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Michael Kaplan (costume designer)

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Michael Kaplan
Born
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1978– present
Notable work
AwardsBAFTA Award for Best Costume Design

Michael Kaplan is an American film costume designer. He is a co-recipient of the BAFTA Award for his work on Blade Runner. He is known for working on many famous Hollywood films including the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Kaplan has been working in the Hollywood film industry since the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday.

Work

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Kaplan won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Costume Design together with Charles Knode in 1983, for his costume design work on Blade Runner, the first theatrically-released film he had worked on as costume designer. He went on to become a nominee in the Costume Designers Guild Awards 1999, and the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005 in the category of Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary, for his costume designs for Fight Club and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, respectively.

Besides Fight Club, Kaplan has worked on three other films for director David Fincher: Seven, The Game, and Panic Room. He also reunited with Blade Runner director Ridley Scott on Matchstick Men. He worked on Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise.[1] Kaplan's other credits include two films for Michael Bay, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.

He also worked on Flashdance, Clue, Perfect, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Malice, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Gigli, Miami Vice, I Am Legend starring Will Smith, J. J. Abrams' Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, The Sorcerer's Apprentice for director Jon Turteltaub,[2] and Burlesque, starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. His contribution to Burlesque resulted in a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination for "Excellence In Contemporary Film".[3]

Kaplan reunited with Abrams for the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,[4] and returned to the franchise as costume designer for both Star Wars: The Last Jedi[5] and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Notes
1982 Blade Runner with Charles Knode
1983 Flashdance
1984 Against All Odds
Thief of Hearts
American Dreamer
1985 Perfect
Clue
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance
1988 Big Business
1989 Cousins
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Cat Chaser
1991 Curly Sue
1993 Malice
1995 Seven
1996 Diabolique
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997 The Game
1998 Armageddon
1999 Fight Club
2000 Keeping the Faith
2001 Pearl Harbor
2002 Panic Room
Trapped
2003 Gigli
Matchstick Men
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2006 Miami Vice
2007 Lucky You
I Am Legend
2009 Star Trek
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Burlesque
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
2014 Winter's Tale
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 War Dogs
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2023 65

References

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  1. ^ "The Suits of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol | Tailor On Ten". www.tailoronten.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  2. ^ "UTA :: Production Department".
  3. ^ "Costume Design Guild nominees include 'King's Speech' & 'Social Network'".
  4. ^ "Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VII". ComingSoon.net.
  5. ^ "Star Wars: Episode VIII Now Filming".
  6. ^ "Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced | StarWars.com". StarWars.com. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
"Mission Impossible Style: Tom Cruise Suit Guide by Tom's Fashion". www.tomsfashion.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
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