---
name: "Jodie Lynn Tillen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jodie-lynn-tillen"
fi1m_id: "jodie-lynn-tillen"
imdb_id: "nm0863293"
tmdb_id: 10678
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-12T04:13:07.367613+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."
---

# Jodie Lynn Tillen

## Identity

Jodie Lynn Tillen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jodie-lynn-tillen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jodie-lynn-tillen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0863293
- **TMDB ID:** 10678
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10678

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1975–2006
- **Also known as:** Jodie Tillen
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 1990s 62 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $312m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10678

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Backdraft*](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Jodie Lynn Tillen is a costume designer and production designer. She began her career in the wardrobe department in the 1970s, working as wardrobe supervisor on *Messiah of Evil* (1975) and costume supervisor on *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977) and *Thief* (1981). She later served as costume designer on films including *Night Shift* (1982), *Backdraft* (1991), *Chain Reaction* (1996) and *Home Alone 3* (1997), and on the television series *Miami Vice* (1984).

Tillen's production design credits include *Brick* (2006) and *Conversations with Other Women* (2006). She has also worked on television series such as *Robbery Homicide Division* (2002–2003) and received a Primetime Emmy nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Brick* (2006), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/brick.md)
- *Backdraft* (1991), Fi1m 62, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Fi1m 70, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Conversations with Other Women* (2006), Production Design
- *Brick* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/brick.md)
- *Blood Money* (2000), Production Design
- *Home Alone 3* (1997), Costume Design
- *Unlikely Angel* (1996), Costume Design
- *Chain Reaction* (1996), Costume Design
- *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995), Costume Design
- *Witch Hunt* (1994), Costume Design
- *ER: 24 Hours* (1994), Costume Designer
- *Straight Talk* (1992), Costume Design
- *Backdraft* (1991), Costume Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)
- *Rock Hudson* (1990), Costume Design
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Shannon's Deal* (1989), Costume Design
- *Dead Bang* (1989), Costume Design
- *No Man's Land* (1987), Costume Design
- *Real Men* (1987), Costume Design
- *Happy New Year* (1987), Costume Design
- *Light of Day* (1987), Costume Design
- *American Anthem* (1986), Costume Design
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, Costume Designer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper* (1984), Costume Design
- *Night Shift* (1982), Costume Design
- *Thief* (1981), Costume Supervisor
- *Serial* (1980), Costume Supervisor
- *A Question of Guilt* (1978), Costume Design
- *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977), Costume Supervisor
- *Lipstick* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Four Deuces* (1975), Costume Design
- *Best Friends* (1975), as Art Direction
- *Messiah of Evil* (1975), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Switchblade Sisters* (1975), Costume Design
- *Mama's Dirty Girls* (1974), Costume Design
- *I Escaped from Devil's Island* (1973), Costume Design
- *Hit Man* (1972), Wardrobe Coordinator
- *Angels Hard as They Come* (1971), Costume Design, Makeup Artist

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