---
name: "Anna Hill Johnstone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anna-hill-johnstone"
fi1m_id: "anna-hill-johnstone"
imdb_id: "nm0426895"
tmdb_id: 6851
wikidata_id: "Q560865"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "7 April 1913"
died: "16 October 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T12:24:40.171597+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Anna Hill Johnstone

## Identity

Anna Hill Johnstone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anna-hill-johnstone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anna-hill-johnstone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0426895
- **TMDB ID:** 6851
- **Wikidata ID:** Q560865
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hill_Johnstone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6851

Costume designer. Born 7 April 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. Died 16 October 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 7 April 1913, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 16 October 1992
- **Active:** 1954–1982
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Pacino](https://film.one/person/al-pacino.md), [Sidney Lumet](https://film.one/person/sidney-lumet.md), [Elia Kazan](https://film.one/person/elia-kazan.md), [Martin Bregman](https://film.one/person/martin-bregman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 89 (1), 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 92 (2), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 89 to 84 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $365m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hill_Johnstone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6851

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Godfather*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) (93)

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## Biography

Anna Hill Johnstone (1913–1992) was an American costume designer who worked in theatre, film and television. She began her career on Broadway, with her first full design credit on the 1937 hit *Having a Wonderful Time*. Her stage work included productions such as *A Streetcar Named Desire*, *Bell, Book and Candle*, *Tea and Sympathy* and *The Tender Trap*.

Johnstone moved into film in 1948 with *Portrait of Jennie*. She became known for frequent collaborations with directors Elia Kazan and Sidney Lumet, contributing costumes to films including *On the Waterfront* (1954), *East of Eden* (1955), *Baby Doll* (1956), *Fail Safe* (1964), *The Godfather* (1972), *Serpico* (1973), *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975) and *The Verdict* (1982). She received Academy Award nominations for *The Godfather* and *Ragtime* (1981). She was posthumously inducted into the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame in 2006.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Verdict* (1982), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), Fi1m 90, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *America America* (1963), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)
- *On the Waterfront* (1954), Fi1m 89, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), Costume Designer
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), Costume Design
- *Fletch Lives* (1989), Costume Design
- *Running on Empty* (1988), Costume Design
- *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988), Costume Design
- *Backfire* (1988), Costume Design
- *Power* (1986), Costume Design
- *Garbo Talks* (1984), Costume Design
- *A Night in Heaven* (1983), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Daniel* (1983), Costume Design
- *The Verdict* (1982), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *Ragtime* (1981), Costume Design
- *Prince of the City* (1981), Costume Design
- *Going in Style* (1979), Costume Design
- *King of the Gypsies* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Wiz* (1978), Costume Coordinator
- *The Last Tycoon* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Next Man* (1976), Costume Design
- *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), Costume Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md)
- *The Stepford Wives* (1975), Costume Design
- *Report to the Commissioner* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1974), Costume Design
- *Serpico* (1973), Costume Design
- *Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams* (1973), Costume Design
- *Gordon's War* (1973), Costume Design
- *The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds* (1972), Costume Design
- *Come Back, Charleston Blue* (1972), Costume Design
- *Play It Again, Sam* (1972), Costume Design
- *The Godfather* (1972), Costume Design — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?* (1971), Costume Design
- *There Was a Crooked Man...* (1970), Costume Design
- *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970), Costume Design
- *Alice's Restaurant* (1969), Co-Costume Designer
- *Me, Natalie* (1969), Costume Design
- *Trilogy* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Night They Raided Minsky's* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Thanksgiving Visitor* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Subject Was Roses* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Swimmer* (1968), Wardrobe Designer
- *Bye Bye Braverman* (1968), Costume Designer
- *A Christmas Memory* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Group* (1966), Costume Design
- *Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster* (1965), Costume Design
- *Harvey Middleman, Fireman* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Pawnbroker* (1965), Costume Design
- *Carol for Another Christmas* (1964), Costume Design
- *Fail Safe* (1964), Costume Design
- *Ladybug Ladybug* (1963), Costume Design
- *America America* (1963), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)
- *David and Lisa* (1962), Costume Design
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), Costume Design
- *Wild River* (1960), Costume Design
- *Odds Against Tomorrow* (1959), Costume Design
- *A Face in the Crowd* (1957), Costume Design
- *Edge of the City* (1957), Costume Design
- *Baby Doll* (1956), Costume Design
- *East of Eden* (1955), Costume Design
- *On the Waterfront* (1954), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md)
- *Portrait of Jennie* (1948), Assistant Costume Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1982: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Ragtime*
- 1973: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Godfather*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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