MOLLY MAGINNIS
COSTUME DESIGNER: FILMS, TELEVISION, OPERA, DANCE, PROFESSOR, COMMERCIALS:
Over thirty-five years as a working professional in major studio/independent films, television, Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre, regional opera, dance companies and commercials; responsible for design work, budgets and the formation and direction of crews. Visit Molly’s IMdB page here.
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS – WIN - 2013 Outstanding Costumes in a Contemporary Television Series SMASH Season One
BAFTA Nomination for Best Costume Designs for a Television Miniseries – TALES OF THE CITY
ACE CABLE Nomination for Best Costumes in a Movie of the Week – BILLY THE KID
ACE CABLE Nomination for Best Costumes in a Movie of the Week – MARILYN AND ME
DRAMALOGUE AWARD for Best Costumes in a Play – SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE
HEINZ FELLOWSHIP, Carnegie Mellon University, 1975 and 1976
COSTUME DESIGNER
FEATURE FILM
2023 HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, Director Carlos Saldanha
2019 LAST CALL, Director – Steven Bernstein
2013 A GOOD MARRIAGE, Director - Peter Askin
2012 MOHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT, Director – Stephen Frears
2011 A CINDERELLA STORY, Director – Damon Santostefano
2010 DARLING COMPANION, Director – Larry Kasdan
2010 SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA, Director - Matt Russell
2009 THE LITTLE FOCKERS, Director – Paul Weitz
2008 SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE, Director – Jim Field Smith
2007 ROLE MODELS, Director – David Wain
2007 THE BUCKET LIST, Director – Rob Reiner
2006 NORBIT, Director – Brian Robbins
2006 AMERICAN DREAMZ, Director – Paul Weitz
2005 FLICKA, Director – Michael Mayer
2005 THE SHAGGY DOG, Director – Brian Robbins
2004 IN GOOD COMPANY, Director – Paul Weitz
2002 DREAMCATCHER, Director – Lawrence Kasdan
2001 LIFE AS A HOUSE, Director – Irwin Winkler
2001 DEUCE BIGELOW, Director Michael Mitchell
2000 SCENES OF THE CRIME, Director – Dominique Forma
1999 TOWN AND COUNTRY, Director – Peter Chelsom
1999 MURDER OF CROWS, Director – Rowdy Herrington
1998 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, Director – Ron Underwood
