Catherine Martin Talks Bringing ‘Elvis’ to Life Through Costumes and Production Design
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Costume designer, production designer and producer Catherine Martin and her collaborators helped bring her husband, Baz Lurhmann’s, visually grand story “Elvis” to life, building the iconic sets in Australia, including Elvis Presley’s mansion Graceland.
She also built more than 90 costumes for Austin Butler’s Elvis, a mix of re-creations and fictionalized outfits, and over 9000 costumes for the film overall.
She earned a Costume Designers Guild Awardnomination for the work, and landed three Oscar nominations for her work on the film including outstanding costume designer, production design and producer.
Here, she talks about how “The Wizard of Oz” impacted her, as did Luhrmann’s respect of crafts. “The Wizard of Oz” is such a seminal movie for me.
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