Ep 21 - Ellen Mirojnick - Oppenheimer and winning the Super Bowl with Christopher Nolan

Voice Of Costume - Creating Character through Costume Design

The “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design.

Listen in on this fun, one-on-one conversation between Ellen Mirojnick and Catherine Baumgardner.

Topics Include:

Painting at 3 years old

Art school at 5 years of age

Leaping from fashion to film

Memorable film experiences: Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Chaplin

Seeing the story first

Her focus on 'contemporary design'

Creating history versus interpreting history

The rise of costume designers in the press

Having a ‘classical eye’

First Meeting with Christopher Nolan

Steven Soderbergh reigniting her love for costume design

How to handle big meetings

Solving the problems of the job

Creating the design for Oppenheimer

Tackling the limitation of ‘no hats’

Making a “fat free” film

Working with Chris Nolan is like being on a super bowl winning team

Costume details when shooting in IMAX

The importance of the silhouette

Costume ‘arc’ of Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer’s personally created signature look

Ellen’s definition of ‘success’ Ellen’s motivation to keep going Letting creativity soar The Inspiration of museums

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