Costume design drawing, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, 2016.
- TitleColleen Atwood costume design drawings, 2003-01-01 - 2017-01-01 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)2003-01-01 - 2017-01-01 (inclusive)
- Description
10 item(s) of artworks
- Summary
The Colleen Atwood costume design drawings consists of 10 costume design drawings. Film titles represented include MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005), SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007), INTO THE WOODS (2014) and FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (2016), for which Atwood won an Academy Award.
- BiographyColleen Atwood is an American costume designer. Born in a small town in the state of Washington, she studied painting at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and art at NYU. Atwood’s career began in the 1980s, and her first solo costume designer credit was the film FIRSTBORN (1984). She went on to work on films as diverse as LITTLE WOMEN (1994), GATTACA (1997), PLANET OF THE APES (2001), and INTO THE WOODS (2014). She is known for her close collaboration with director Tim Burton in numerous films, starting with EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990). She has been nominated for twelve Academy Awards and received four for her work on CHICAGO (2002), MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005), ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010), and FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (2016).
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationGift of Colleen Atwood, 2017.
- Preferred citationColleen Atwood costume design drawings, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 2527
- AvailabilityFor information on the contents and availability of this collection please contact the Reference and Public Services department at ref@oscars.org.
- Moving Image Items
- Library Holdings