---
name: "Karen Patch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-patch"
fi1m_id: "karen-patch"
imdb_id: "nm0665284"
tmdb_id: 19285
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T23:52:24.551673+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."
---

# Karen Patch

## Identity

Karen Patch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-patch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-patch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0665284
- **TMDB ID:** 19285
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19285

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1996–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [Luke Wilson](https://film.one/person/luke-wilson.md), [Owen Wilson](https://film.one/person/owen-wilson.md), [Scott Rudin](https://film.one/person/scott-rudin.md), [Wes Anderson](https://film.one/person/wes-anderson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 3, Crime 2, Family 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $254m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19285

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The School of Rock*](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bottle Rocket*](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Karen Patch is a costume designer. She designed the costumes for *Bottle Rocket* (1996), *Rushmore* (1998) and *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001). Her other film credits include *My Girl* (1991), *The School of Rock* (2003), *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003), *Seven Psychopaths* (2012) and *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014).

Patch is a member of the Costume Designers Guild. She received Fennecus, Apex and Costume Designers Guild awards for her work on *The Royal Tenenbaums*, and a Fennecus Award for *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days*.

*Sources: encyclopedia.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Seven Psychopaths* (2012), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-psychopaths.md)
- *The School of Rock* (2003), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md)
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Office Christmas Party* (2016), Costume Designer
- *Pee-wee's Big Holiday* (2016), Costume Design
- *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014), Costume Design
- *Seven Psychopaths* (2012), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-psychopaths.md)
- *What to Expect When You're Expecting* (2012), Costume Design, Costume Designer
- *This Must Be the Place* (2011), Costume Design
- *The Back-Up Plan* (2010), Costume Design
- *Bride Wars* (2009), Costume Design
- *The Love Guru* (2008), Costume Design
- *Drillbit Taylor* (2008), Costume Design
- *Night at the Museum* (2006), Wardrobe Designer
- *You, Me and Dupree* (2006), Costume Design
- *Bad News Bears* (2005), Costume Design
- *The School of Rock* (2003), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md)
- *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003), Costume Designer
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Simpatico* (1999), Costume Design
- *Rushmore* (1998), Costume Designer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)
- *Nunzio's Second Cousin* (1994), Costume Design
- *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993), Costume Design
- *Aspen Extreme* (1993), Costume Design
- *My Girl* (1991), Costume Design
- *Midnight Fear* (1991), Costume Design
- *Sometimes They Come Back* (1991), Costume Design
- *Bright Angel* (1990), Costume Design
- *Extreme Close-Up* (1990), Costume Design
- *Judgment* (1990), Costume Design
- *Chattahoochee* (1990), Costume Designer
- *The Big Picture* (1989), Costume Design
- *Lethal Pursuit* (1988), Costume Design
- *Laguna Heat* (1987), Costume Design
- *Welcome to 18* (1986), Costume Design

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