---
name: "Joy Cretton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joy-cretton"
fi1m_id: "joy-cretton"
imdb_id: "nm3147862"
tmdb_id: 1578989
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T12:16:54.795709+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."
---

# Joy Cretton

## Identity

Joy Cretton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joy-cretton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joy-cretton
- **IMDb ID:** nm3147862
- **TMDB ID:** 1578989
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3147862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1578989

Costume designer. Born in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Joy Hanae Lani Cretton, Joy Hanae Cretton
- **Frequently works with:** [Destin Daniel Cretton](https://film.one/person/destin-daniel-cretton.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $434m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3147862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1578989

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Short Term 12*](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Wonder Man*](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Joy Cretton is a costume designer. She has worked extensively in independent films and on larger productions, frequently in collaboration with her brother, director Destin Daniel Cretton.

Her credits as costume designer include *Short Term 12* (2013), *The Glass Castle* (2017) and *American Born Chinese* (2023). She served as assistant costume designer on *Just Mercy* (2019) and *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), and as costume designer on the series *Wonder Man* (2026). She was born in Haiku on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

*Sources: imdb.com, marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com, hawaiinewsnow.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wonder Man* (2026), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md)
- *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), Fi1m 66, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md)
- *Short Term 12* (2013), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Bloodline* (2026), Costumer
- *Wonder Man* (2026), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md)
- *American Born Chinese* (2023), series, Costume Design
- *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md)
- *Murdered by Morning* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *Just Mercy* (2019), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Mr. Mom* (2019), series, Costume Design
- *The Petal Pushers* (2019), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Buried In The Backyard* (2018), series, Costume Design
- *Dance Baby Dance* (2018), Costume Design
- *Unicorn Store* (2017), Costume Supervisor
- *The Glass Castle* (2017), Costume Design
- *The Love Witch* (2016), Wardrobe Assistant
- *I'll See You in My Dreams* (2015), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Short Term 12* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md)
- *I Am Not a Hipster* (2013), Costume Design
- *Short Term 12* (2008), as Sugiyo

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