- Known For
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
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- Place of Birth
- Akron, Ohio, USA
Paul Tazewell
Paul Tazewell is an American costume designer for the theatre, dance, and opera and television. After training at New York University Tisch School of the Arts he started his career on Broadway. He went on to win a Tony Award and a Emmy Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Tazewell made his Broadway debut as a costume designer with Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in 1996. He went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016). His other Tony-nominated works include The Color Purple (2006), In the Heights (2008), Memphis (2010), A Streetcar Named Desire (2012), Ain't Too Proud (2019), MJ (2022), and Suffs (2024). He is also the first African American male costume designer to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for his work on Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story. He…
Filmography
movieDisclosure Day
2026 · Costume Design
movieWicked: For Good
2025 · Costume Design
movieHamilton
2025 · Costume Design
movieReclaim the Flag
2025 · Self
movieMaking Wicked
2024 · Self
movieDefying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024 · Self
movieWicked
2024 · Costume Design
movieMr. Saturday Night
2022 · Costume Design
movieWest Side Story
2021 · Costume Design
movieHarriet
2019 · Costume Design
tvToday with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 · Self
movieThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · Costume Design
movieGounod: Faust
2011 · Costume Designer
movieMemphis
2011 · Costume Design
movieThe Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2009 · Costume Designer
tvProject Runway
2004 · Self - Guest Mentor
movieElaine Stritch at Liberty
2004 · Costume Design
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self