Michael
Kaplan
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The list of films under Michael Kaplan's name reads like the syllabus of a film school mas-
terclass. Starting with one of his first credits as a Costume Designer on Blade Runner and
continuing through to Lucasfilm's Star Wars episodes seven through nine, his oeuvre also
includes four films with David Fincher, Se7en, The Game, Fight Club, and Panic Room. His
work on films like Flashdance, Clue, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Armageddon,
and Mr. and Mrs. Smith so captured the zeitgeist that they still resonate in pop culture. In
January, Kaplan will receive the CDG Career Achievement Award.
by Gary Victor Foss
32 The Costume Designer Winter 2020
Photo:
Brad
Torchia
for
The
New
York
Times