (Costume Design)

2001

The Man Who Wasn't There ... (Costume Design)
Ghost World ... (Costume Design)

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? ... (Costume Design)

1999

Any Given Sunday ... (Costume Design)
Thick as Thieves ... (Costume Design)

1998

There's Something About Mary ... (Costume Design)
The Big Lebowski ... (Costume Design)
Paulie ... (Costume Design)
God Said, 'Ha!' ... (Costume Design)
Where's Marlowe? ... (Costume Designer)

1997

Digging to China ... (Costume Design)
Playing God ... (Costume Design)

1996

Fargo ... (Costume Design)
Kingpin ... (Costume Design)
The Last of the High Kings ... (Costume Design)

1995

Bushwhacked ... (Costume Design)

1994

Dumb and Dumber ... (Costume Design)
PCU ... (Costume Design)

1991

City Slickers ... (Assistant Costume Designer)