Jacqueline West

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Jacqueline West is an American costume designer. She is best known for her work on such acclaimed films as Quills (2000), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Argo (2012), The Revenant (2015), Dune (2021), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times.

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Career

West began her career as a fashion designer in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she owned a boutique on Gilman Street in West Berkeley. There she created and sold her eponymous "Identikit by Jacqueline West" line. [1]

West ventured into film costume design in the 1990s after being persuaded to do so by Philip Kaufman. She first worked for the director as a creative consultant on Henry & June (1990). [1] Their professional relationship continued on the films Rising Sun (1993) and Quills (2000); for creating costumes in the latter, she garnered her first Academy Award nomination. [1] West stated that Kaufman, who shaped her approach to dressing actors, was among the major influences on her career; the other was her mother, an avant-garde fashion designer of the 1940s and 1950s. [2]  

West worked with director David Fincher on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which turned out to be a difficult task for her due to its epic scope and the need to maintain the integrity of each character's garments in a story that takes place through almost 100 years of different clothing styles and fashions. [2] Another challenge was making Benjamin (Brad Pitt) look both old and young at the beginning of the movie and young and old at the film's end. [3] West later said that Pitt called her a method costumer for those approaches. [2]

West and the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising established The Jacqueline West Scholarship for “an outstanding Native American interested in the study of fashion or costume design.” [4]

Personal Life

West is a member of the LGBT community. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1990 Henry & June Philip Kaufman Creative consultant
1993 Rising Sun
2000 Quills
Just One Night Alan Jacobs
2002 The Banger Sisters Bob Dolman
Leo Mehdi Norowzian
American Gun Alan JacobsCostume consultant
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Stephen Norrington
2005 Down in the Valley David Jacobson
The New World Terrence Malick
2006 Lonely Hearts Todd Robinson
2007 The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel
James McTeigue
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher
2009 State of Play Kevin Macdonald
2010 The Social Network David Fincher
2011 Water for Elephants Francis Lawrence
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
2012 Argo Ben Affleck
To the Wonder Terrence Malick
2014 The Gambler Rupert Wyatt
Seventh Son Sergei Bodrov
2015 Knight of Cups Terrence Malick
The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu
2016 Live by Night Ben Affleck
2017 Song to Song Terrence Malick
Flesh and Sand Alejandro González IñárrituShort film
2021 Dune Denis Villeneuve Co-designed with Bob Morgan
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
2024 Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2000 Best Costume Design Quills Nominated [6]
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated [7]
2015 The Revenant Nominated [8]
2021 Dune Nominated [9]
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated [10]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
British Academy Film Awards
2000 Best Costume Design Quills Nominated [11]
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated [12]
2021 Dune Nominated [13]
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated [14]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Jacqueline West other awards and nominations
AwardYearCategoryTitleResult
Astra Film Creative Arts Awards [lower-alpha 1] 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2000 Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film Quills Nominated
2008 Excellence in Period Film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2010 Excellence in Contemporary Film The Social Network Nominated
2012Excellence in Period Film Argo Nominated
2021 Excellence in Fantasy Film Dune Won
2023 Excellence in Period Film Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards [lower-alpha 2] 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Won
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2015Variety Artisans Award The Revenant Won
(Costume Design)
2021 Dune Won
(Costume Design)
Satellite Awards 2008 Best Costume Design The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2011 Water for Elephants Won
2021 Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Saturn Awards 2003 Best Costume Design The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Nominated
2021 Dune Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Dune Nominated
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ formerly known as "Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards" and "Hollywood Critics Association Awards"
  2. ↑ formerly known as "Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards"

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Amos, Joel (May 5, 2009). "Benjamin Button costuming secrets". SheKnows.com . Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ Clements, Erin (February 12, 2009). "Screen Style: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Elle . Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Anne (February 17, 2016). "'The Revenant' Oscar Contender Jacqueline West Creates Scholarship for Native American Youth (EXCLUSIVE)".
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/live/CQuaLDXaoMw?si=VLJ9HWnmRS22__k5
  6. ↑ "73rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ "81st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "88th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ "94th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ "96th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  11. ↑ "54th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ "62nd British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  13. ↑ "75th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  14. ↑ "77th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved January 26, 2024.
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