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Milena Canonero

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Producer
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Milena Canonero
Milena Canonero grew up in Genoa. She studied design and costume in Genoa before moving to England to finish her studies. Milena's film career started with Stanley Kubrick, designing the costumes for three of his films: Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), winning her first of her four academy awards, and The Shining (1980). Milena has worked with Alan Parker, Midnight Express (1978), Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire (1981) her second Oscar. Francis F. Coppola, Cotton Club (1984), Godfather III (1990), Sydney Pollock, Out of Africa (1985), Louis Malle, Damage (1992), Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy (1990) and Bulworth (1998) Julie Taymor, Titus (1999) Roman Polanski, Carnage (2011), and the legendary director, Manoel De Oliveira, Belle Toujours (2006), Sofia Coppola, Marie Antoinette (2006) brought her third Oscar. She has also production designed Barbet Schroeder's Single White Female (1992) and Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli's Last Summer 2014 and designed costumes for opera productions at La Scala, The Vienna opera House, The Metropolitan Opera and the Garnier Opera de Paris. She was also a producer on Romeo and Juliet (2013). Canonero has collaborated with Wes Anderson on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) winning her fourth Oscar.
BornJanuary 1, 1946
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BornJanuary 1, 1946
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    • Won 4 Oscars
      • 33 wins & 39 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    8.1
    • Costume Designer
    • 2014
    Kirsten Dunst in Marie Antoinette (2006)
    Marie Antoinette
    6.5
    • Costume Designer
    • 2006
    Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Bud Cort, Anjelica Huston, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    7.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 2004
    Tom Hanks, Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Park, Aristou Meehan, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Jake Ryan, Ethan Josh Lee, and Sophia Lillis in Asteroid City (2023)
    Asteroid City
    6.4
    • Costume Designer
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Costume Designer



    • The Phoenician Scheme
      • Costume Designer
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Versace: The Medusa Eyes
      • Costume Designer
      • Pre-production
    • William Shakespeare's Macbeth
      • Costume Designer
      • Pre-production



    • Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight, Giancarlo Esposito, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Adam Driver in Megalopolis (2024)
      Megalopolis
      4.7
      • Costume Designer
      • 2024
    • Jason Schwartzman and Wes Anderson in Montblanc: 100 Years of Meisterstück (2024)
      Montblanc: 100 Years of Meisterstück
      7.0
      Video
      • Costume Designer
      • 2024
    • Tom Hanks, Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Park, Aristou Meehan, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Jake Ryan, Ethan Josh Lee, and Sophia Lillis in Asteroid City (2023)
      Asteroid City
      6.4
      • Costume Designer
      • 2023
    • Hill of Vision (2022)
      Hill of Vision
      6.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 2022
    • Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Benicio Del Toro, Edward Norton, Henry Winkler, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Lois Smith, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Wallace Wolodarsky, Jeffrey Wright, Jarvis Cocker, Mohamed Belhadjine, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, and Krishna Bagadiya in The French Dispatch (2021)
      The French Dispatch
      7.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 2021
    • Die Fledermaus
      TV Movie
      • Costume Designer
      • 2020
    • Vitale Barberis Canonico 1663
      Short
      • Costume Designer
      • 2018
    • John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix in The Sisters Brothers (2018)
      The Sisters Brothers
      6.9
      • Costume Designer
      • 2018
    • Intimissimi on Ice (2016)
      Intimissimi on Ice
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Costume Designer
      • 2016
    • Diane Lane in Paris Can Wait (2016)
      Paris Can Wait
      5.8
      • Costume Designer
      • 2016
    • Last Summer (2014)
      Last Summer
      5.9
      • Costume Designer
      • 2014
    • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
      The Grand Budapest Hotel
      8.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 2014
    • Jason Schwartzman in Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
      Castello Cavalcanti
      7.1
      Short
      • Costume Designer
      • 2013
    • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
      The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Costume Designer
      • 2009–2013
    • Luca Barbareschi and Jingchu Zhang in The Mercury Conspiracy (2013)
      The Mercury Conspiracy
      3.7
      • Costume Designer
      • 2013

    Costume Department



    • Reversal of Fortune (1990)
      Reversal of Fortune
      7.2
      • costume consultant
      • 1990
    • Amy Locane and Adam Horovitz in Lost Angels (1989)
      Lost Angels
      5.9
      • costume design consultant
      • 1989
    • Fair Game (1988)
      Fair Game
      4.9
      • costume advisor
      • 1988
    • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
      Miami Vice
      7.6
      TV Series
      • costumes: in collaboration with Richard Shissler
      • costumes
      • 1986–1987
    • Albane Navizet in Irresistible (1971)
      Irresistible
      Short
      • costumer
      • 1971

    Producer



    • Hill of Vision (2022)
      Hill of Vision
      6.1
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Natascha McElhone, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Laura Morante, Hailee Steinfeld, and Douglas Booth in Romeo & Juliet (2013)
      Romeo & Juliet
      5.8
      • co-producer
      • 2013
    • Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011)
      Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Vincent D'Onofrio and Mathilda May in Naked Tango (1990)
      Naked Tango
      5.7
      • co-producer
      • 1990
    • Fair Game (1988)
      Fair Game
      4.9
      • associate producer
      • 1988
    • Good Morning Babylon (1987)
      Good Morning Babylon
      6.7
      • associate producer
      • 1987

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    • Born
      • January 1, 1946
      • Turin, Piedmont, Italy
    • Spouse
      • Marshall BellApril 1980 - present

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      Has won four Oscars in four different decades.
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        Costume design of many of Wes Anderson films.

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