1997 AS GOOD AS IT GETS, Director – James L. Brooks
1996 TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS, Director – Ross Marks
1995 EDDIE, Director – Steve Rash
1995 IT TAKES TWO, Director – Andy Tennant
1994 DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE, Director – David Price
1994 THE WAR, Director – Jon Avnet
1993 TALES OF THE CITY, Director – Alistair Reid
1993 LOOK WHO’S TALKING NOW, Director – Tom Ropelewski
1993 SON IN LAW, Director – Steve Rash
1993 DAD, Director – Gary David Goldberg
1992 SISTER ACT, Director – Emile Ardolino
1992 BOILING POINT, Director – James Harris
1992 LOOK WHO’S TALKING TOO, Director – Amy Heckerling
1991 DELIRIOUS, Director – Tom Mankiewicz
1990 ONCE UPON A CRIME, Director – Eugene Levy
1990 THERE GOES MY BABY, Director – Floyd Mutrux
1989 COME SEE THE PARADISE, Director – Alan Parker
1989 MISS FIRECRACKER, Director – Thomas Schlamme
1988 LOOK WHO’S TALKING, Director – Amy Heckerling
1988 BROADCAST NEWS, Director – James L. Brooks
1987 IN A SHALLOW GRAVE, Director – Kenneth Bowser
1987 MORGAN STEWART’S COMING HOME, Director – Paul Ahrens
1987 LUCAS, Director – David Seltzer
1987 WHATEVER IT TAKES, Director – Bob Demchuk
1986 CLOSE CALL – Director, Ron Tippe
1985 THE NEW KIDS, Director – Sean Cunningham
TELEVISION
2022 THE TERMINAL LIST, AMAZON, Dir. Antoine Fuqua, et al.
2019 HOMECOMING, SEASON 2, AMAZON, Dir. Kyle Alvarez, 7 Episodes
2018-19 OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL GRACE, EPIX, 10 Episodes
2017-18 PATRIOT – SEASON 2, Dir. Steve Conrad, AMAZON, 8 Episodes
2016-17 JACK RYAN, AMAZON – 8 EPISODES
2016 PATRIOT, AMAZON, Dir. Steve Conrad - 10 EPISODES
2015-16 THE FAMILY, ABC TELEVISION, 12 EPISODES
2013 US AND THEM, FOX TELEVISION 6 EPISODES
2012-13 ZERO HOUR, ABC TELEVISION 6 Episodes
2011-12 SMASH, NBC-DREAMWORKS TELEVISION – 14 Episodes
2008-9 BONES, FOX TELEVISION, 14 Episodes
2004 JACK AND BOBBY, Warner Brothers Television – 6 Episodes
2003 THE LYON’S DEN, FOX TV – 12 Episodes
2001 ON GOLDEN POND, Director – Ernest Thompson, Live TV Performance
2000 FAILSAFE, Director – Stephen Frears, Live TV Performance
1996 TOOTHLESS, Director – Melanie Mayron, Movie of the Week
1995 MARILYN AND ME, Director – John Patterson, Movie of the Week
1989 PERFECT PEOPLE, Director – Seth Bruce Green, Movie of the Week
1988 BILLY THE KID, Director – Billy Graham, Movie of the Week
1987 COMBAT HIGH, Director – Neal Israel, Movie of the Week
1977 GHOSTS AND MACBETH, Director – Richard Edelman, Pennsylvania, State University
1976 HARRY S. TRUMAN, Director – James Petrie, WQED Studio, Pittsburgh
TELEVISION PILOTS
2018 ERASE, USA/NBC, Dir. Michael Offer
2018 THE FIX, ABC TELEVISION, Dir. Laryssa Kondracki
2016 BROKEN, ABC TELEVISION, DIR. – Jeremy Podeswa
2015 RUNNER, ABC/FOX TELEVISION – Dir. Michael Offer
2014 ALLEGIANCE, NBC, DIRECTOR – George Nolfi
2011 GULLIVER QUINN, ABC Family, Director – Rob Schrab
2010 NO ORDINARY FAMILY, Dir. David Semel, ABC/Disney TV
2008 CAPTAIN COOK’S EXTRAORDINARY ATLAS, Dir. Thomas Schlamme, ABC
2007 THE MINISTER OF DIVINE, Producer – Suzanne Martin, FOX TV
2007 ZIP, Director – Daniel Attias, NBC – Universal Television
2003 PARTNERS, ABC Television
2001 WHAT ABOUT JOAN? (Ms. Joan Cusack’s Clothes Only), ABC
1999 THIRTY, Producer – Imagine Films, Director – Thomas Schlamme, ABC
1999 SPIN CITY, Producer – Gary David Goldberg, ABC
1998 BLACK JAQ, Director – Forrest Whittaker
1998 LIFE’S WORK, Director – Michael Lessac, ABC
1997 LEGAL LIMIT, Producer – Joe Stern, Director – Rod Holcomb, Paramount TV
1997 HEAVEN WILL WAIT – Director – Penny Marshall
1996 ON THE LINE, Director – Dan Sackheim, Paramount TV
THEATRE DESIGN
2013 A LITTLE SEX – New York City
2003 A VERY WHITE CHRISTMAS – Director, Ernest Thompson, Los Angeles
1999 BURN THIS, Director – Tony Rizzoli, INTERACT, Los Angeles
1996 FULL CIRCLE, Director – Louis Sheeder, Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles
1995 SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE, Director – Charles Marowitz Mayfair, Theatre, Santa Monica, California
1983 SHOWBOAT, Director – Michael Kahn, Broadway, NYC
1981 LIFE IS A DREAM, Director – Irene Fornas, INTAR Theatre, NYC
1980 COMPANY, Director – Andre Ernotte, PLAYWRIGHT’S HORIZONS, NYC
1979 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Director – David Gately, Music Theatre North, New York
1979 JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL, Director – Don Tull, Music Theatre North, New York
1979 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Director – Don Tull, Music Theatre North, New York
1979 BRING ON THE NIGHT, Director – Nat Habib, Westbeth Theatre, NYC
1979 DIDN’T HE RAMBLE, Director – Geoffrey Hitch, Royal Court Theatre, NYC
1979 R, Director – Geoffrey Hitch, Royal Court Theatre, NYC
1979 SACRAMENTS, Director – Bob Nigro, St. Martin’s Church Theatre, NYC
1979 ANGEL STREET, Director – Charles Gray, Freehall Theatre Company, NYC
1978 THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT, Director – Marty Streiker, Words and Music Theatre, NYC
1978 THE APPLE TREE, Director – Marty Streiker, Words and Music Theatre, NYC
1978 ENEMIES, Director – Bob Nigro, American Playhouse, Pennsylvania
1978 THE HOT L BALTIMORE, Director – Larry Smith, J.I. Rodale Theatre, Pennsylvania
1978 KNOCK, KNOCK, Director – Bob Nigro, J.I. Rodale Theatre, Pennsylvania
1978 A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Director – Joan Belsey, New Playwright’s Theatre of Washington, D.C.
