JENNY BEAVAN - Costume Designer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Acclaimed costume designer Jenny Beavan (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, CURELLA, A ROOM WITH A VIEW) joins us for a conversation about her craft on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Hailing from England, Jenny shares how she fell in with the famed Merchant Ivory troupe, and she describes spending her early formative professional years traveling around the world and working alongside the legendary filmmakers. We later consider how, just as with real people, characters reuse clothing and how some costume pieces take on a life of their own. Jenny also reflects on how she adapts after having the wool pulled over her eyes on a project and how designing costumes is never about the clothes themselves but about the stories they tell. At the end, Jenny is generous enough to offer salient advice to budding costume designers.

This episode is sponsored by Dallas Film Commission

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast.
0:08.1	A collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and Agust.
0:14.0	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:22.0	This episode is proudly sponsored by the Dallas Film Commission, which is dedicated to
0:27.1	showcasing Dallas as a premier destination for productions of all sizes.
0:33.1	The Dallas Film Commission offers a wide range of support with their expertise and locations,
0:39.3	talented crews, top-notch sound stages, and enticing incentives.
0:45.2	Dallas is your one-stop shop to turn your creative vision into reality, so get ready to elevate
0:51.9	your next production by filming in Dallas with the support of the Dallas Film Commission.
0:57.8	Today, we're speaking with a costume designer.
1:03.9	Her many credits include a room with a view, Mad Max Fury Road, Cruella, and Mrs. Harris
1:09.8	goes to Paris.
1:10.8	We're so pleased to welcome Jenny Bevan.
1:14.5	Jenny, thank you for doing this.
1:16.5	Hi, James.
1:17.5	Hi, Roger.
1:18.5	Hi, James.
1:19.5	This is fun.
1:21.5	Keep telling yourself that.
1:22.5	Oh, that's awesome.
1:24.5	I think we'd like to start with our usual question, which is, how did you get to where
1:29.1	you are today?
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