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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.
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Michael Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Years active | 1978– present |
| Notable work | |
| Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design |
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]
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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 | With Janty Yates |
| 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 |
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