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name: "Karen Malecki"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:53:33.014879+00:00"
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# Karen Malecki

Costume designer. Born in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer

## Biography

Karen Malecki is a costume designer. She trained at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is originally from St. Clair Shores, Michigan; she lives in New York.

Her credits include costume design on the films *Take Shelter* (2011), *Compliance* (2012), *Joe* (2013), *The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter* (2018), *This Is the Night* (2021) and *Players* (2024), as well as the series *White Collar* (2011–2014). She previously worked as an assistant costume designer on *The Squid and the Whale* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmbooster.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Take Shelter* (2011), Fi1m 83, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)

## Also known for

- *The Squid and the Whale* (2005), Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-squid-and-the-whale.md)
- *Joe* (2014), Costume Design
- *You Should Have Left* (2020), Costume Design
- *Compliance* (2012), Costume Designer
- *Players* (2024), Costume Design
- *The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter* (2018), Costume Design

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