Ellen Mirojnick

Ellen Mirojnick born 7 July 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 1987 Wall Street 1987 Basic Instinct 1992 A Perfect Murder 1998 Wall Street Money Never Sleeps 2010 and Behind the Candelabra 2013 The wardrobe she created for Gordon Gekkos character inspired a fashion trend in the late 1980s and early 1990s for boldly patterned ties sleek suits crisp white shirts and colourful suspenders in mens business wear She has also been a frequent collaborator of directors Jan de Bont and Paul Verhoeven acting as costume designer on de Bonts films Speed 1994 Twister 1996 and The Haunting 1999 as well as Verhoevens 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 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 Nolans 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Mirojnick licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia