Introduction
Mark Bridges is an American costume designer and a frequent collaborator with Paul Thomas Anderson, having designed for Anderson's entire feature filmography.
Bridges has been nominated four times for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning two awards for the films The Artist (2011) and Phantom Thread (2017). For the latter, he additionally won a Jet Ski and a stay in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, resort as a part of an Academy Awards telecast stunt to award the Oscar recipient who gave the shortest acceptance speech, his being approximately 30 seconds. His other awards include two BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design for his designs for The Artist and Phantom Thread.
Early life
Bridges was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York.
He was a part of the theater club as a student at La Salle High School.
Career
Bridges studied theater at Niagara County Community College and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Stony Brook University in 1983. He moved to New York City after graduation in 1983 and got his start working as a fabric shopper on Broadway for Barbara Matera. 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.
Bridges moved to Los Angeles in 1989 and was asked to work as a costume assistant for Richard Hornung, whom he had met back in New York.
Film credits
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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
| Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Award / ceremony | Category | Result |
| 2001 | Blow | 3rd Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period or Fantasy Film | Nominated |
| 2010 | The Fighter | 13th Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Nominated |
| 2011 | The Artist | 84th Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Won |
| 65th British Academy Film Awards | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| 17th Critics' Choice Awards | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| 14th Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Nominated | ||
| 16th Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | 15th Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Nominated |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | 87th Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated |
| 20th Critics' Choice Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated | ||
| 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Nominated | ||
| 35th London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Technical Achievement Award | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | 90th Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Won |
| 71st British Academy Film Awards | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| 23rd Critics' Choice Awards | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| 20th Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Nominated | ||
| 22nd Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| 38th London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Technical Achievement Award | Nominated | ||
| 22nd San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| Seattle Film Critics Society Award 2017 | Best Costume Design | Won | ||
| 2019 | Joker | 92nd Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Pending |
| 24th Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated | ||
| Hollywood Critics Association Award 2019 | Best Costume Design | Pending | ||