Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Place of Birth
Akron, Ohio, USA
Credits
18 titles
Paul Tazewell
Biography
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 received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Wiz Live! (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Tazewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Disclosure Day
Costume Design
Wicked: For Good
Costume Design
Hamilton
Costume Design
Reclaim the Flag
Self
Making Wicked
Self
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self
Wicked
Costume Design
Mr. Saturday Night
Costume Design
West Side Story
Costume Design
Harriet
Costume Design
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Costume Design
Gounod: Faust
Costume Designer
Memphis
Costume Design
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Costume Designer
Project Runway
Self - Guest Mentor
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Costume Design
The Oscars
Self