---
name: "Anthea Sylbert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthea-sylbert"
fi1m_id: "anthea-sylbert"
imdb_id: "nm0843123"
tmdb_id: 12020
wikidata_id: "Q2653310"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "6 October 1939"
died: "18 June 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T08:08:06.412610+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."
---

# Anthea Sylbert

## Identity

Anthea Sylbert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anthea-sylbert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anthea-sylbert
- **IMDb ID:** nm0843123
- **TMDB ID:** 12020
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2653310
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthea_Sylbert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2653310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12020

Costume designer. Born 6 October 1939 in New York City. Died 18 June 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 6 October 1939, New York City
- **Died:** 18 June 2024
- **Active:** 1968–1977
- **Frequently works with:** [Elaine May](https://film.one/person/elaine-may.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 92 (1), 1970s 78 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $95m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthea_Sylbert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2653310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12020

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Chinatown*](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) (93)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anthea Sylbert (née Giannakouros) was an American costume designer and film producer. Born in New York City on 6 October 1939, she studied art history at Barnard College and fashion at the Parsons School of Design. She began her career designing for off-Broadway productions before entering film in 1967 with *The Tiger Makes Out*.

Sylbert received Academy Award nominations for her work on *Chinatown* (1974) and *Julia* (1977). Her other notable credits as costume designer include *Rosemary's Baby* (1968), *Carnal Knowledge* (1971), *The Cowboys* (1972), *Shampoo* (1975), *King Kong* (1976) and *The Last Tycoon* (1976). She collaborated frequently with directors Roman Polanski and Mike Nichols.

In the late 1970s she moved into studio executive roles at Warner Bros. and United Artists, before producing films including several with Goldie Hawn. She received a Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild in 2005. Sylbert died on 18 June 2024 in Skiathos, Greece.

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Julia* (1977), Fi1m 60, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *Chinatown* (1974), Fi1m 93, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md)
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heartbreak-kid.md)
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *Rosemary's Baby* (1968), Fi1m 92, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/rosemarys-baby.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *If You Believe* (1999), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Giving Up the Ghost* (1998), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Hope* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Truman* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Something to Talk About* (1995), Producer
- *CrissCross* (1992), Producer
- *Deceived* (1991), Executive Producer
- *My Blue Heaven* (1990), Producer
- *Overboard* (1987), Producer
- *Wildcats* (1986), Producer
- *Protocol* (1984), Producer
- *F.I.S.T.* (1978), Costume Design
- *Julia* (1977), Costume Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *King Kong* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Last Tycoon* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Fortune* (1975), Costume Design
- *Shampoo* (1975), Costume Design
- *Chinatown* (1974), Costume Design — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md)
- *The Day of the Dolphin* (1973), Costume Design
- *Acts of Love and Other Comedies* (1973), Costume Supervisor
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heartbreak-kid.md)
- *Bad Company* (1972), Costume Design
- *The Cowboys* (1972), Costume Design
- *The Steagle* (1971), Costume Design
- *Carnal Knowledge* (1971), Costume Design
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *John and Mary* (1969), Costume Design
- *Some Kind of a Nut* (1969), Costume Design
- *Where It's At* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Illustrated Man* (1969), Costume Design
- *Rosemary's Baby* (1968), Costume Designer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/rosemarys-baby.md)
- *The Tiger Makes Out* (1967), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1978: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Julia*
- 1975: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Chinatown*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1984: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)

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

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