Julie Weiss

Julie Weiss
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1975–present

Julie Weiss is an American costume designer. She has received various accolades, including two Emmy Awards and two Costume Designers Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. Weiss was awarded the CDG Career Achievement Award in 2011.

On stage, Weiss created costumes for many Broadway productions. She received the Tony Award for Best Costume Design nomination for the original Broadway production of the Bernard Pomerance play  The Elephant Man (1979).

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Jack Hofsiss
1983	Independence Day	Robert Mandel
	Second Thoughts	Lawrence Turman
	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Lamont Johnson
	Testament	Lynne Littman
1985	The Mean Season	Phillip Borsos
	Creator	Ivan Passer
1986	F/X	Robert Mandel
1987	Masters of the Universe	Gary Goddard
1988	1969	Ernest Thompson
	Tequila Sunrise	Robert Towne
1989	Wicked Stepmother	Larry Cohen
	Steel Magnolias	Herbert Ross
1990	The Freshman	Andrew Bergman
1991	Married to It	Arthur Hiller
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Andrew Bergman
1993	House of Cards	Michael Lessac
	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Steven Zaillian
	Naked in New York	Daniel Algrant
1994	It Could Happen to You	Andrew Bergman
1995	12 Monkeys	Terry Gilliam
1996	Marvin's Room	Jerry Zaks
1997	Touch	Paul Schrader
	The Edge	Lee Tamahori
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Terry Gilliam
	Finding Graceland	David Winkler
	A Simple Plan	Sam Raimi
1999	American Beauty	Sam Mendes
2000	Isn't She Great	Andrew Bergman
	Get Carter	Stephen Kay
	The Gift	Sam Raimi
2001	Hearts in Atlantis	Scott Hicks
2002	Frida	Julie Taymor
	Auto Focus	Paul Schrader
	The Ring	Gore Verbinski
2003	The Missing	Ron Howard
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Dean Parisot
2006	Hollywoodland	Allen Coulter
	Bobby	Emilio Estevez
2007	Blades of Glory	Will Speck Josh Gordon
	Slipstream	Anthony Hopkins
2008	Lower Learning	Mark Lafferty
2009	The Time Traveler's Wife	Robert Schwentke
	Get Low	Aaron Schneider
2010	Shanghai	Mikael Håfström
2011	No Strings Attached	Ivan Reitman
2012	Hitchcock	Sacha Gervasi
2017	November Criminals
2020	Greyhound	Aaron Schneider
2022	Call Jane	Phyllis Nagy

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1977–1978	Lovers and Friends	aka For Richer, For Poorer 212 episodes
1982	The Elephant Man	Television film
	Little Gloria... Happy at Last	2 episodes
1984	The Dollmaker	Television film
	Family Secrets
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Television film and pilot
	Do You Remember Love	Television film
	Evergreen	3 episodes
1991	My Life and Times	Episode: "April 9, 2035"
1992	Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall	with Isaac Mizrahi Television special
1993	The Portrait	Television film
1995	A Woman of Independent Means	3 episodes
2005	Mrs. Harris	Television film
2012	Of Two Minds
2016	The Night Of	Episode: "The Beach"
2018	My Dinner with Hervé	Television film
2020	Filthy Rich	Episode: "Pilot"

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Costume Design	12 Monkeys	Nominated	[1]
2003		Frida	Nominated	[2]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2003	Best Costume Design	Frida	Nominated	[3]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1982	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special	The Elephant Man	Nominated	[4]
1983		Little Gloria... Happy at Last	Nominated
1984		The Dollmaker	Won
1985		Evergreen (Episode: "Part 1")	Nominated
1993	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special	Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall	Nominated
1995	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special	A Woman of Independent Means (Episode: "Part 1")	Won
2006		Mrs. Harris	Nominated

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1979	Best Costume Design	The Elephant Man	Nominated	[5]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Julie Weiss other awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2000	Excellence in Contemporary Film	American Beauty	Won	[6]
	2003	Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film	Frida	Nominated	[7]
	2007	Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries	Mrs. Harris	Nominated	[8]
	2008	Excellence in Contemporary Film	Blades of Glory	Won	[9]
	2011	Career Achievement Award	—N/a	Honored	[10]
Drama Desk Awards	1979	Outstanding Costume Design	The Elephant Man	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2003	Best Costume Design	Frida	Won	[11]
Saturn Awards	1988	Best Costume Design	Masters of the Universe	Nominated	[12]
	1996		12 Monkeys	Won	[13]

References

1. "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
2. "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
3. Minns, Adam (27 January 2003). "Oscar favourites dominate UK's BAFTA nominations". Screendaily.com . Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
4. "Julie Weiss - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
5. "Sweeney' and 'Elephant' Lead Tony Nominations". The New York Times . May 8, 1979. Archived from the original on January 31, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
6. Thomas, Barbara (February 18, 2000). "Costume Designers Take Their Bows at Guild Awards Ceremony". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on September 22, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
7. McNary, Dave (January 21, 2003). "Nine wrap up costume nominations". Variety . Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
8. Stitt, Eric (January 10, 2007). "Costume designers name nominees". Variety . Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
9. Mayberry, Carly (February 20, 2008). "'Glory,' Sweeney top costume nods". The Hollywood Reporter . Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 14, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
10. Pond, Steve (January 11, 2011). "Costume Designers Honor Halle Berry, Book Kristin Davis". TheWrap . Archived from the original on January 31, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
11. Martin, Denise (January 13, 2003). "'Far' wins Golden Satellite kudos". Variety . Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
12. "1987 | 15th Saturn Awards". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
13. "1995 | 22nd Saturn Awards". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2018.

External links

• Julie Weiss at IMDb