Mary Zophres
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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.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
Costume Design
Interstellar (2014)
Costume Design
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Costume Design
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Costume Design
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Costume Design
La La Land (2016)
Costume Design
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Costume Design
Babylon (2022)
Costume Design
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Costume Design
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Costume Design
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Costume Design
Fargo (1996)
Costume Design
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Costume Design
True Grit (2010)
Costume Design
The Terminal (2004)
Costume Design
First Man (2018)
Costume Design
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Costume Design
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Costume Design
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Costume Design
Smokin' Aces (2006)
Costume Design
Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
Costume Design
Burn After Reading (2008)
Costume Design
Gangster Squad (2013)
Costume Design
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Costume Design
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Costume Design
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Costume Design
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Costume Design
Bewitched (2005)
Costume Design
Kingpin (1996)
Costume Design
A Serious Man (2009)
Costume Design
The Ladykillers (2004)
Costume Design
Ghost World (2001)
Costume Design
Paulie (1998)
Costume Design
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Costume Design
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Costume Design
People Like Us (2012)
Costume Design
Playing God (1997)
Costume Design
View from the Top (2003)
Costume Design
Bushwhacked (1995)
Costume Design
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Costume Design
Digging to China (1997)
Costume Design
Thick as Thieves (1999)
Costume Design
Behemoth! (—)
Costume Design
PCU (1994)
Costume Design
God Said, 'Ha!' (1998)
Costume Design
Where's Marlowe? (1998)
Costume Design
The Last of the High Kings (1996)
Costume Design