---
name: "Jeffrey Kurland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-kurland"
fi1m_id: "jeffrey-kurland"
imdb_id: "nm0475794"
tmdb_id: 6348
wikidata_id: "Q21573201"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "10 March 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T00:34:25.255915+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."
---

# Jeffrey Kurland

## Identity

Jeffrey Kurland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-kurland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-kurland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0475794
- **TMDB ID:** 6348
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21573201
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Kurland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21573201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6348

Costume designer. Born 10 March 1952 in The Bronx.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 10 March 1952, The Bronx
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 1 acting, 10 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Greenhut](https://film.one/person/robert-greenhut.md), [Woody Allen](https://film.one/person/woody-allen.md), [Mia Farrow](https://film.one/person/mia-farrow.md), [Alan Alda](https://film.one/person/alan-alda.md), [Christopher Nolan](https://film.one/person/christopher-nolan.md), [Dianne Wiest](https://film.one/person/dianne-wiest.md), [Emma Thomas](https://film.one/person/emma-thomas.md), [Julia Roberts](https://film.one/person/julia-roberts.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (3), 1990s 78 (3), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 77 (3), 2020s 51 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Drama 5, Action 3, Fantasy 3, Crime 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,107m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Kurland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21573201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6348

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Hannah and Her Sisters*](https://film.one/film/hannah-and-her-sisters.md) (88), [*The Purple Rose of Cairo*](https://film.one/film/the-purple-rose-of-cairo.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Inception*](https://film.one/film/inception.md) (80), [*Everyone Says I Love You*](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dunkirk*](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md) (86)
- **Tubi:** [*Crimes and Misdemeanors*](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Husbands and Wives*](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*Haunted Mansion*](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md) (51)

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

## Biography

Jeffrey Kurland is an American costume designer. Born in The Bronx, New York, he graduated with a B.A. in design from Northwestern University and began his career designing for the theatre in New York before moving into film.

He collaborated extensively with director Woody Allen, serving as costume designer on 15 films between the late 1970s and mid-1990s. His credits include *Radio Days* (1987), for which he won a BAFTA Award, and *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. He has also worked with Steven Soderbergh on *Erin Brockovich* (2000) and *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), and with Christopher Nolan on *Inception* (2010), *Dunkirk* (2017) and *Tenet* (2020).

Kurland received the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award in 2017 and has served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

## On Fi1m (11)

### Performed in (1)

- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), Fi1m 83, as Interviewer/Narrator — [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)

### Crew (10) — the average rests on these

- *Haunted Mansion* (2023), Fi1m 51, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Fi1m 86, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Inception* (2010), Fi1m 80, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Fi1m 72, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md)
- *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), Fi1m 88, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/hannah-and-her-sisters.md)
- *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-purple-rose-of-cairo.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *The Alto Knights* (2025), Costume Design
- *Haunted Mansion* (2023), Costume Design — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md)
- *Tenet* (2020), Costume Designer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Tomorrowland* (2015), Costume Design
- *Beautiful Creatures* (2013), Costume Design
- *The Dictator* (2012), Costume Design
- *Inception* (2010), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009), Costume Design
- *Nim's Island* (2008), Costume Design
- *Carpoolers* (2007), series, Costume Design
- *Nancy Drew* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Reaping* (2007), Costume Design
- *Criminal* (2004), Costume Design
- *Collateral* (2004), Costume Designer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Hidalgo* (2004), Costume Design
- *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), Costume Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven.md)
- *America's Sweethearts* (2001), Costume Design
- *What's the Worst That Could Happen?* (2001), Costume Design
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *Man on the Moon* (1999), Costume Design
- *In Dreams* (1999), Costume Design
- *Living Out Loud* (1998), Costume Designer
- *My Best Friend's Wedding* (1997), Costume Design
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995), as Oedipus · Costume Design
- *Mixed Nuts* (1994), Costume Design
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Costume Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), Costume Design
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), as Interviewer/Narrator · Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)
- *This Is My Life* (1992), Costume Design
- *Shadows and Fog* (1991), Costume Design
- *Alice* (1990), Costume Design
- *Quick Change* (1990), Costume Design
- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md)
- *New York Stories* (1989), Costume Designer
- *Another Woman* (1988), Costume Design
- *September* (1987), Costume Design
- *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987), Costume Design
- *Radio Days* (1987), Costume Design
- *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/hannah-and-her-sisters.md)
- *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-purple-rose-of-cairo.md)
- *Broadway Danny Rose* (1984), Costume Design
- *A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy* (1982), Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Fan* (1981), Costume Design
- *Stardust Memories* (1980), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons* (1974), Costume Design
- *Enemies*, Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Bullets Over Broadway*

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

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