# Mary Zophres

Mary Zophres is an American costume designer. In a career spanning over three decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across independent films and blockbusters. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design four times.
Zophres is best known for her collaborations with directors such as the Coen brothers, Steven Spielberg, and Damien Chazelle.

## Early life and education

Zophres was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her father was born in Ioannina, Greece. She graduated from the Vassar College with degrees in art history and studio art.
After graduation, Zophres moved to New York City and began her career in fashion, which included stints for Norma Kamali and Esprit, among others. She first went into film production, being the extras wardrobe supervisor on Oliver Stone's 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July. She worked under costume designer Judy L. Ruskin, who first tasked her to sort through and organize massive piles of thrifted buy-by-the-pound clothing into categories: '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then asked her to return another day. Zophres subsequently worked as an associate costume designer for Ruskin on three more films, including the 1991 film City Slickers. Zophres moved to Los Angeles and began a professional relationship with designer Richard Hornung. She worked for him on several films, including the Coen brothers's 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy. During the preproduction of Coen's 1996 film, Fargo Hornung felt ill and couldn't finish the project. He recommended Zophres instead. She continued a creative partnership with the Coen brothers on all of their subsequent films.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1994 | PCU | Hart Bochner |
| 1994 | Dumb and Dumber | Peter Farrelly |
| 1995 | Bushwhacked | Greg Beeman |
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel Coen |
| 1996 | Kingpin | Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly |
| 1996 | The Last of the High Kings | David Keating |
| 1997 | Digging to China | Timothy Hutton |
| 1997 | Playing God | Andy Wilson |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Joel Coen |
| 1998 | God Said Ha! | Julia Sweeney |
| 1998 | Paulie | John Roberts |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | Daniel Pyne |
| 1999 | Thick as Thieves | Scott Sanders |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Oliver Stone |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Joel Coen |
| 2001 | Ghost World | Terry Zwigoff |
| 2001 | Moonlight Mile | Brad Silberling |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Steven Spielberg |
| 2002 | View from the Top | Bruno Barreto |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Joel Coen |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2004 | The Terminal | Steven Spielberg |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Nora Ephron |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Joe Carnahan |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Robert Redford |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau |
| 2010 | True Grit | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau |
| 2012 | People Like Us | Alex Kurtzman |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Ruben Fleischer |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Christopher Nolan |
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2016 | La La Land | Damien Chazelle |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes | Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris |
| 2018 | First Man | Damien Chazelle |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| 2020 | Antebellum | Gerard Bush Christopher Renz |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Joel Coen |
| 2022 | Babylon | Damien Chazelle |
| 2024 | Fly Me to the Moon | Greg Berlanti |

## Awards and nominations
### Major associations

Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Costume Design | True Grit | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Costume Design | La La Land | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Costume Design | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2002 | Best Costume Design | Catch Me If You Can | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Costume Design | True Grit | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Costume Design | La La Land | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Costume Design | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |

### Miscellaneous awards

List of Mary Zophres other awards and nominations :
| Award | Year | Category | Title | Result |
| Apolo Awards | 2017 | Best Costume Design | Battle of the Sexes | Won |
| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Costume Design | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2005 | Excellence in Commercial Design | "Orbit" | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2010 | Excellence in Period Film | True Grit | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2014 | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2016 | Excellence in Contemporary Film | La La Land | Won |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2016 | Excellence in Period Film | Hail, Caesar! | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2022 | Excellence in Period Film | Babylon | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2010 | Best Costume Design | True Grit | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2016 | Best Costume Design | La La Land | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |
| Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards | 2016 | Costume Design | Hail, Caesar! | Won |
| Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards | 2018 | Costume Design | First Man | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2016 | Best Costume Design | La La Land | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2018 | Best Costume Design | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2017 | Variety Artisans Award (costume design) | La La Land | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2016 | Best Costume Design | La La Land | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2008 | Best Costume Design | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Won |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | 2013 | Best Costume Design | Inside Llewyn Davis | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | 2016 | Best Costume Design | La La Land | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Babylon | Nominated |