Julie Weiss

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Julie Weiss
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1975–present

Julie Weiss is an American costume designer. She has received various accolades, including two Costume Designers Guild Awards and two Emmy Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award.

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On stage, Weiss created costumes for numerous productions, including those of Broadway. She received the Tony Award for Best Costume Design nomination in 1979 for the original Broadway production of Bernard Pomerance's  The Elephant Man .

In 2011, she received the Career Achievement Award at the Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1995 Best Costume Design 12 Monkeys Nominated [1]
2002 Frida Nominated [2]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
British Academy Film Awards
2002 Best Costume Design Frida Nominated [3]

Tony Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1979 Best Costume Design The Elephant Man Nominated [4]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Julie Weiss other awards and nominations
AwardYearCategoryTitleResultRef.
Costume Designers Guild Awards 1999 Excellence in Contemporary Film American Beauty Won [5]
2002 Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film Frida Nominated [6]
2006 Excellence in Television Movie or Miniseries Mrs. Harris Nominated [7]
2007 Excellence in Contemporary Film Blades of Glory Won [8]
2011 Career Achievement AwardHonored [9]
Satellite Awards 2002 Best Costume Design Frida Won [10]
Saturn Awards 1987 Best Costume Design Masters of the Universe Nominated [11]
1995 12 Monkeys Won

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