---
name: "Daniel J. Lester"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-j-lester"
fi1m_id: "daniel-j-lester"
imdb_id: "nm0003137"
tmdb_id: 33284
wikidata_id: "Q54861397"
roles: ["Assistant costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:45.375276+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."
---

# Daniel J. Lester

## Identity

Daniel J. Lester

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-j-lester
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-j-lester
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003137
- **TMDB ID:** 33284
- **Wikidata ID:** Q54861397
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54861397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33284

Assistant costume designer. Born in Minnesota.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant costume designer
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** Dan Lester, Daniel Joseph Lester
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Hyams](https://film.one/person/peter-hyams.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (2), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 38 (1), 2020s 32 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 56 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $843m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54861397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33284

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Timecop*](https://film.one/film/timecop.md) (64)

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## Biography

Daniel J. Lester is an American costume designer. He began his career managing a boutique at Fred Segal in Hollywood before working at Western Costume Company and with designers including Theodora Van Runkle and Moss Mabry. He later partnered with Marilyn Vance on films such as *The Untouchables* (1987), *Pretty Woman* (1990) and *The Rocketeer* (1991).

Lester received an Emmy nomination for the miniseries *Dallas: The Early Years* (1986). His first solo feature credit was *Timecop* (1994), on which he also collaborated with production designer Phillip Harrison; they worked together again on *The Relic* (1997), *Spawn* (1997) and *The Core* (2003). He has designed costumes for *I Still Know What You Did Last Summer* (1998), *12 Strong* (2018) and the series *Once Upon a Time* (2017–2018), for which he received a Costume Designers Guild nomination. He is also known for assisting on military-themed films including *The Hurt Locker* (2008).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Borderlands* (2024), Fi1m 32, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/borderlands.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Fi1m 38, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *The Hurt Locker* (2008), Fi1m 86, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hurt-locker.md)
- *Timecop* (1994), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), Fi1m 77, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Borderlands* (2024), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/borderlands.md)
- *12 Strong* (2018), Costume Design
- *Detroit* (2017), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Man Down* (2016), Costume Design
- *Allegiant* (2016), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *Bosch* (2015), series, Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Hurt Locker* (2008), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hurt-locker.md)
- *The Lost Room* (2006), series, Costume Design
- *The Island* (2005), Costume Supervisor
- *Flight of the Phoenix* (2004), Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Core* (2003), Costume Design
- *I Still Know What You Did Last Summer* (1998), Costume Design
- *Nightmare Street* (1998), Costume Designer
- *Spawn* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Relic* (1997), Costume Design
- *Sudden Death* (1995), Costume Design
- *Timecop* (1994), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *The Rocketeer* (1991), Costume Supervisor
- *Predator 2* (1990), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md)
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)
- *Little Monsters* (1989), Assistant Costume Designer, Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Uncle Buck* (1989), Costume Supervisor
- *Fallen Angel* (1981), Costumer

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