Anna B. Sheppard

Anna Biedrzycka Sheppard (born 18 January 1946) is a Polish costume designer. She received nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a César Award.

Sheppard is best known for her collaborations with directors Krzysztof Zanussi, Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, and Quentin Tarantino. She has also designed the costumes for several superhero films, including Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times.

On television, Sheppard designed costumes for limited series such as Band of Brothers (2001) and The Prisoner (2009).

Early life Sheppard was born in Żyrardów, Poland on 18 January 1946. She has a younger sister, Magdalena Biedrzycka, who is a fellow costume designer. She graduated with architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw and now lives in London.

Career Sheppard has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for Schindler's List (1993), The Pianist (2002), and Maleficent (2014).

Selected filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1971 Family Life Krzysztof Zanussi 1973 The Illumination 1975 A Woman's Decision 1976 Brunet wieczorową porą Stanisław Bareja 1977 Camouflage Krzysztof Zanussi 1978 Spiral 1980 The Constant Factor 1981 From a Far Country 1982 Imperative 1985 Power of Evil 1988 To Kill a Priest Agnieszka Holland 1993 Schindler's List Steven Spielberg 1996 Dragonheart Rob Cohen with Thomas Casterline The Ogre Volker Schlöndorff 1997 Washington Square Agnieszka Holland 1998 The Proposition Lesli Linka Glatter Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence Nick Hamm The Wisdom of Crocodiles Po-Chih Leong 1999 The Insider Michael Mann 2000 Circus Rob Walker Maybe Baby Ben Elton 2002 The Pianist Roman Polanski 2003 Shanghai Knights David Dobkin 2004 Around the World in 80 Days Frank Coraci 2005 Sahara Breck Eisner Oliver Twist Roman Polanski 2007 Hannibal Rising Peter Webber Fred Claus David Dobkin 2009 Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino 2011 The Devil's Double Lee Tamahori Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston 2013 The Book Thief Brian Percival 2014 Maleficent Robert Stromberg Fury David Ayer 2016 Now You See Me 2 Jon M. Chu 2017 American Assassin Michael Cuesta 2018 Overlord Julius Avery 2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Jon Watts 2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga David Dobkin 2024 Bob Marley: One Love Reinaldo Marcus Green 2026 Craig Gillespie Post-production

Television YearTitleNotes 1971 Behind the Wall Television film 2001 Band of Brothers 10 episodes 2009 The Prisoner with Jane Clive6 episodes

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1994 Best Costume Design Schindler's List 2003 The Pianist 2015 Maleficent

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1994 Best Costume Design Schindler's List

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. César Awards 2003 Best Costume Design The Pianist Costume Designers Guild Awards 2015 Excellence in Fantasy Film Maleficent Critics' Choice Awards 2010 Best Costume Design Inglourious Basterds 2015 Maleficent Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2009 Best Costume Design Inglourious Basterds Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2014 Best Costume Design Maleficent Polish Film Awards 2003 Best Costume Design The Pianist Satellite Awards 2015 Best Costume Design Maleficent Saturn Awards 1997 Best Costume Design Dragonheart 2010 Inglourious Basterds 2012 Captain America: The First Avenger 2015 Maleficent