---
name: "Einar Bourman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/einar-bourman"
fi1m_id: "einar-bourman"
imdb_id: "nm0100042"
tmdb_id: 1494606
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "16 July 1909"
died: "14 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:11:32.489947+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."
---

# Einar Bourman

## Identity

Einar Bourman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/einar-bourman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** einar-bourman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100042
- **TMDB ID:** 1494606
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1494606

Costume designer. Born 16 July 1909 in Boden, Norrbottens län, Sweden. Died 14 January 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 16 July 1909, Boden, Norrbottens län, Sweden
- **Died:** 14 January 1973
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1494606

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Shock Corridor*](https://film.one/film/shock-corridor.md) (80)

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## Biography

Einar Bourman (1909–1973) was a Swedish-born costume designer and wardrobe supervisor who worked in American film from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s.

He received a costume design credit on Samuel Fuller’s *Shock Corridor* (1963) and served as costumer on Fuller’s *The Naked Kiss* (1964). Other credits include wardrobe supervisor on *Invisible Invaders* (1959) and *They Saved Hitler’s Brain* (1968, as Einer Bourman), as well as wardrobe roles on numerous low-budget features such as *The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake* (1959) and *Vice Raid* (1960).

Bourman was born on 16 July 1909 in Boden, Norrbottens län, Sweden, and died on 14 January 1973 in Valley Village, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shock Corridor* (1963), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design, Costumer — [page](https://film.one/film/shock-corridor.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *They Saved Hitler's Brain* (1968), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Naked Kiss* (1964), Costume Design
- *Shock Corridor* (1963), Costumer, Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shock-corridor.md)
- *Incident in an Alley* (1962), Wardrobe Coordinator
- *Police Dog Story* (1961), Wardrobe Designer
- *Five Guns to Tombstone* (1961), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Noose for a Gunman* (1960), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake* (1959), as Wardrobe Master
- *Inside the Mafia* (1959), Costume Design
- *Invisible Invaders* (1959), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Curse of the Faceless Man* (1958), as Wardrobe Master
- *I Was a Teenage Frankenstein* (1957), as Wardrobe Master
- *Gun Duel in Durango* (1957), Wardrobe Designer
- *5 Steps to Danger* (1956), Wardrobe Designer, Costume Design
- *Invasion, U.S.A.* (1952), Wardrobe Designer

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