1978 BREAD AND ROSES, Director – Joan Layden, The Theatre at the Riverside Church, NYC
1977 CAROUSEL, Director – S. Slain, North Shore Music Theatre, Mass.
1977 SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE, Director – Adrian Hall, North Shore Music Theatre, Massachusetts
1977 OKLAHOMA, Director – Joel Zwyck, North Shore Music Theatre, Massachusetts
1977 COME AND BE KILLED, Director – Stuart Vaughan, North Shore Music Theatre, Massachusetts
1976 CORRUPTION IN THE PALACE OF JUSTICE, Director – George Wood, New Orleans Theatre Co., Louisiana
1976 THE LITTLE PRINCE, Director – Rita Ladoux, St. Louis Children’s Theatre, Missouri
OPERA DESIGN
1989 WOMEN IN THE GARDEN, Director – Nicholas Deutsch, Produced at Harvard University, Boston
1987 THE STUDENT PRINCE, Director – Dorothy Danner, Chautauqua Music Festival, New York
1987 LA BOHEME, Director – Cynthia Auerbach, Chautauqua Music Festival, New York
1982 LA CENERENTOLA, Director – David Gately, Texas Opera Theatre, Houston
1982 TALES OF HOFFMAN, Director – Cynthia Auerbach, Chautauqua Music Festival, New York
1982 RIGOLETTO, Director – Cynthia Auerbach, Chautauqua Music Festival, New York
1982 LA BOHEME, Director – Patrick Bakman, Texas Opera Theatre Houston
1982 MADAME BUTTERFLY, Director – Cynthia Auerbach, Texas Opera Theatre, Houston
1981 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Director – David Gately, Texas Opera Theatre, Houston
1979 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Directors – Jack and Virginia Frymire, Music Theatre North, New York
1979 THE BARBER OF SEVILE, Director – David Gately, Texas Opera
1978 THE GONDOLIERS, Director – Tommy Thompson, Crane School of Music, SUNY
1978 ZEMIRE AND AZORE, Director – Keith King, Bel Canto, NYC Opera Company, NYC
1977 REGINA, Director – Keith King, Bel Canto Opera Company, NYC
DANCE
1989 FAIRPLAY, Produced at Harvard University
1987 THE FIREBIRD, The Eugene Ballet Company, Eugene, Oregon
1986 PETRUSHKA, The Eugene Ballet Company, Eugene, Oregon
COMMERCIALS
2013 – TRIDENT GUM – Director – David Wayne
2011 – NHL NATIONAL COMMERCIAL – Smuggler Productions, Director – Henry Rubin
Variety of commercials for IBM, AT&T, Wilson Athletics, etc.
VIDEO GAMES
THE SACRED POOLS, Produced for SEGA
EDUCATION
1976 MASTER OF FINE ARTS, COSTUME DESIGN – Carnegie Mellon, University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1973 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, PAINTING – Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
PROFESSOR
Winter – 2020 University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Lecturer for WOMEN IN THE ARTS, (WINSTON-SALEM)
Winter 2018 University of California at San Diego, Costume Design for Film/TV
Fall, 2009 University of California at San Diego, Costume Design for Film/TV
Winter, 2008 Carnegie-Mellon University, Lecture and Master Class
Fall, 2007 University of California at San Diego, Film Design Master’s Class
Winter, 2005 University of California at San Diego, Film Design Class
Winter, 2002 The Learning Annex – Santa Monica, California
1997 – 2001 Carnegie Mellon University – Seminars for Graduating Students, Los Angeles, California
Fall, 1999 Carnegie Mellon University – Lecturer, Portfolio Reviews
Spring, 1998 Carnegie Mellon University – Lecturer, Participated in a Seminar for Television and Film
Fall, 1982 C.W. Post College – Undergrad Costume Design Class, Guest Designer, LADY IN THE DARK
Winter, 1978 SUNY at POTSDAM – Guest Lecturer/Designer, THE GONDOLIERS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES
UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS, LOCAL 829 (New York)
COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD, LOCAL 892 (Los Angeles)
REPRESENTATION
INNOVATIVE ARTISTS, AGENT: Debbie Hauesler (310) 656-5150
Heather Parker, Craig Mizrahi, Cecilia Banck, Sonia Costa