Edith Head

Edith Head

Birthday: 1897-10-28

Place of Birth: San Bernadino, California, USA

Biography: Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).

Movies

The Oscar
The Oscar

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Holly...

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Edith Head
Edith Head

A light-hearted, toe-tapping portrait of the well-known 8 Oscar winning Hollywood costume designer f...

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Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the f...

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Lucy Gallant
Lucy Gallant

A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil ...

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The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company

Biddeford "Pogo" Poole, an urbane charmer, has been absent for most of the life of his daughter, Jes...

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The Costume Designer
The Costume Designer

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The cost...

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Hollywood Extra Girl
Hollywood Extra Girl

A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film....

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The Women Who Run Hollywood
The Women Who Run Hollywood

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who dir...

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The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith Head
The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith Head

Edith Head exhibits her process for the costume design for "Sweet Charity" (1969)...

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