Mary Zophres is an American costume designer. Her accolades include a Costume Designers Guild Award, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards and five BAFTA Awards.
Zophres is best known for her collaborations with directors such as the Coen brothers, Steven Spielberg, and Damien Chazelle.
Early life and education Zophres was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her father was born in Ioannina, Greece. She graduated from the 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 organize 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.
Filmography Year Title Director 1994 PCU Hart Bochner Dumb and Dumber Peter Farrelly 1995 Bushwhacked Greg Beeman 1996 Fargo Joel Coen Kingpin Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly The Last of the High Kings David Keating 1997 Digging to China Timothy Hutton Playing God Andy Wilson 1998 The Big Lebowski Joel Coen God Said Ha! Julia Sweeney Paulie John Roberts There's Something About Mary Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly Where's Marlowe? Daniel Pyne 1999 Thick as Thieves Scott Sanders Any Given Sunday Oliver Stone 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Ghost World Terry Zwigoff Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling 2002 Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg View from the Top Bruno Barreto 2003 Intolerable Cruelty Joel Coen 2004 The Ladykillers Joel Coen Ethan Coen The Terminal Steven Spielberg 2005 Bewitched Nora Ephron 2006 Smokin' Aces Joe Carnahan 2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen Ethan Coen Lions for Lambs Robert Redford 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg Burn After Reading Joel Coen Ethan Coen 2009 A Serious Man 2010 Iron Man 2 Jon Favreau True Grit Joel Coen Ethan Coen 2011 Cowboys & Aliens Jon Favreau 2012 People Like Us Alex Kurtzman 2013 Gangster Squad Ruben Fleischer Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen Ethan Coen 2014 Interstellar Christopher Nolan 2016 Hail, Caesar! Joel Coen Ethan Coen La La Land Damien Chazelle 2017 Battle of the Sexes Jonathan DaytonValerie Faris 2018 First Man Damien Chazelle The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Joel Coen Ethan Coen 2020 Antebellum Gerard BushChristopher Renz 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen 2022 Babylon Damien Chazelle 2024 Fly Me to the Moon Greg Berlanti 2026 The Mandalorian and Grogu Jon Favreau Tony Gilroy
Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Best Costume Design True Grit 2017 La La Land 2019 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2023 Babylon
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Catch Me If You Can 2011 True Grit 2017 La La Land 2019 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2023 Babylon
Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Apolo Awards 2018 Best Costume Design Battle of the Sexes Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 2023 Best Costume Design Babylon Black Reel Awards 2022 Outstanding Costume Design The Tragedy of Macbeth Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2022 Best Costume Design Babylon Costume Designers Guild Awards 2006 Excellence in Commercial Design Orbit Gum 2011 Excellence in Period Film True Grit 2015 Excellence in Contemporary Film Interstellar 2017 La La Land Excellence in Period Film Hail, Caesar! 2023 Babylon Critics' Choice Awards 2011 Best Costume Design True Grit 2016 La La Land 2023 Babylon Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards 2016 Costume Design Hail, Caesar! 2018 First Man Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000 Best Costume Design O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2010 True Grit 2016 La La Land 2022 Babylon Online Film Critics Society Awards 2023 Best Costume Design Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Best Costume Design True Grit 2016 La La Land San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2016 Best Costume Design 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2023 Babylon Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017 Variety Artisans Award La La Land Satellite Awards 2017 Best Costume Design 2023 Babylon Saturn Awards 2009 Best Costume Design Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2014 Best Costume Design Inside Llewyn Davis 2017 La La Land 2023 Babylon
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