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name: "Deirdra Elizabeth Govan"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
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updated: "2026-09-17T09:08:16.926307+00:00"
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# Deirdra Elizabeth Govan

Costume designer. Born in U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Also known as:** Deirdra E. Govan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdra_Elizabeth_Govan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131383841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1417883

## Coming up

- *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* (2026-09-25), Costume Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sorry to Bother You*](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Deirdra Elizabeth Govan is an American costume designer for film and television. She graduated from Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design, and began her career in theatre, working on Broadway productions including *Miss Saigon*, *Les Misérables* and *Phantom of the Opera*.

Govan is known for her costume design on films such as *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), *The Sun Is Also a Star* (2019), *Devotion* (2022), *Happiness for Beginners* (2023), *Exhibiting Forgiveness* (2024) and *Rob Peace* (2024). Her television credits include *Harlem* (2021–2023), *I'm a Virgo* (2023) and *First Wives Club* (2019–2021). She has received nominations for a Black Reel Award for *Sorry to Bother You* and a NAACP Image Award for *I'm a Virgo*.

She serves as vice president of IATSE United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2023.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* (2026), Costume Design
- *Killing Castro* (2026), Costume Design
- *Exhibiting Forgiveness* (2024), Costume Design
- *Rob Peace* (2024), Costume Design
- *Happiness for Beginners* (2023), Costume Design
- *Devotion* (2022), Costume Designer
- *The Sun Is Also a Star* (2019), Costume Designer
- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)
- *Krystal* (2018), Costume Design
- *Marz* (2017), Producer
- *Wiener-Dog* (2016), Costume Supervisor
- *Stealing Cars* (2016), Costume Design
- *Europa Report* (2013), Costume Supervisor
- *Dark Skies* (2013), Costume Supervisor
- *Bachelorette* (2012), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Intern* (2000), Costume Design
- *Cruel Intentions* (1999), Costume Supervisor
- *Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), Set Costumer
- *A Couch in New York* (1996), Costumer

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