---
name: "Cynthia Ann Summers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cynthia-ann-summers"
fi1m_id: "cynthia-ann-summers"
imdb_id: "nm0838688"
tmdb_id: 53115
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:33.093278+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."
---

# Cynthia Ann Summers

## Identity

Cynthia Ann Summers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cynthia-ann-summers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cynthia-ann-summers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0838688
- **TMDB ID:** 53115
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53115

Costume designer. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Cynthia A. Summers, Cynthia Sumers
- **Frequently works with:** [Liza Johnson](https://film.one/person/liza-johnson.md), [Stephen Williams](https://film.one/person/stephen-williams.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53115

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85), [*Lanterns*](https://film.one/tv/lanterns.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Swan Song*](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md) (71)
- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Cynthia Ann Summers is a Canadian costume designer. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and trained at the Helen LeFeaux School of Fashion. She is based in Los Angeles and Vancouver.

Summers has designed costumes for numerous television series and films. Her credits include *The Last of Us* (2023), *Lanterns* (2026), *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017–2019), *Bones*, *Altered Carbon* (2018), *Snowpiercer* (2020) and *Resident Alien* (2021). She also worked on films such as *Apollo 18* (2011) and *War* (2007).

She won a Daytime Emmy Award for *The Baby-Sitters Club* and received Primetime Emmy nominations for *The Last of Us* and *A Series of Unfortunate Events*. She has also won multiple CAFTCAD awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, cynthiasummers.biz, backstage.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Lanterns* (2026), Fi1m 68, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/lanterns.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Swan Song* (2021), Fi1m 71, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Lanterns* (2026), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/lanterns.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Swan Song* (2021), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *Resident Alien* (2021), series, Costume Designer
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), series, Costume Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), series, Costume Design
- *The Show* (2017), Costume Design
- *Story of a Girl* (2017), Costume Design
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Feed the Gods* (2014), Costume Design
- *Intruders* (2014), series, Costume Design
- *Baby Sellers* (2013), Costume Design
- *Stalkers* (2013), Costume Design
- *California Solo* (2012), Costume Design
- *Abducted: The Carlina White Story* (2012), Costume Design
- *Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn* (2012), series, Costume Design
- *Imaginary Friend* (2012), Costume Design
- *Apollo 18* (2011), Costume Design
- *Honey 2* (2011), Costume Design
- *Beautiful Boy* (2011), Costume Design
- *American Pie Presents: The Book of Love* (2009), Costume Design
- *While She Was Out* (2008), Costume Designer
- *War* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Butterfly Effect 2* (2006), Costume Design
- *Bones* (2005), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Costume Design
- *I Was a Teenage Faust* (2002), Costume Designer
- *Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story* (2002), Costume Design
- *Off Season* (2001), Costume Designer
- *Frankie & Hazel* (2000), Costume Design
- *Middlemen* (2000), Costume Design
- *Ratz* (2000), Costume Design
- *Take Me Home: The John Denver Story* (2000), Costume Design
- *A Storm in Summer* (2000), Costume Designer
- *Brotherhood of Murder* (1999), Costume Design
- *American Dragons* (1998), Costume Designer
- *The Right Connections* (1997), Costume Design
- *Color Me Perfect* (1996), Costume Design
- *Sweet Dreams* (1996), Costume Design
- *Maternal Instincts* (1996), Costume Design
- *Mask of Death* (1996), Costume Design
- *Dead Ahead* (1996), Costume Design
- *Brothers of the Frontier* (1996), Costume Design
- *The Halfback of Notre Dame* (1996), Costume Design
- *Hard Evidence* (1995), Costume Design
- *Suspicious Agenda* (1995), Costume Design
- *Circumstances Unknown* (1995), Costume Design
- *Double Happiness* (1994), Costume Design
- *Power Play* (1994), Costume Designer

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