Mark Bridges (costume designer)

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Mark Bridges
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Education Stony Brook University (BA)
New York University (MFA)

Mark Bridges is an American costume designer. He has frequently collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson for each of his films. Bridges has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning two for The Artist (2011) [3] and Phantom Thread (2017). [4] For the latter, he won a Jet Ski and a stay in Lake Havasu City, Arizona resort, as a part of the Academy Awards telecast stunt to award the Oscar recipient who gave the shortest acceptance speech. [5] [6] His other awards include two BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design for his designs for The Artist [7] and Phantom Thread.[ citation needed ]

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Personal life

Bridges was born in Niagara Falls, New York. [2] He was a student for the theater club at La Salle High School. [8] Bridges studied theater at Niagara County Community College [8] and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Stony Brook University in 1983. [1] [9] After graduating, he moved to New York City to start working as a fabric shopper on Broadway for Barbara Matera Ltd. [1] For the next few years, he worked on various theatrical productions, including Oh! Calcutta! and Dreamgirls , while attending graduate school at New York University. [1] He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 1987. [10]

Career

Bridges moved to Los Angeles and was asked to work as a costume assistant for Richard Hornung. [1] Bridges won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Designer for The Artist and Phantom Thread . At the 90th Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel offered as a prize for the shortest acceptance speech a Jet Ski and trip to Lake Havasu. Kimmel announced Bridges as the winner since his speech was the shortest at 35 seconds. Helen Mirren and Bridges were shown on the jet ski at the end of the ceremony. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1990 Miller's Crossing Joel Coen costume assistant
The Grifters Stephen Frears assistant costume designer
1991 Barton Fink Joel Coen
Doc Hollywood Michael Caton-Jones
1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time Anthony Hickox
Hero Stephen Frearsassistant costume designer
1993 Robot Wars Albert Band
Prehysteria! Albert Band
Charles Band
David DeCoteau
Remote Ted Nicolaou
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys Charles Band
Dave Ivan Reitman assistant costume designer
1994 Trancers 5: Sudden Deth David Nutter
The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
assistant costume designer
Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone
Pet Shop Hope Perello
1995 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest James D. R. Hickoxwardrobe supervisor
Nixon Oliver Stoneassistant costume designer
1996 Hard Eight Paul Thomas Anderson
1997Living in PerilJack Ersgard
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
1998 Can't Hardly Wait Deborah Kaplan
Harry Elfont
Thursday Skip Woods
1999 Blast from the Past Hugh Wilson
Deep Blue Sea Renny Harlin
Magnolia Paul Thomas Andersonalso production designer
2000Cirque du Soleil Journey of ManKeith Melton
2001Beyond the Pale Paul Warner
Blow Ted Demme
2002 Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson
2003 8 Mile Curtis Hanson
The Italian Job F. Gary Gray
2004 I Heart Huckabees David O. Russell
2005 Be Cool F. Gary Gray
2006 Fur Steven Shainberg
2007 There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
2008 Yes Man Peyton Reed
2009 Land of the Lost Brad Silberling
2010 Greenberg Noah Baumbach
The Fighter David O. Russell
2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
2012 The Master Paul Thomas Anderson
Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell
2013 Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass
2014 Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey Sam Taylor-Johnson
2016 Jason Bourne Paul Greengrass
2017 Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
2019 Joker Todd Phillips
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
2020 News of the World Paul Greengrass
2021 Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
2022 The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg
2023 Maestro Bradley Cooper

Television credits

YearTitleNotes
1990 Dream On assistant costume designer
4 episodes
2003 Miss Match
2008 Swingtown 1 episode
2016 Vinyl

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryProjectResult
2001 Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period or Fantasy Film Blow Nominated
2010 Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period Film The Fighter Nominated
2011 Academy Award Best Costume Design The Artist Won
BAFTA Award Best Costume Design Won
Critics' Choice Awards Best Costume Design Won
Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period Film Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Costume Design Nominated
2012 Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Contemporary Film Silver Linings Playbook Nominated
2014 Academy Awards Best Costume Design Inherent Vice Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards Best Costume Design Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period Film Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Awards Technical Achievement AwardNominated
2017 Academy Awards Best Costume Design Phantom Thread Won
BAFTA Awards Best Costume Design Won
Critics' Choice Awards Best Costume Design Won
Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period Film Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Costume Design Won
London Film Critics' Circle Awards Technical Achievement AwardNominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Costume DesignWon
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Costume DesignWon
2019 Academy Awards Best Costume Design Joker Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Costume Design Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Award Best Costume DesignNominated

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