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Paul Tazewell
Akron, Ohio, USA
Paul Tazewell is an American costume designer for the theatre, dance, and opera and television. After training at New York University Tisch School of the Arts he started his caree…
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Paul Tazewell is an American costume designer for the theatre, dance, and opera and television. After training at New York University Tisch School of the Arts he started his career on Broadway. He went on to win a Tony Award and a Emmy Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Tazewell made his Broadway debut as a costume designer with Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in 1996. He went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016). His other Tony-nominated works include The Color Purple (2006), In the Heights (2008), Memphis (2010), A Streetcar Named Desire (2012), Ain't Too Proud (2019), MJ (2022), and Suffs (2024). He is also the first African American male costume designer to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for his work on Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Wiz Live! (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Tazewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Disclosure Day
Movie Costume Design
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2025
Wicked: For Good
Movie Costume Design
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2025
Hamilton
Movie Costume Design
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2025
Reclaim the Flag
Movie Self
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2024
Making Wicked
Movie Self
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2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Movie Self
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2024
Wicked
Movie Costume Design
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2022
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie Costume Design
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2021
West Side Story
Movie Costume Design
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2019
Harriet
Movie Costume Design
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2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV show Self
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2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie Costume Design
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2011
Gounod: Faust
Movie Costume Designer
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2011
Memphis
Movie Costume Design
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2009
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Movie Costume Designer
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2004
Project Runway
TV show Self - Guest Mentor
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2004
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Movie Costume Design
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
