ATWOOD, Colleen 1950–

(Coleen Atwood)

PERSONAL

Born 1950. Education: Attended New York University's film school in 1980.

Addresses:

Office—IATSE, 13949 Ventura Blvd., Suite 309, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423–3570.

Career:

Costume designer, costume consultant, and production manager. Also worked as a fashion consultant, Seattle, WA, c. 1970s; created stage costumes for Elton John.

Awards, Honors:

Film Award nomination, best costume designer, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1992, for Edward Scissorhands; Academy Award nomination, best costume design, 1994, Film Award nomination, best costume design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1995, both for Little Women; Academy Award nomination, best costume design, 1998, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best motion picture costume design, Costume Designers Guild Award nomination, excellence for costume design in film, 1999, all for Beloved; Academy Award nomination, best costume design, Golden Satellite Award, best costume design, Sierra Award nomination, best costume designer, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Costume Designers Guild Award, excellence for costume design for film—period/fantasy, Film Award, best costume design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Saturn Award nomination, best costumes, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2000, all for Sleepy Hollow; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best costume design, Costume Design Guild Award nomination, excellence for costume design for film—period/fantasy, Film Award nomination, best costume design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Saturn Award nomination, best costumes, 2002, all for Planet of the Apes; Academy Award, best costume design, Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best costume design, Costume Design Guild Award, excellence for costume design for film—period/fantasy, Film Award nomination, best costume design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2003, all for Chicago.

CREDITS

Film Costume Designer:

Firstborn (also known as First Born and Moving In), 1984.

Bring on the Night (also known as Sting: Bring on the Night), 1985.

Manhunter (also known as Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter), 1986.

Critical Condition, 1987.

Someone to Watch over Me, Columbia, 1987.

The Pick–Up Artist, Twentieth Century–Fox Corp., 1987.

For Keeps (also known as Maybe Baby), TriStar, 1988.

Fresh Horses, Columbia, 1988.

Married to the Mob, Orion, 1988.

Torch Song Trilogy, New Line Cinema, 1988.

(As Coleen Atwood) The Handmaid's Tale, Cinecom, 1989.

Edward Scissorhands, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Joe Versus the Volcano, Warner Bros., 1990.

Rush, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1991.

The Silence of the Lambs, Orion, 1991.

Lorenzo's Oil, Universal, 1992.

Michelle Pfeiffer's costume designer, Love Field, Orion, 1992.

Born Yesterday, Buena Vista, 1993.

Philadelphia, TriStar, 1993.

Cabin Boy, Buena Vista, 1994.

Ed Wood, Buena Vista, 1994.

Little Women, Columbia TriStar, 1994.

Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994.

Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (also known as The Grotesque and Grave Indiscretion), Live Entertainment, 1995.

Mars Attacks!, Warner Bros., 1996.

That Thing You Do!, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

The Juror, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1996.

Buddy, Columbia, 1997.

Gattaca, Columbia, 1997.

Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998.

Fallen, Warner Bros., 1998.

Mumford, Buena Vista, 1999.

Sleepy Hollow, Paramount, 1999.

The Mexican, DreamWorks, 2001.

Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

Golden Dreams (short film), 2001.

Chicago, Miramax, 2002.

Cinemagique (short film), Walt Disney Attractions, 2002.

Big Fish, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Paramount, 2004.

Memoirs of a Geisha, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2005.

Film Work:

Wardrobe production assistant, A Little Sex, 1982.

Wardrobe and wardrobe director, New York Nights, 1984.

Also worked as a production assistant, Ragtime.

Film Appearances:

Herself, Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of "Silence of the Lambs" (documentary), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2001.

Television Work; Series:

Costume designer, The Tick, Fox, 2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Costumes, Out of the Darkness, CBS, 1985.

Costume consultant, Power, Passion and Murder, 1987.

Costume designer, Hider in the House, 1989.

Costume designer, Head above Water, HBO, 1997.

Television Work; Specials:

Costume consultant, Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (also known as Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius), 1987.

Costume consultant and production manager, Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (also known as Natica Jackson), 1987.

Costume consultant, Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (also known as A Table at Ciro's), 1987.

Wardrobe (Chita Rivera tribute), The 25th Anniversary Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 2002.

Costume designer (Chicago dance performance), The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, The Making of "Planet of the Apes" (documentary), 2001.

Herself, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Harper's Bazaar, November, 1994, p. 66.

TCI, November, 1994, p. 38.