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Mary Zophres

b. 1964 · 47 titles in the catalogue

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.

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Their work

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  1. Interstellar2014Costume Design
  2. Iron Man 22010Costume Design
  3. La La Land2016Costume Design
  4. Catch Me If You Can2002Costume Design
  5. No Country for Old Men2007Costume Design
  6. The Big Lebowski1998Costume Design
  7. Fargo1996Costume Design
  8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008Costume Design
  9. The Terminal2004Costume Design
  10. Dumb and Dumber1994Costume Design
  11. True Grit2010Costume Design
  12. First Man2018Costume Design
  13. Cowboys & Aliens2011Costume Design
  14. There's Something About Mary1998Costume Design
  15. Burn After Reading2008Costume Design
  16. O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000Costume Design
  17. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018Costume Design
  18. Gangster Squad2013Costume Design
  19. Hail, Caesar!2016Costume Design
  20. Babylon2022Costume Design
  21. Inside Llewyn Davis2013Costume Design
  22. A Serious Man2009Costume Design
  23. Battle of the Sexes2017Costume Design
  24. Smokin' Aces2006Costume Design
  25. Any Given Sunday1999Costume Design
  26. The Man Who Wasn't There2001Costume Design
  27. The Ladykillers2004Costume Design
  28. Intolerable Cruelty2003Costume Design
  29. Bewitched2005Costume Design
  30. Ghost World2001Costume Design
  31. Fly Me to the Moon2024Costume Design
  32. Antebellum2020Costume Designer
  33. Kingpin1996Costume Design
  34. The Mandalorian and Grogu2026Costume Design
  35. The Tragedy of Macbeth2021Costume Design
  36. City Slickers1991Assistant Costume Designer
  37. Lions for Lambs2007Costume Design
  38. People Like Us2012Costume Design
  39. View from the Top2003Costume Design
  40. Paulie1998Costume Design
  41. Moonlight Mile2002Costume Design
  42. PCU1994Costume Design
  43. Bushwhacked1995Costume Design
  44. Playing God1997Costume Design
  45. The Last of the High Kings1996Costume Design
  46. Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera2003as Self
  47. Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe2012as Self