Anna Biedrzycka Sheppard (born 18 January 1946) is a Polish

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

. Sheppard made many films with directing masters like Steven Spielberg, Roman Polański, and

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. She has earned three Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominations for ''

Schindler's List ''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film f ...

'' (1993), '' The Pianist'' (2002), and ''

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'' (2014). Recently she has designed costumes for '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), and '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019). She has also designed costumes for the televisions series '' Band of Brothers'' (2001), and ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (2009).

Early life

Born in 1946 in Poland she is the sister to fellow costume designer Magdalena Biedrzycka. She graduated with architecture from the

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw ...

and now lives in London.

Career

She has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, ''

'' in 1993 and '' The Pianist'' in 2003, and a third nomination for ''

'' shared with Jane Clive. She was also nominated for a

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for Schindler's List and César Award for ''The Pianist''. Sheppard's work with Thomas Casterline on ''

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'' earned her a 1997 Saturn Award nomination as well.

Filmography

Film

Selected credits: *''

'' (1993) *'' The Pianist'' (2002) *''

Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...

'' (2004) *''

Fred Claus ''Fred Claus'' is a 2007 American Christmas comedy film directed by David Dobkin, screenplay by Dan Fogelman and a story by Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, John Michael Higgins, Eliz ...

'' (2009) *'' Inglorious Basterds'' (2009) *'' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2010) *''

The Book Thief ''The Book Thief'' is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, and is his most popular book. Published in 2005, ''The Book Thief'' became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 mil ...

'' (2013) *''

'' (2014) *'' Fury'' (2014) *''

Now You See Me 2 ''Now You See Me 2'' (also known as ''Now You See Me: The Second Act'') is a 2016 American heist thriller film directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Ed Solomon and a story by Solomon and Peter Chiarelli. It serves as a sequel to 2013's '' ...

'' (2016) *''

American Assassin ''American Assassin'' is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by Michael Cuesta and starring Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, and Taylor Kitsch. It was written by Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick, a ...

'' (2017) *'' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019) *'' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'' (2020)

Television

*'' Band of Brothers'' (2001) *''

'' (2009)

Awards and nominations

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References

External links

* * 1946 births Living people Polish costume designers British people of Polish descent Women costume designers {{UK-film-bio-stub