Ruth Myers

Ruth Myers (born 1940) is a British costume designer. She has received various accolades, including two Costume Designers Guild Awards and an Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. She was honored with the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award in 2008.

Career Myers was born and grew up in Manchester, England and attended the St. Martin's School of Art in London. Early in her career, she sewed sequins for Anthony Powell while also working as an assistant to Sophie Harris (costume designer for classic English films). Myers then turned to theatre and low-budget films such as the 1967 comedy Smashing Time. Upon being persuaded by Gene Wilder, Myers moved to the U.S. and worked with him on the films The World's Greatest Lover, The Woman in Red, and Haunted Honeymoon.

Myers acted as costume designer for the 2002 film The Four Feathers, the 2006 film Monster House and the 2008 film City of Ember (which were both directed by Gil Kenan). She worked with Kevin Spacey in the films L.A. Confidential and Beyond the Sea. For the latter production, she used textiles from the 1950s and 1960s and ultimately designed 65 outfit changes for Spacey that appear in the film. The actor, who portrayed singer Bobby Darin, had to wear a wide range of costumes as a reflection of his life's journey, from bright suits to his signature red sweater.

In 2008, Myers received the Career Achievement Award at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. In 2011 she designed the costumes for the supernatural teen drama film Vampire Academy. The following year, Myers oversaw costume design for the television miniseries Hemingway & Gellhorn. Myers' efforts earned her a nomination in the outstanding made-for-television movie or miniseries category at the Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Ruth Myers is the proprietor of Ruth Myers Costume Design.

Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1967 Smashing Time Desmond Davis 1968 Work Is a Four-Letter Word Peter Hall Isadora Karel Reisz 1969 Three into Two Won't Go Peter Hall 1970 The Twelve Chairs Mel Brooks 1971 All the Right Noises Gerry O'Hara Romance of a Horsethief Abraham Polonsky 1972 The Ruling Class Peter Medak 1973 A Touch of Class Melvin Frank 1974 Little Malcolm Stuart Cooper Stardust Michael Apted Ghost in the Noonday Sun Peter Medak 1975 Galileo Joseph Losey The Romantic Englishwoman The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Gene Wilder 1977 Silver Bears Ivan Passer The World's Greatest Lover Gene Wilder 1978 Magic Richard Attenborough 1979 The Main Event Howard Zieff ...And Justice for All Norman Jewison 1980 It's My Turn Claudia Weill In God We Trust Marty Feldman The Competition Joel Oliansky Altered States Ken Russell 1981 First Monday in October Ronald Neame 1982 Cannery Row David S. Ward 1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes Jack Clayton 1984 Electric Dreams Steve Barron The Woman in Red Gene Wilder Teachers Arthur Hiller 1985 Plenty Fred Schepisi 1986 Haunted Honeymoon Gene Wilder 1988 Vibes Ken Kwapis The Accidental Tourist Lawrence Kasdan 1989 Blood Red Peter Masterson Blaze Ron Shelton 1990 The Russia House Fred Schepisi 1991 The Marrying Man Jerry Rees Another You Maurice Phillips The Addams Family Barry Sonnenfeld 1992 Mr. Saturday Night Billy Crystal 1993 The Firm Sydney Pollack 1994 Clean Slate Mick Jackson Pontiac Moon Peter Medak I.Q. Fred Schepisi 1995 How to Make an American Quilt Jocelyn Moorhouse 1996 Emma Douglas McGrath Bogus Norman Jewison 1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson A Thousand Acres Jocelyn Moorhouse 1998 Deep Impact Mimi Leder 1999 Cradle Will Rock Tim Robbins 2000 The Next Best Thing John Schlesinger Company Man Peter AskinDouglas McGrath Center Stage Nicholas Hytner Proof of Life Taylor Hackford 2001 Iris Richard Eyre 2002 The Four Feathers Shekhar Kapur Nicholas Nickleby Douglas McGrath 2004 Ella Enchanted Tommy O'Haver Connie and Carla Michael Lembeck Beyond the Sea Kevin Spacey 2006 Half Light Craig Rosenberg Monster House Gil Kenan Infamous Douglas McGrath The Painted Veil John Curran 2007 The Golden Compass Chris Weitz 2008 City of Ember Gil Kenan 2009 Dorian Gray Oliver Parker 2010 Cemetery Junction Ricky GervaisStephen Merchant 2011 Unknown Jaume Collet-Serra The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies 2014 Vampire Academy Mark Waters Effie Gray Richard Laxton 2015 Mortdecai David Koepp Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Christopher N. Rowley 2016 The Legend of Tarzan David Yates 2018 Mute Duncan Jones 2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort Gideon Raff Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark André Øvredal 2021 A Boy Called Christmas Gil Kenan 2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire with Alexis Fortes

Television YearTitleNotes 1974 Bram Stoker's Dracula Television film 1988 Baja Oklahoma 2003 Carnivàle Episode: "Milfay" 2006 Big Love Episode: "Pilot" 2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Television film

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1992 Best Costume Design The Addams Family 1997 Emma

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1970 Best Costume Design Isadora 1998 L.A. Confidential

Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 2004 Outstanding Costumes for a Series Carnivàle 2012 Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hemingway & Gellhorn

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. CableACE Awards 1989 Costume Design for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries Baja Oklahoma Costume Designers Guild Awards 2004 Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television Series Carnivàle 2008 Excellence in Fantasy Film The Golden Compass Career Achievement Award 2013 Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries Hemingway & Gellhorn Satellite Awards 2008 Best Costume Design City of Ember Saturn Awards 1984 Best Costume Design Something Wicked This Way Comes 2008 The Golden Compass 2025 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire