Milena Canonero

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Milena Canonero

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Milena Canonero Berlinale 2017.jpg
Canonero in 2017
Born (1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 78)
Turin, Piedmont Italy
Occupation Costume designer
Years active1971–present
Spouse
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(m. 1980)​

Milena Canonero OMRI (born 1 January 1946) is an Italian costume designer. In a career spanning over five decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and two Costume Designers Guild Awards.

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Canonero gained prominence for her collaborations with directors Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, and Wes Anderson. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design nine times, winning four awards for Barry Lyndon (1975), Chariots of Fire (1981), Marie Antoinette (2006), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). She has also received eight nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, winning for Chariots of Fire, The Cotton Club (1984), and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Early life and education

Canonero was born in Turin, Italy. She attended university in Genoa, studying fashion, period design, and art history before moving to England in the late 1960's to complete her studies. [1] She designed for friends' boutiques in London and began assisting in commercials, meeting many filmmakers along the way, including director Hugh Hudson. [2] He gave Canonero her first break on his short film, which was shot on location in Sicily. She was involved in all aspects of the production and found the entire process captivating. [1] By chance, Canonero was also invited to watch Stanley Kubrick shoot parts of the landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); on the set, the director asked her to work with him on his next feature film project. [2]

Career

Canonero received her first major screen credits for designing costumes for Kubrick's cult classic A Clockwork Orange (1971). She created an instantly recognizable character's wardrobe that perfectly captures the film's discourse on class, money, and power through provoking aesthetics, which has since become an enduring inspiration for fashion icons and designers. [3] Canonero continued professional collaborations with Kubrick on his next two film adaptations: the period drama Barry Lyndon (1975) and the psychological horror The Shining (1980). She crafted authentic 18th-century garments for the former along with Swedish costume designer Ulla-Britt Söderlund. During extensive filming preparations, the designers examined original attire at the Victoria and Albert Museum and copied patterns from the collection. [1] The pair also drew inspiration from period-defining art, including portraits by Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, genre paintings by Jean Siméon Chardin, as well as the bawdy paintings by William Hogarth, among others. [1] Their remarkable efforts won them the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. [2] Then came an offer to design costumes for George Lucas' space opera Star Wars (1977), which she turned down and later considered to be the biggest missed opportunity of her career. [2] Canonero won her second Academy Award for Hudson's sports drama Chariots of Fire (1981). Her 1920s costumes inspired a fashion trend; as a result, she was asked to design a clothing line for men's-wear manufacturer Norman Hilton. [2]

Beside her well-established screen career, Canonero is known for stage design. She frequently collaborated with director Otto Schenk on his numerous opera productions. Those include Il trittico (Vienna State Opera, 1979), As You Like It (Salzburg Festival, 1980), Die Fledermaus (Vienna State Opera, 1980), Andrea Chénier (Vienna State Opera, 1981), and Arabella (Metropolitan Opera, 1983). She also worked with director Luc Bondy on such productions as Tosca (Metropolitan Opera, 2009) and Helena (Burgtheater, 2010).

On television, Canonero designed costumes for crime drama series Miami Vice in the 1980s. [4]

In 2001, Canonero received the Career Achievement Award in Film from the Costume Designers Guild. In 2005, Canonero won the guild's award for excellence in contemporary film for her work on Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). [5] She won her third Oscar for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).

Details of the costumes worn by Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton in The Grand Budapest Hotel, designed by Canonero. FIDM Museum - Film costumes - Grand Budapest Hotel (16476925205).jpg
Details of the costumes worn by Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton in The Grand Budapest Hotel , designed by Canonero.

Canonero reteamed with Anderson in 2014 on The Grand Budapest Hotel , for which she received her ninth nomination and fourth win at the 87th Academy Awards. She also won a BAFTA award for her work on the film.

Milena Canonero was awarded an Honorary Golden Bear during the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. [6]

Personal life

Canonero is married to actor Marshall Bell, and they live in West Hollywood, California.

Selected film credits

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1971 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
1975 Barry Lyndon Co-designed with Ulla-Britt Söderlund
1977 The Disappearance Stuart Cooper
1978 Midnight Express Alan Parker
1980 The Shining Stanley Kubrick
1981 Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson
1983 The Hunger Tony Scott
1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street Peter Webb
The Cotton Club Francis Ford Coppola
1985 Out of Africa Sydney Pollack
1987 Barfly Barbet Schroeder
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Francis Ford Coppola
1990 The Bachelor Roberto Faenza Co-designed with Alberto Verso
Dick Tracy Warren Beatty
The Godfather Part III Francis Ford Coppola
1992 Single White Female Barbet SchroederAlso production designer
Damage Louis Malle
1994 Only You Norman Jewison
Love Affair Glenn Gordon Caron
Camilla Deepa Mehta
Death and the Maiden Roman Polanski
1998 Bulworth Warren Beatty
1999 Titus Julie Taymor
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Charles Shyer
2002 Solaris Steven Soderbergh
2004 Eros Segment: "Equilibrium"
Ocean's Twelve
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Wes Anderson
2006 Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola
Belle Toujours Manoel de Oliveira
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson
I Viceré Roberto Faenza
2010 The Wolfman Joe Johnston
2011 Carnage Roman Polanski
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
2016 Paris Can Wait Eleanor Coppola
2018 The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard
2021 The French Dispatch Wes Anderson
2023 Asteroid City
2024 Megalopolis Francis Ford CoppolaPost-production

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1975 Best Costume Design Barry Lyndon Won [7]
1981 Chariots of Fire Won [8]
1985 Out of Africa Nominated [9]
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Nominated [10]
1990 Dick Tracy Nominated [11]
1999 Titus Nominated [12]
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Nominated [13]
2006 Marie Antoinette Won [14]
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Won [15]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
British Academy Film Awards
1975 Best Costume Design Barry Lyndon Nominated [16]
1981 Chariots of Fire Won [17]
1985 The Cotton Club Won [18]
1986 Out of Africa Nominated [19]
1990 Dick Tracy Nominated [20]
2006 Marie Antoinette Nominated [21]
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Won [22]
2021 The French Dispatch Nominated [23]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Milena Canonero other awards and nominations
AwardYearCategoryTitleResult
César Awards 2018 Best Costume Design The Sisters Brothers Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Costume Design Asteroid City Nominated
Ciak d'oro 1990Best Costume Design The Bachelor Nominated
2007 I Viceré Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2004 Excellence in Contemporary Film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Won
Ocean's Twelve Nominated
2006 Excellence in Period Film Marie Antoinette Nominated
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
2016 Excellence in Short Form Design H&M: "Come Together"Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2014 Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
David di Donatello Awards 1990 Best Costumes The Bachelor Nominated
2007 I Viceré Won
Hollywood Film Awards 2014 Costume Designer of the Year The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
Nastro d'Argento Awards 1988Best Costume Design Tucker: The Man and His Dream Nominated
1990 The Bachelor Nominated
2006 Marie Antoinette Won
2007 I Viceré Won
2011 Best Producer Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Nominated
2014Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design The French Dispatch Nominated
2023 Asteroid City Nominated
Satellite Awards 1999 Best Costume Design Titus Nominated
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Nominated
2006 Marie Antoinette Nominated
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
Saturn Awards 1983 Best Costume Design The Hunger Nominated
1990 Dick Tracy Nominated
2010 The Wolfman Nominated

Honorary accolades

OrganizationYearCategoryResult
Berlin International Film Festival 2017 Honorary Golden Bear Received
Costume Designers Guild 2000Career Achievement in Film AwardReceived

Other honors

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