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name: "Eiko Ishioka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eiko-ishioka"
fi1m_id: "eiko-ishioka"
imdb_id: "nm0411130"
tmdb_id: 958722
wikidata_id: "Q297935"
roles: ["Costume designer","Director"]
born: "12 July 1939"
died: "21 January 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T20:57:06.893156+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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# Eiko Ishioka

## Identity

Eiko Ishioka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eiko-ishioka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eiko-ishioka
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411130
- **TMDB ID:** 958722
- **Wikidata ID:** Q297935
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiko_Ishioka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958722

Costume designer and director. Born 12 July 1939 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 21 January 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer, Director
- **Born:** 12 July 1939, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 21 January 2012
- **Active:** 1985–2002
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiko_Ishioka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958722

## Biography

Eiko Ishioka was a Japanese costume designer, art director and graphic designer. She graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and began her career in advertising, working for Shiseido and the Parco chain, before designing for film, theatre and other media.

She designed costumes for *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), *Closet Land* (1991), *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992), *The Cell* (2000), *The Fall* (2006), *Immortals* (2011) and *Mirror Mirror* (2012). She won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for *Bram Stoker's Dracula* and received a posthumous nomination for *Mirror Mirror*. She also designed costumes for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and received a Grammy Award for the artwork on Miles Davis's album *Tutu*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992), Fi1m 79, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bram-stokers-dracula.md)
- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Fi1m 86, Costume Design, Production Design, Costume design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Cirque du Soleil: The 30th Anniversary Concert* (2015), Costume Design
- *Siegfried - De Nationale Opera* (2014), Costume Design
- *Die Walküre - De Nationale Opera* (2014), Costume Design
- *Das Rheingold - De Nationale Opera* (2014), Costume Design
- *Götterdämmerung - De Nationale Opera Amsterdam* (2014), Costume Design
- *Mirror Mirror* (2012), Costume Design
- *Immortals* (2011), Costume Design
- *Making Mishima* (2008), Actor
- *Theresa: The Body of Christ* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Fall* (2006), Costume Design
- *Cirque du Soleil: Varekai* (2003), Costume Design
- *Björk: Volumen Plus* (2002), Director
- *Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003* (2002), Director
- *The Cell* (2000), Costume Design
- *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/bram-stokers-dracula.md)
- *Closet Land* (1991), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle* (1987), Art Designer
- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Costume Design, Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)
- *The Morning Schedule* (1972), Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Mirror Mirror*
- 1993: Best Costume Design (won), for *Bram Stoker's Dracula*

### Other awards — 4 won, 3 nominated

- Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Costume Design for Film 2013: Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Costume Design for Film (won), for *Mirror Mirror*
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2012: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 2002: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won)
- Saturn Awards 1993: Best Costume (won), for *Bram Stoker's Dracula*
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1988: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 1988: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominated)
- Grammy Award for Best Recording Package 1986: Grammy Award for Best Recording Package (won), for *Tutu*

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

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