# Mark Bridges (costume designer)

Mark Bridges is an American costume designer. He has frequently collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson for each of his films. Bridges has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning two for The Artist (2011) and Phantom Thread (2017). For the latter, he won a Jet Ski and a stay in Lake Havasu City, Arizona resort, as a part of the Academy Awards telecast stunt to award the Oscar recipient who gave the shortest acceptance speech. His other awards include two BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design for his designs for The Artist and Phantom Thread.

## Personal life

Bridges was born in Niagara Falls, New York. He was a student for the theater club at La Salle High School. Bridges studied theater at Niagara County Community College and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Stony Brook University in 1983. After graduating, he moved to New York City to start working as a fabric shopper on Broadway for Barbara Matera Ltd. For the next few years, he worked on various theatrical productions, including Oh! Calcutta! and Dreamgirls, while attending graduate school at New York University. He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 1987.

## Career

Bridges moved to Los Angeles and was asked to work as a costume assistant for Richard Hornung. Bridges won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Designer for The Artist and Phantom Thread. At the 90th Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel offered as a prize for the shortest acceptance speech a Jet Ski and trip to Lake Havasu. Kimmel announced Bridges as the winner since his speech was the shortest at 35 seconds. Helen Mirren and Bridges were shown on the jet ski at the end of the ceremony.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | Joel Coen | costume assistant |
| 1990 | The Grifters | Stephen Frears | assistant costume designer |
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Joel Coen | assistant costume designer |
| 1991 | Doc Hollywood | Michael Caton-Jones | assistant costume designer |
| 1992 | Waxwork II: Lost in Time | Anthony Hickox | |
| 1992 | Hero | Stephen Frears | assistant costume designer |
| 1993 | Robot Wars | Albert Band | |
| 1993 | Prehysteria! | Albert Band Charles Band David DeCoteau | |
| 1993 | Remote | Ted Nicolaou | |
| 1993 | Dollman vs. Demonic Toys | Charles Band | |
| 1993 | Dave | Ivan Reitman | assistant costume designer |
| 1994 | Trancers 5: Sudden Deth | David Nutter | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Joel Coen Ethan Coen | assistant costume designer |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | assistant costume designer |
| 1994 | Pet Shop | Hope Perello | |
| 1995 | Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | James D. R. Hickox | wardrobe supervisor |
| 1995 | Nixon | Oliver Stone | assistant costume designer |
| 1996 | Hard Eight | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 1997 | Living in Peril | Jack Ersgard | |
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 1998 | Can't Hardly Wait | Deborah Kaplan Harry Elfont | |
| 1998 | Thursday | Skip Woods | |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Hugh Wilson | |
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | Renny Harlin | |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | also production designer |
| 2000 | Cirque du Soleil Journey of Man | Keith Melton | |
| 2001 | Beyond the Pale | Paul Warner | |
| 2001 | Blow | Ted Demme | |
| 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2003 | 8 Mile | Curtis Hanson | |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | F. Gary Gray | |
| 2004 | I Heart Huckabees | David O. Russell | |
| 2005 | Be Cool | F. Gary Gray | |
| 2006 | Fur | Steven Shainberg | |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Peyton Reed | |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost | Brad Silberling | |
| 2010 | Greenberg | Noah Baumbach | |
| 2010 | The Fighter | David O. Russell | |
| 2011 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| 2012 | The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Paul Greengrass | |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Sam Taylor-Johnson | |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass | |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2019 | Joker | Todd Phillips | |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | |
| 2020 | News of the World | Paul Greengrass | |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | Steven Spielberg | |
| 2023 | Maestro | Bradley Cooper | |

## Television credits

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1990 | Dream On | assistant costume designer 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Miss Match | |
| 2008 | Swingtown | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Vinyl | 1 episode |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result |
| 2001 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film | Blow | Nominated |
| 2010 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | The Fighter | Nominated |
| 2011 | Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | The Artist | Won |
| 2011 | BAFTA Awards | Best Costume Design | The Artist | Won |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Costume Design | The Artist | Won |
| 2011 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | The Artist | Nominated |
| 2011 | Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | The Artist | Nominated |
| 2012 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Silver Linings Playbook | Nominated |
| 2014 | Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Inherent Vice | Nominated |
| 2014 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Costume Design | Inherent Vice | Nominated |
| 2014 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Inherent Vice | Nominated |
| 2014 | London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Technical Achievement Award | Inherent Vice | Nominated |
| 2017 | Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Phantom Thread | Won |
| 2017 | BAFTA Awards | Best Costume Design | Phantom Thread | Won |
| 2017 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Costume Design | Phantom Thread | Won |
| 2017 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Phantom Thread | Nominated |
| 2017 | Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Phantom Thread | Won |
| 2017 | London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Technical Achievement Award | Phantom Thread | Nominated |
| 2017 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Costume Design | Phantom Thread | Won |
| 2017 | Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Best Costume Design | Phantom Thread | Won |
| 2019 | Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Joker | Nominated |
| 2019 | Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Joker | Nominated |
| 2019 | Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Costume Design | Joker | Nominated |