Ellen Mirojnick

Ellen Mirojnick (born July 7, 1949 in New York City) is an American costume designer. She is a frequent collaborator of actor Michael Douglas, having overseen the costume design for the films Fatal Attraction, Wall Street (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), A Perfect Murder (1998), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and Behind the Candelabra (2013). The wardrobe which she created for the character of Gordon Gekko inspired a fashion trend in the late 1980s and early 1990s for boldly patterned ties, sleek suits, crisp white shirts, and colorful suspenders in men's business wear. She has also been a frequent collaborator of directors Jan de Bont and Paul Verhoeven, acting as costume designer on de Bont's films Speed (1994), Twister (1996) and The Haunting (1999), as well as Verhoeven's films Basic Instinct (1992), Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers (1997) and Hollow Man (2000).

She won an Emmy and a Costume Designers Guild Award in 2013 for her work on the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra. In 2016, she was given the Career Achievement Award by the Costume Designers Guild. In 2017, she gained further praise for her work on the biographical musical drama film The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman, which garnered her a nomination for Excellence in Period Film with the Costume Designers Guild. In 2023, Mirojnick received acclaim for her costume design in Christopher Nolan's epic biographical thriller film Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Robert Downey Jr., for which Mirojnick received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design.

Sharon Stone has praised her experience with Mirojnick on Basic Instinct:

Selected filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1978 French Quarter Dennis Kane 1980 Fame Alan Parker Assistant costume designer 1981 Endless Love Franco Zeffirelli Assistant to costume designer 1984 Reckless James Foley Also makes a cameo as Physics Teacher The Flamingo Kid Garry Marshall 1986 Nobody's Fool Evelyn Purcell 1987 Fatal Attraction Adrian Lyne Wall Street Oliver Stone 1988 Cocktail Roger Donaldson Talk Radio Oliver Stone 1989 Black Rain Ridley Scott Always Steven Spielberg 1990 Jacob's Ladder Adrian Lyne 1991 Switch Blake Edwards Mobsters Michael Karbelnikoff 1992 Basic Instinct Paul Verhoeven Chaplin Richard Attenborough with John Mollo 1993 Cliffhanger Renny Harlin 1994 Intersection Mark Rydell Speed Jan de Bont Exit to Eden Garry Marshall 1995 Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow Showgirls Paul Verhoeven 1996 Mulholland Falls Lee Tamahori Twister Jan de Bont The Ghost and the Darkness Stephen Hopkins 1997 Face/Off John Woo Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven 1998 A Perfect Murder Andrew Davis 1999 The Haunting Jan de Bont Mickey Blue Eyes Kelly Makin 2000 Hollow Man Paul Verhoeven What Women Want Nancy Meyers 2001 One Night at McCool's Harald Zwart America's Sweethearts Joe Roth Rat Race Jerry Zucker Don't Say a Word Gary Fleder 2002 Unfaithful Adrian Lyne 2003 It Runs in the Family Fred Schepisi 2004 Twisted Philip Kaufman The Chronicles of Riddick David Twohy 2006 Failure to Launch Tom Dey The Sentinel Clark Johnson Déjà Vu Tony Scott 2007 King of California Mike Cahill 2008 Cloverfield Matt Reeves Mirrors Alexandre Aja 2009 G-Force Hoyt Yeatman G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers Solitary Man Brian KoppelmanDavid Levien Mirojnick only designed costumes for Michael Douglas 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone Killers Robert Luketic Mirojnick only designed costumes for Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl 2013 Odd Thomas Stephen Sommers Costume consultant Agent Carter Louis D'Esposito with Timothy A. WonsikMirojnick only designed costumes for Hayley AtwellShort film 2014 Need for Speed Scott Waugh And So It Goes Rob Reiner Beyond the Reach Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Costume consultant 2015 By the Sea Angelina Jolie 2017 Logan Lucky Steven Soderbergh First They Killed My Father Angelina Jolie The Greatest Showman Michael Gracey 2018 The Girl in the Spider's Web Fede Álvarez Mirojnick only designed costumes for Claire Foy 2019 The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Joachim Rønning 2020 Let Them All Talk Steven Soderbergh 2021 Cinderella Kay Cannon 2022 Kimi Steven Soderbergh 2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan 2025 The Gorge Scott Derrickson Black Bag Steven Soderbergh 2026 The Odyssey Christopher Nolan

Television YearTitleNotes 1982 Fame Episode: "Metamorphosis" 1997 The Wonderful World of Disney Episode: "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" 2011 Person of Interest Episode: "Ghosts" 2012 GCB Episode: "Pilot" 2013 Behind the Candelabra Television film 2014–2015 The Knick 20 episodes 2014 How to Get Away with Murder Episode: "Pilot" 2020 Bridgerton 8 episodes

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Costume Design Oppenheimer

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1993 Best Costume Design Chaplin 2014 Behind the Candelabra 2024 Oppenheimer

Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 1998 Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella 2013 Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Behind the Candelabra 2023 Outstanding Period Costumes Bridgerton

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Costume Designers Guild Awards 2003 Excellence in Contemporary Film Unfaithful 2011 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2014 Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries Behind the Candelabra 2015 Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television The Knick 2016 Excellence in Period Television Career Achievement Award 2018 Excellence in Period Film The Greatest Showman 2020 Excellence in Contemporary Film The Laundromat Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2021 Excellence in Period Television Bridgerton 2024 Excellence in Period Film Oppenheimer Hollywood Beauty Awards 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design and Styling Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2023 Best Costume Design Oppenheimer Online Film Critics Society Awards 2024 Best Costume Design San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2023 Best Costume Design Satellite Awards 2024 Best Costume Design Saturn Awards 1998 Best Costume Design Starship Troopers 2018 The Greatest Showman 2024 Oppenheimer St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Costume Design