Jan 30 2009
Academy Award Profile of Jacqueline West: Costume Designer for ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Jacqueline West’s work has been nominated for an Oscar. She’s the costume designer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt. A rather prolific costume designer, West works on one to two films per year. Her work ranges from French Revolution-era Quills (2000) to The New World (2005).
Like fellow Achievement in Costume Design nominee Australia (Catherine Martin), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button allowed the costume designer to showcase a very wide variety of costumes. The plot follows Button, played by Brad Pitt, through his reverse life–from World War I era into our present century.
Despite the immediate press surrounding the 2009 Academy Award nominees, information on Jaqueline West is sparse at best. Judging the costumer by her art is perhaps what she might prefer. West captures well the essence of each era in costuming, particularly in Cate Blanchett’s wardrobe.
- Academy Award Profile of Albert Wolsky: Costume Designer for ‘Revolutionary Road’
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Movie Poster: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
- Review: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
- The 2009 Oscars Academy Award Winners Ceremony – Slumdog Millionaire a British Film an Indian Victory
