Deborah Hopper

Deborah Ann Hopper is a costume designer who has collaborated with Clint Eastwood on 17 films over the last 20 years.

Biography Hopper started her career as a costume designer for opera and ballet productions. 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."

Filmography

Costume designer

Year Film Director Notes 2024 Juror #2 Clint Eastwood 2021 Cry Macho Clint Eastwood 2012 Trouble with the Curve Robert Lorenz Clint Eastwood as Gus LobelProduced 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 CorvinOriginal 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 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design Changeling 2008 Won 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival Award Hollywood Costume Designer of the Year Changeling, Gran Torino 2008 Nominated 11th Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period Film Changeling 1988 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or a Special Shakedown on the Sunset Strip