Sharen Davis

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Sharen Davis
Born
Sharen Kay Davis

(1957-02-22) February 22, 1957 (age 65)
Occupation costume designer
Years active1987-present

Sharen Davis (born February 22, 1957) is an American costume designer. She has been nominated for two Academy Award for Ray [1] and Dreamgirls . She is a frequent collaborator with actor Denzel Washington, [2] having worked with him five times; most recently on the film adaption of Fences .

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Filmography

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1992 Equinox Alan Rudolph
1993 Younger and Younger Percy Adlon
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin
1997 Money Talks Brett Ratner
1998 Dr. Dolittle Betty Thomas
Rush Hour Brett Ratner
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Peter Segal
2001 Double Take George Gallo
2002 High Crimes Carl Franklin
Antwone Fisher Denzel Washington
2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Charles Burnett Documentary film
Out of Time Carl Franklin
2004 Ray Taylor Hackford
2005 Beauty Shop Bille Woodruff
2006 Akeelah and the Bee Doug Atchison
Dreamgirls Bill Condon
The Pursuit of Happyness Gabriele Muccino
2007 The Great Debaters Denzel Washington
2008 Seven Pounds Gabriele Muccino
2009 Middle Men George Gallo
2010 The Book of Eli Albert Hughes
Allen Hughes
2011 The Help Tate Taylor
2012 Looper Rian Johnson
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino
2014 Godzilla Gareth Edwards
Get on Up Tate Taylor
2016 The 5th Wave J Blakeson
The Magnificent Seven Antoine Fuqua
Fences Denzel Washington
2018 Alpha Albert Hughes
2020 Project Power Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman
2021 King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green
A Journal for Jordan Denzel Washington

Television credits

YearTitleNotes
1993 Laurel Avenue 2 episodes
1994 Another Midnight Run TV film
State of Emergency
Midnight Runaround
1995Zooman
Earth 2 7 episodes
1996 Nightjohn TV film
1997 Vanishing Point
1998Grace & Glorie
1999 Passing Glory
2000 Freedom Song
2011 Falling Skies 1 episode - "Live and Learn"
2018 Westworld 10 episodes
2019 Watchmen TV mini-series, 1 episode

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Costume Designers Guild Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Shared with: Valerie Zielonka, (costume supervisor) for Watchmen : "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (2019)

Shared with: Charlene Amateau, Jodie Stern, Sandy Kenyon for Westworld : "Akane no Mai" (2018)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

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References

  1. Cohen, Sandy (December 20, 2006). "From dazzling to drab, Sharen Davis designs movie costumes". San Francisco Gate . Retrieved September 14, 2009.[ dead link ]
  2. "Sharen Davis: Holywood's 'go to' person for costume design". Jet . March 5, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2010.