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Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, Christopher Lloyd as Emmett "Doc" Brown, and Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker. Photo: Universal Pictures Looking back, Scott sees her upbringing laying the groundwork for her career. Her family moved frequently when she was growing up and she credits that for her adaptability and early interest in characters. "It taught me the vagabond lifestyle you need in the film business. I lived in New Orleans, New York, Indiana, and Montana—so I became an observer of people far before I was interested in costume design." Movies were a part of that childhood, with her father being a fan who introduced her to the classics, while her mother loved musicals and also taught her how to sew. "In grade school, I liked acting in the school plays. I also had to do the costumes, so that was the beginning." The movie she considers her first foray into film was Never Cry Wolf. "One day I got a call, 'Do you want to come up to Alaska? Can you be on a plane tomorrow?'" Several flights later, she was standing on the tarmac in the middle of nowhere. "I'm dressed in my little blazer and blouse, but I had my sewing machine," she laughs. It was after that project that she was introduced to Steven Spielberg and worked on E.T. "Steven's such a good communicator. He's willing to try anything really. He had already done many great films, but this was still a small group of 20-somethings mostly in all the departments. It was one of my absolute favorite working experiences." The word "icon" gets used so frequently it can lose its power, but Scott thinks of the term as part of a 24 THE COSTUME DESIGNER | SPRING 2023