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)^[3] and Phantom Thread (2017).^[4] 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.^[5][6] His other awards include two BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design for his designs for The Artist^[7] and Phantom Thread.^{[citation needed]}

Mark Bridges
Born	Niagara Falls, New York[1][2]
Education	Stony Brook University (BA) New York University (MFA)

Personal life

Bridges was born in Niagara Falls, New York.^[2] He was a student for the theater club at La Salle High School.^[8] Bridges studied theater at Niagara County Community College^[8] and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Stony Brook University in 1983.^[1][9] After graduating, he moved to New York City to start working as a fabric shopper on Broadway for Barbara Matera Ltd.^[1] For the next few years, he worked on various theatrical productions, including Oh! Calcutta! and Dreamgirls, while attending graduate school at New York University.^[1] 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.^[10]

Career

Bridges moved to Los Angeles and was asked to work as a costume assistant for Richard Hornung.^[1] 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.^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Miller's Crossing	Joel Coen	costume assistant
	The Grifters	Stephen Frears	assistant costume designer
1991	Barton Fink	Joel Coen
	Doc Hollywood	Michael Caton-Jones
1992	Waxwork II: Lost in Time	Anthony Hickox
	Hero	Stephen Frears	assistant costume designer
1993	Robot Wars	Albert Band
	Prehysteria!	Albert Band Charles Band David DeCoteau
	Remote	Ted Nicolaou
	Dollman vs. Demonic Toys	Charles Band
	Dave	Ivan Reitman	assistant costume designer
1994	Trancers 5: Sudden Deth	David Nutter
	The Hudsucker Proxy	Joel Coen Ethan Coen	assistant costume designer
	Natural Born Killers	Oliver Stone
	Pet Shop	Hope Perello
1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest	James D. R. Hickox	wardrobe supervisor
	Nixon	Oliver Stone	assistant costume designer
1996	Hard Eight	Paul Thomas Anderson
1997	Living in Peril	Jack Ersgard
	Boogie Nights	Paul Thomas Anderson
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Deborah Kaplan Harry Elfont
	Thursday	Skip Woods
1999	Blast from the Past	Hugh Wilson
	Deep Blue Sea	Renny Harlin
	Magnolia	Paul Thomas Anderson	also production designer
2000	Cirque du Soleil Journey of Man	Keith Melton
2001	Beyond the Pale	Paul Warner
	Blow	Ted Demme
2002	Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson
2003	8 Mile	Curtis Hanson
	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
	The Fighter	David O. Russell
2011	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius
2012	The Master	Paul Thomas Anderson
	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
	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

Awards and nominations

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

References

1. "Style: Niagara Falls' Oscar-winning costume designer". www.buffalospree.com. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
2. Hart, Hugh (2012-02-12). "'Artist' costumer had designs on career as child". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
3. "Oscars 2012: 'The Artist' cast/crew 'broke the room' celebrating". Los Angeles Times. 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
4. "Academy Award Winners 2018: The Complete List". Variety. 2018-03-04. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
5. Gonzalez, Sandra (2018-03-05). "Jet Ski winner Mark Bridges had the best Oscar night". CNN. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
6. Mark Bridges (March 4, 2018). Mark Bridges's Oscar 2018 Acceptance Speech for Best Costume Design (YouTube). ABC. Event occurs at 00:28–00:58. Retrieved March 6, 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
7. "Baftas 2012 the winners - the full list". The Guardian. UK. 2011-02-12. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
8. Gazette, Michele DelucaNiagara (27 February 2012). "DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Niagara Native Mark Bridges nominated for academy award". Niagara Gazette. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
9. "Artist Info". Mark Bridges official website. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
10. "NYU Alumnus Mark Bridges Wins Oscar for Best Costume Design for "The Artist"" (Press release). New York University. 2012-02-27. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
11. "Oscars' Jet Ski Winner Giving Away Shortest-Speech Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 March 2018.

External links

• Mark Bridges at IMDb
• Official website
• Laverty, Chris (2011-11-22). "The Artist: Interview with Mark Bridges". ClothesOnFilm.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
• Wilde, Darby Azalea (2012-01-13). "Contender – Costume Designer Mark Bridges, The Artist". BTLNews.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
• Burke, Kristen M. (2011-01-11). "The Fighter: Interview With Designer Mark Bridges!". FrockTalk.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
• Kennedy, Gerard (2012-01-14). "Tech Support Interview: 'The Artist' costume designer Mark Bridges on building character in black and white". HitFix.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-01-25.