Deborah Hopper started her
costume-design career in the fantasy/make-believe worlds of opera and ballet.
Now, renowned for her down-and-dirty, true-to-life style, she is a perfect
match for filmmaker Clint Eastwood, and her 32-year run with the director proves
it. Beginning in the wardrobe department on Malpaso productions such as Tightrope
and Pale Rider, Deborah progressed through films including Heartbreak Ridge,
Bird and The Dead Pool. In 2000 she became Malpaso’s costume designer working
on Space Cowboys, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Mystic River,
Flags of Our Fathers and Sully, all of which reflect her relentless research
and her penchant for including the vision of actors in her creative process.
“Clint trusts me and trusts my
work,” says the designer. “I use resources like Sears & Roebuck, back
issues of Life magazine, high school yearbooks that give me a snapshot of
everyday life. With the work that I do with Clint, his movies are basically
everyday life, so the costumes that I deal with are everyday clothes. The
costumes, in a way, have to be invisible. If they show then I think it’s kind
of distracting. It should be more about the story”
Deborah received the
Distinguished Collaborator Award during the 14th annual Costume Designers Guild
Awards on February 21st 2012 at the Beverly Hilton. Clint was of
course in attendance to present her with the award along with actor Ken
Watanabe and actress Marcia Gay Harden.
Deborah has become a reliablle and integral
part of the Malpaso family; it is a collaboration which has stood the test of time and
long may it continue to do so.
Deborah Hopper / Clint Eastwood
credits
Costume and Wardrobe Department: True
Crime, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Absolute Power, The Rookie, Pink
Cadillac, The Dead Pool, Bird, Heartbreak Ridge, Ratboy, Pale Rider, Tightrope
Costume Designer: Sully, American
Sniper, Jersey Boys, Trouble with the Curve, J. Edgar, Hereafter, The Eastwood
Factor (as herself), Invictus, Gran Torino, Changeling, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our
Fathers, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Blood Work, Space Cowboys
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