CDG - The Costume Designer

Another example of her approach is her collaboration with Quentin Tarantino. Everything begins with the script, of course. "He does loosely discuss what the people are wearing to give you a starting point," she explains. Her strategy was to illustrate her ideas and get them in front of the director. "If he really loved it, they had to wear it. If they came in and thought they had a better idea, he would go, 'Oh, no. I just love this illustration. You need to wear this. I can see this. I really want this in the movie.' That would be the end of it." Davis also considers herself fortunate when it comes to her crew. She particularly notes the value of hav- ing a good costume supervisor. "I don't know what I would do without that position. It frees me up to be cre- ative." She sees maintaining her staff 's morale as one of her chief responsibilities. "It's very important to me that everybody gets something out of it," she explains. Because she approaches costume design from an actor's perspective, it is not a surprise that Davis forges lasting relationships. Denzel Washington is a longtime collabo- rator, both as an actor and now as a director on Journal for Jordan. Notably, it was on two projects with Jamie Foxx that Davis received both her Oscar nominations, the fi rst for the Ray Charles biography Ray and the second for Dreamgirls. Davis has garnered two Emmys for Watchmen and Westworld (Season 2), as well as a Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Sci Fi/Fantasy for the latter. It is her ability to move fl uidly between projects as diverse as the 1960s southern world of The Help, to a vision of the future in Looper, or pre-history in Alpha bringing bound- less imagination to characters that resonate with audienc- es. The Costume Designers Guild is proud to honor Sharen Davis with the Career Achievement Award for 2022. T Co u D i s G ld pr d h S n Dav • • • C• A ie€ ‚ t Aw… d † 2022. Photo: HB, Watchmen Photo: niersal Pictures, Ra Photo: on Pictures, Dango nchained T Co u D i s G ld pr d h S n Dav • • • C• A ie€ ‚ t Aw… d † 2022. T Co u D i s G ld pr d h S n Dav • • • C• A ie€ ‚ t Aw… d † 2022. 25

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