---
name: "Erica Edell Phillips"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erica-edell-phillips"
fi1m_id: "erica-edell-phillips"
imdb_id: "nm0680390"
tmdb_id: 6881
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T01:53:08.141668+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."
---

# Erica Edell Phillips

## Identity

Erica Edell Phillips

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erica-edell-phillips
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erica-edell-phillips
- **IMDb ID:** nm0680390
- **TMDB ID:** 6881
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6881

Costume designer. Born in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1987–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-petersen.md), [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md), [Gail Katz](https://film.one/person/gail-katz.md), [Paul Verhoeven](https://film.one/person/paul-verhoeven.md), [Rene Russo](https://film.one/person/rene-russo.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 1990s 71 (7), 2000s 59 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 66 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 9, Action 7, Drama 6, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Crime 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,757m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6881

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*RoboCop*](https://film.one/film/robocop.md) (91), [*The Cable Guy*](https://film.one/film/the-cable-guy.md) (66), [*Outbreak*](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md) (66)
- **Hulu:** [*Total Recall*](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shattered*](https://film.one/film/shattered.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Erica Edell Phillips is an American costume designer. Born in New York City, she attended Hunter College of the City University of New York and studied film at the New School for Social Research. She began her career as a producer of a talk show on WOR Radio before moving to Los Angeles, where she worked as an assistant to designer Glenda Ganis.

Her film credits as costume designer include *RoboCop* (1987), for which she received a Saturn Award nomination, and *Total Recall* (1990), for which she won a Saturn Award. Other notable films include *Air Force One* (1997), *The Perfect Storm* (2000) and *Poseidon* (2006). She has also worked extensively in television, with credits on series such as *Charlie's Angels* and *The Agency*.

*Sources: imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Poseidon* (2006), Fi1m 55, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *The Perfect Storm* (2000), Fi1m 63, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-perfect-storm.md)
- *Air Force One* (1997), Fi1m 72, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *The Cable Guy* (1996), Fi1m 66, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cable-guy.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Fi1m 66, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *A Perfect World* (1993), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-perfect-world.md)
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Fi1m 58, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *Total Recall* (1990), Fi1m 84, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *RoboCop* (1987), Fi1m 91, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/robocop.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Atlas Shrugged: Part III* (2014), Costume Design
- *Poseidon* (2006), Costume Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *Paycheck* (2003), Costume Design
- *The Tuxedo* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Perfect Storm* (2000), Costume Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-perfect-storm.md)
- *The General's Daughter* (1999), Costume Designer
- *Soldier* (1998), Costume Design
- *Air Force One* (1997), Costume Designer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *The Cable Guy* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cable-guy.md)
- *Amanda* (1996), Costume Design
- *Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home* (1995), Costume Design
- *Outbreak* (1995), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Little Big League* (1994), Costume Design
- *A Perfect World* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-perfect-world.md)
- *Calendar Girl* (1993), Costume Design
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Rapid Fire* (1992), Costume Design
- *Keeper of the City* (1991), Costume Design
- *Shattered* (1991), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *Talent for the Game* (1991), Costume Designer
- *Total Recall* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *True Believer* (1989), Costume Design
- *Major League* (1989), Costume Design
- *Alien Nation* (1988), Costume Design
- *RoboCop* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/robocop.md)
- *Tough Guys* (1986), Costume Design
- *M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers* (1983), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Desperate Lives* (1982), Costumer
- *Dead & Buried* (1981), Costume Supervisor

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