Deborah Hopper

Deborah Ann Hopper is a costume designer who has collaborated with Clint Eastwood on 16 films over the last 20 years.

Deborah Ann Hopper
Awards12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival Award

Hollywood Costume Designer of the Year

for Changeling, Gran Torino

Biography

Hopper started her career as a costume designer for opera and ballet productions.[1] She has been working in film since 1983.

Hopper has worked closely with director Clint Eastwood for more than 20 years on films. According to Hopper she typically spends several months collecting vintage items and recreating period clothes from photographs. It is all part of her minimalist philosophy towards costuming. Hopper stated, "With the work that I do with Clint, his movies are basically everyday life, so the costumes that I deal with are everyday clothes. The costumes, in a way, have to be invisible. If they show then I think it’s kind of distracting. It should be more about the story."[2]

Filmography

Costume designer
Year Film Director Notes
2012 Trouble with the Curve Robert Lorenz Clint Eastwood as Gus Lobel
Produced by Clint Eastwood
2011 J. Edgar Clint Eastwood
2010 Hereafter Clint Eastwood
2009 Invictus Clint Eastwood
2008 Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
2008 Changeling Clint Eastwood
2006 Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood
2006 Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood
2004 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn
2003 Mystic River Clint Eastwood Original Music by Clint Eastwood
2002 Blood Work Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood as Terry McCaleb
2000 Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood as Frank Corvin
Original Music by Clint Eastwood
1996 Dear God Garry Marshall
1990 Impulse Sondra Locke
1988 Shakedown on the Sunset Strip Walter Grauman (TV)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Year Film Director Job Notes
2001 America's Sweethearts Joe Roth assistant costume designer
1999 The Haunting Jan de Bont costume supervisor
1999 True Crime Clint Eastwood costume supervisor Clint Eastwood as Steve Everett
1997 Absolute Power Clint Eastwood costume supervisor Clint Eastwood as Luther Whitney
1996 Mulholland Falls Lee Tamahori costume supervisor
1995 Showgirls Paul Verhoeven costume supervisor
1994 Exit to Eden Garry Marshall wardrobe supervisor
1994 Intersection Mark Rydell costume supervisor: Los Angeles
1992 Chaplin Richard Attenborough costume supervisor: women, Los Angeles
1992 Death Becomes Her Robert Zemeckis costumer
1992 Basic Instinct Paul Verhoeven costume supervisor: women, Los Angeles
1991 Dead Again Kenneth Branagh costumer
1991 Defending Your Life Albert Brooks set costumer
1990 The Rookie Clint Eastwood costume supervisor: women Clint Eastwood as Nick Pulovski
1989 Pink Cadillac Buddy Van Horn costume supervisor: women Clint Eastwood as Tommy Nowak
1989 Troop Beverly Hills Jeff Kanew costumer
1988 The Dead Pool Buddy Van Horn costume supervisor: women Clint Eastwood as Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
1988 Bird Clint Eastwood costume supervisor
1986 Heartbreak Ridge Clint Eastwood wardrobe: women; as Deborah Ann Hopper Clint Eastwood as Sergeant Thomas Highway
1986 Ratboy Sondra Locke wardrobe: women; as Deborah Ann Hopper
1985 Pale Rider Clint Eastwood wardrobe: women; as Deborah Ann Hopper Clint Eastwood as Preacher
1985 Chiller Wes Craven costumer: women
1985 Tightrope Richard Tuggle wardrobe: women; as Deborah Ann Hopper Clint Eastwood as Capt. Wes Block
1984 Revenge of the Nerds Jeff Kanew costumer: women
1983 All the Right Moves Michael Chapman costumer: women

Awards
Year Result Award Category Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated British Academy of Film and Television Arts[3] BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design Changeling
2008 Won 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival Award[4] Hollywood Costume Designer of the Year Changeling, Gran Torino
2008 Nominated 2008 Costume Designers Guild Awards[5] Excellence in Costume Design - Period Film Changeling
1988 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or a Special Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

References
  1. Anna Stewart (2008-10-24). "Deborah Hopper: Costume designer, 'Changeling'". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  2. Lion, Lea (2007-02-02). "Seams from the Screen: Hollywood Comes Downtown for FIDM's Annual Costume Party". Los Angeles Downtown News. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  3. "The full list of nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  4. Jennifer Marino (2008-12-08). "Starz Gazing at the Hollywood Film Awards". P3 Update. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  5. Andrew Stewart (2009-01-13). "Costume designers unveil nominees". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
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