Clint Ramos is a Filipino-American costume and set designer for stage and screen. For his work on the 2016 Broadway production of Eclipsed, he became the first person of color to win the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play.
Ramos has hundreds of credits including working as a costume designer on the film Respect (2021) for MGM Studios, starring Jennifer Hudson, and production and costume designer on Lingua Franca (2019), directed by Isabel Sandoval. He has received four additional Tony Award nominations for his work on the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island, the 2019 Broadway revival of Torch Song, the 2020 Broadway revival of The Rose Tattoo, and Slave Play (nominated for Set Design).
He was costume director for the 2013 worldwide premiere production at New York's Public Theater of the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim disco-pop musical Here Lies Love and he reprised that role as well as that of producer in the 2023 Broadway revival.
Professional background
Born in Cebu, Philippines, Ramos studied Theatre Arts at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He got involved in costume design through the university's theatre society, Dulaang UP. He moved to the United States in 1993 where he was awarded a scholarship to NYU Tisch, going on to graduate with a Master of Fine Arts in Design in 1997.
Ramos has given lectures at NYU Tisch and Fordham University, where he was Head of Theater Design.
In 2022, he was featured in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, with a profile written by theatre scholar Jimmy A. Noriega.
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryWorkResult2010Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Costume DesignSo Help Me GodLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Costume Design2013Wild With HappyOutstanding Scenic Design2013OBIE AwardSustained Achievement in DesignBody of Work2014Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Costume DesignHere Lies LoveHelen Hayes AwardOutstanding Set DesignAppropriate2016Tony AwardBest Costume Design in a PlayEclipsed2018Tony AwardBest Costume Design in a MusicalOnce on This IslandOuter Critics Circle AwardCostume Design in a MusicalDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Costume Design of a Musical2019Tony AwardBest Costume Design in a PlayTorch SongOBIE AwardAchievement in Scenic DesignWild Goose Dreams2020Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Scenic Design of a MusicalSoft PowerOutstanding Scenic Design of a PlayGrand HorizonsOuter Critics AwardOutstanding Scenic Design for a PlayUnited States Artists2020 Fellow for TheatreBody of WorkTony AwardBest Scenic Design of a PlaySlave PlayBest Costume Design in a PlayThe Rose Tattoo 2023Best Costume Design in a Musical KPOP 2025 Tony AwardBest Costume Design in a Musical Maybe Happy Ending
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