About Julie Weiss
Born 1947. Julie Weiss is an American costume designer.
Julie Weiss is an American costume designer. She has received various accolades, including two Costume Designers Guild Awards and two Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. She was honored with the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award in 2011.
On stage, Weiss created costumes for many Broadway productions. She received the Tony Award for Best Costume Design nomination for the original Broadway production of the Bernard Pomerance play The Elephant Man (1979).
Selected filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Jack Hofsiss 1983 Independence Day Robert Mandel Second Thoughts Lawrence Turman Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Lamont Johnson Testament Lynne Littman 1985 The Mean Season Phillip Borsos Creator Ivan Passer 1986 F/X Robert Mandel 1987 Masters of the Universe Gary Goddard 1988 1969 Ernest Thompson Tequila Sunrise Robert Towne 1989 Wicked Stepmother Larry Cohen Steel Magnolias Herbert Ross 1990 The Freshman Andrew Bergman 1991 Married to It Arthur Hiller 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas Andrew Bergman 1993 House of Cards Michael Lessac Searching for Bobby Fischer Steven Zaillian Naked in New York Daniel Algrant 1994 It Could Happen to You Andrew Bergman 1995 12 Monkeys Terry Gilliam 1996 Marvin's Room Jerry Zaks 1997 Touch Paul Schrader The Edge Lee Tamahori 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Terry Gilliam Finding Graceland David Winkler A Simple Plan Sam Raimi 1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes 2000 Isn't She Great Andrew Bergman Get Carter Stephen Kay The Gift Sam Raimi 2001 Hearts in Atlantis Scott Hicks 2002 Frida Julie Taymor Auto Focus Paul Schrader The Ring Gore Verbinski 2003 The Missing Ron Howard 2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Dean Parisot 2006 Hollywoodland Allen Coulter Bobby Emilio Estevez 2007 Blades of Glory Will Speck Josh Gordon Slipstream Anthony Hopkins 2008 Lower Learning Mark Lafferty 2009 The Time Traveler's Wife Robert Schwentke Get Low Aaron Schneider 2010 Shanghai Mikael Håfström 2011 No Strings Attached Ivan Reitman 2012 Hitchcock Sacha Gervasi 2017 November Criminals 2020 Greyhound Aaron Schneider 2022 Call Jane Phyllis Nagy
Television YearTitleNotes 1977–1978 Lovers and Friends aka For Richer, For Poorer212 episodes 1982 The Elephant Man Television film Little Gloria... Happy at Last 2 episodes 1984 The Dollmaker Television film Family Secrets 1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Television film and pilot Do You Remember Love Television film Evergreen 3 episodes 1991 My Life and Times Episode: "April 9, 2035" 1992 Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall with Isaac MizrahiTelevision special 1993 The Portrait Television film 1995 A Woman of Independent Means 3 episodes 2005 Mrs. Harris Television film 2012 Of Two Minds 2016 The Night Of Episode: "The Beach" 2018 My Dinner with Hervé Television film 2020 Filthy Rich Episode: "Pilot"
Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1996 Best Costume Design 12 Monkeys 2003 Frida
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Frida
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 1982 Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special The Elephant Man 1983 Little Gloria... Happy at Last 1984 The Dollmaker 1985 Evergreen 1993 Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall 1995 Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special A Woman of Independent Means 2006 Mrs. Harris
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1979 Best Costume Design The Elephant Man
Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Costume Designers Guild Awards 2000 Excellence in Contemporary Film American Beauty 2003 Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film Frida 2007 Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries Mrs. Harris 2008 Excellence in Contemporary Film Blades of Glory 2011 Career Achievement Award Drama Desk Awards 1979 Outstanding Costume Design The Elephant Man Satellite Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Frida Saturn Awards 1988 Best Costume Design Masters of the Universe 1996 12 Monkeys
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Julie Weiss was born on 10 January 1947 in Los Angeles.
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