Occupation costume designer Years active 1978 — present Education Central Saint Martins | Name Jenny Beavan Children Caitlin Albery Role Costume Designer | |
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Born 1950 (age 64–65) London, England Movies Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Books The Gathering Storm (teleplay). Similar People Eve Stewart, Judy Farr, David Seidler, Danny Cohen, Gareth Unwin | ||
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Jenny Beavan, OBE (born 1950) is an English costume designer. She has won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1986 for A Room With A View. She also won another Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Costume Design for Mad Max: Fury Road, and has been nominated an additional eight times. Beavan also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Costume Design for the play Private Lives.
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- child 44 interview with jenny beavan
- Exclusive interview with mad max fury road costume designer jenny beavan
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Academy Award nominations
- Selected filmography
- References
Exclusive interview with mad max fury road costume designer jenny beavan
Early life
Beavan was born in London, England. Her father was a cellist, her mother a viola player. She credits them for instilling a strong work ethic. She also has a sister.
Career
Jenny Beavan is known for her work on Merchant Ivory films. In the 1970s, she worked on set design for London theatrical productions. She joined the field of film costume design after obtaining an unpaid position to design garments for a small Merchant Ivory film, Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures. This began her long relationship with Merchant Ivory productions.
She has frequently worked with costume designer John Bright, who runs the costume-rental house Cosprop, and credits him with educating her as she was starting out her career. She said she was helped by "just listening to him and learning from him, learning the history and the politics of clothing". Since then, the two have collaborated on more than ten films together and have shared six Academy Award nominations.
In 2016, Beavan won the BAFTA for Mad Max: Fury Road.
Beavan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama production.
Personal life
She has one daughter, Caitlin, a theatre producer born in 1985. They worked together on the West End theatre production of Third Finger Left Hand at Trafalgar Studios in 2013.
Academy Award nominations
The Academy Awards has recognised Beavan's costume work ten times, with her winning the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for A Room with a View and Mad Max: Fury Road.