Milena Canonero

Milena Canonero (born 13 July 1949) is an Italian costume designer. She has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and two Costume Designers Guild Awards. She was honored with the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award in 2001 and the Honorary Golden Bear in 2017.

Canonero frequently collaborated with directors Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, and Wes Anderson. She has received nine nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and has won four times for Barry Lyndon (1975), Chariots of Fire (1981), Marie Antoinette (2006), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

Early life and education Canonero was born in Turin, Italy. She attended university in Genoa, studying fashion, period design, and art history before moving to England in the late 1960s. She designed for friends' London boutiques and began assisting in commercials, meeting many filmmakers along the way. By chance, Canonero was also invited to watch Stanley Kubrick shoot parts of the landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and the director asked her to collaborate with him on his next feature film. Kubrick and Canonero continued their collaboration on the epic period drama Barry Lyndon (1975), based on the 1844 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray about social ladder in Georgian era Britain. She and Swedish costume designer Ulla-Britt Söderlund examined original 18th-century attire at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and copied patterns from the collection to produce authentic-looking film garments. In their designs, the pair also drew inspiration from the period-defining art, including portraits by Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, as well as paintings by Jean Siméon Chardin and William Hogarth, among others. They also sourced vintage fabrics, laces, and clothing from auction houses and private collections. By combining crafted film pieces with original clothing, the designers achieved unrivaled for the period drama authenticity sought by the director.

Beside her well-established screen career, Canonero is known for creating costumes for stage. She frequently collaborated with director Otto Schenk on his numerous opera productions. Those include Il trittico (Vienna State Opera, 1979), As You Like It (Salzburg Festival, 1980), Die Fledermaus (Vienna State Opera, 1980), Andrea Chénier (Vienna State Opera, 1981), and Arabella (Metropolitan Opera, 1983). Canonero provided the costumes and set design for Roman Polanski's 1999 production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus at Milan's Teatro Manzoni. She also worked with director Luc Bondy on such productions as Tosca (Metropolitan Opera, 2009) and Helena (Burgtheater, 2010).

On television, Canonero designed costumes for crime drama series Miami Vice in the 1980s.

In 2001, Canonero received the Career Achievement Award in Film from the Costume Designers Guild. She won her third Oscar for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).

Details of the costumes worn by Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton in The Grand Budapest Hotel, designed by Canonero. Canonero received her fourth Academy Award for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), directed by Wes Anderson. This marked her third collaboration with the director, as they had previously worked together on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007).

In 2020, Canonero designed costumes for 200 singers inspired by styles from the 15th century to 1950 for the backdrop of the Louis Vuitton automn-winter 2020 runway.

Personal life Canonero is married to actor Marshall Bell. , Canonero is based out of Rome, Italy.

Filmography Year Title Director Notes 1971 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick 1975 Barry Lyndon with Ulla-Britt Söderlund 1977 The Disappearance Stuart Cooper 1978 Midnight Express Alan Parker 1980 The Shining Stanley Kubrick 1981 Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson 1983 The Hunger Tony Scott 1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street Peter Webb The Cotton Club Francis Ford Coppola 1985 Out of Africa Sydney Pollack 1987 Good Morning, Babylon Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani Associate producer Barfly Barbet Schroeder 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Francis Ford Coppola 1989 Lost Angels Hugh Hudson Costume design consultant 1990 The Bachelor Roberto Faenza with Alberto Verso Dick Tracy Warren Beatty Reversal of Fortune Barbet Schroeder Costume consultant The Godfather Part III Francis Ford Coppola 1992 Single White Female Barbet Schroeder Also production designer Damage Louis Malle 1994 Only You Norman Jewison Love Affair Glenn Gordon Caron Camilla Deepa Mehta Death and the Maiden Roman Polanski 1998 Bulworth Warren Beatty 1999 Titus Julie Taymor 2001 The Affair of the Necklace Charles Shyer 2002 Solaris Steven Soderbergh 2004 Eros Segment: "Equilibrium" Ocean's Twelve The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Wes Anderson 2006 Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola Belle Toujours Manoel de Oliveira 2007 Hotel Chevalier Wes Anderson Short film acts as a prologue to The Darjeeling Limited The Darjeeling Limited I Viceré Roberto Faenza 2010 The Wolfman Joe Johnston 2011 Carnage Roman Polanski Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Roberto Faenza Producer 2013 Romeo & Juliet Carlo Carlei Co-producer Something Good Luca Barbareschi Castello Cavalcanti Wes Anderson Short film commissioned by Prada 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2016 Paris Can Wait Eleanor Coppola 2018 The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard 2021 The French Dispatch Wes Anderson 2022 Hill of Vision Roberto Faenza with Bojana NikitovicAlso producer 2023 Asteroid City Wes Anderson 2024 Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola 2025 The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1976 Best Costume Design Barry Lyndon 1982 Chariots of Fire 1986 Out of Africa 1989 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1991 Dick Tracy 2000 Titus 2002 The Affair of the Necklace 2007 Marie Antoinette

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1976 Best Costume Design Barry Lyndon 1982 Chariots of Fire 1986 The Cotton Club 1987 Out of Africa 1991 Dick Tracy 2007 Marie Antoinette 2015 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2022 The French Dispatch

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Berlin International Film Festival 2017 Honorary Golden Bear César Awards 2019 Best Costume Design The Sisters Brothers Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Costume Design Asteroid City Ciak d'oro 1990 Best Costume Design The Bachelor 2008 I Viceré Costume Designers Guild Awards 2001 Career Achievement Award 2005 Excellence in Contemporary Film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Ocean's Twelve 2007 Excellence in Period Film Marie Antoinette 2015 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2017 Excellence in Short Form Design H&M: "Come Together" Coty Awards 1984 Special Award for tailored clothing Critics' Choice Awards 2015 Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel David di Donatello Awards 1990 Best Costumes The Bachelor 2008 I Viceré Hollywood Film Awards 2014 Hollywood Costume Design Award The Grand Budapest Hotel Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000 Best Costume Design Titus 2006 Marie Antoinette Locarno Film Festival 2025 Vision Award Nastro d'Argento Awards 1989 Best Costume Design Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1991 The Bachelor 2007 Marie Antoinette 2008 I Viceré 2012 Best Producer Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You 2014 Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel / Something Good Online Film Critics Society Awards 2022 Best Costume Design The French Dispatch 2024 Asteroid City Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2006 Best Costume Design Marie Antoinette 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Rodeo Drive Walk of Style 2006 Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award Satellite Awards 2000 Best Costume Design Titus 2002 The Affair of the Necklace 2006 Marie Antoinette 2015 The Grand Budapest Hotel Saturn Awards 1984 Best Costume Design The Hunger 1991 Dick Tracy 2011 The Wolfman Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2015 Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel 2025 The Phoenician Scheme

Other honours - 55x55px Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 21 December 2015.