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name: "Elaine Montalvo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elaine-montalvo"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:34:12.377311+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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# Elaine Montalvo

Costume designer. Born in Central California.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1530085

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68)

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## Biography

Elaine Montalvo is a costume designer working in film and television. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy, and the Costume Designers Guild. Originally from Central California and based in Los Angeles, she trained at the University of California, Berkeley, where she double-majored in film studies and psychology, and earned an MFA in costume design and creative writing from the California Institute of the Arts.

Her credits include the films *Real Women Have Curves* (2002), *Chuck & Buck* (2000), *Boogeyman 2* (2007), *Supercross* (2005), *A Better Life* (2011), *Flamin' Hot* (2023) and *One True Loves* (2023). On television she has designed for *The Walking Dead* (2016–2020), *Big Time Rush* (2009–2013), *100 Things to Do Before High School* (2015–2016), *Gentefied* (2021) and *Blindspotting* (2023). She has received six award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, shoutoutla.com, awardsradar.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *One True Loves* (2023), Costume Designer
- *Flamin' Hot* (2023), Costume Design
- *100 Things to Do Before High School* (2014), Costume Design
- *Saint George* (2014), series, Costume Designer
- *Stay Cool* (2011), Costumer
- *A Better Life* (2011), Costume Design
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Sex and Breakfast* (2007), Costume Design
- *Boogeyman 2* (2007), Costume Design
- *Popstar* (2005), Costume Design
- *Supercross* (2005), Costume Design
- *American Black Beauty* (2005), Costume Design
- *Real Women Have Curves* (2002), Costume Design
- *Looking Through Lillian* (2002), Costume Design
- *Personals: College Girl Seeking...* (2001), Costume Design
- *Chuck & Buck* (2000), Costume Design

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