---
name: "John Bright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-bright"
fi1m_id: "john-bright"
imdb_id: "nm0109149"
tmdb_id: 1484993
wikidata_id: "Q1699409"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "7 March 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T04:24:32.809608+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."
---

# John Bright

## Identity

John Bright

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-bright
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-bright
- **IMDb ID:** nm0109149
- **TMDB ID:** 1484993
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1699409
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bright_(costume_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109149/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1484993

Costume designer. Born 7 March 1940 in New Forest.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 7 March 1940, New Forest
- **Active:** 1986–1996
- **Frequently works with:** [Ismail Merchant](https://film.one/person/ismail-merchant.md), [James Ivory](https://film.one/person/james-ivory.md), [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md), [Helena Bonham Carter](https://film.one/person/helena-bonham-carter.md), [Hugh Grant](https://film.one/person/hugh-grant.md), [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://film.one/person/ruth-prawer-jhabvala.md), [Anthony Hopkins](https://film.one/person/anthony-hopkins.md), [Denholm Elliott](https://film.one/person/denholm-elliott.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 5 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (2), 1990s 82 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 79 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 6, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $240m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bright_(costume_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109149/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1484993

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Howards End*](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md) (84), [*Maurice*](https://film.one/film/maurice.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*The Remains of the Day*](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*A Room with a View*](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) (84)

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

## Biography

John Bright is a British costume designer. He founded the costume house Cosprop in 1965 and has collaborated extensively with Jenny Beavan on period films, particularly those produced by Merchant Ivory.

Bright's credits include costume design for *A Room with a View* (1985), *Maurice* (1987), *Howards End* (1992), *The Remains of the Day* (1993) and *Sense and Sensibility* (1995). He won the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Costume Design for *A Room with a View*, and received further Oscar nominations for several of the other films.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2024 for services to costume design and heritage.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Fi1m 70, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Fi1m 85, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Howards End* (1992), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md)
- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Room with a View* (1986), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Carmilla* (2020), Costume Design
- *The White Countess* (2005), Costume Design
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Golden Bowl* (2000), Costume Design
- *The Last September* (2000), Costume Design
- *Onegin* (1999), Costume Design
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *Jefferson in Paris* (1995), Costume Design
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Howards End* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md)
- *White Fang* (1991), Costume Design
- *Mountains of the Moon* (1990), Costume Design
- *The Deceivers* (1988), Costume Design
- *Maurice* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Room with a View* (1986), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)
- *The Bostonians* (1984), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 5 nominated

- 1996: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Sense and Sensibility*
- 1994: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Remains of the Day*
- 1993: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Howards End*
- 1988: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Maurice*
- 1987: Best Costume Design (won), for *A Room with a View*
- 1985: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Bostonians*

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

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