---
name: "Karl Lagerfeld"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-lagerfeld"
fi1m_id: "karl-lagerfeld"
imdb_id: "nm0481220"
tmdb_id: 147057
wikidata_id: "Q76716"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "10 September 1933"
died: "19 February 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:31:58.584654+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."
---

# Karl Lagerfeld

## Identity

Karl Lagerfeld

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-lagerfeld
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-lagerfeld
- **IMDb ID:** nm0481220
- **TMDB ID:** 147057
- **Wikidata ID:** Q76716
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lagerfeld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/147057

Costume designer. Born 10 September 1933 in Hamburg, Germany. Died 19 February 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 10 September 1933, Hamburg, Germany
- **Died:** 19 February 2019
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lagerfeld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/147057

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Babette's Feast*](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md) (86)

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## Biography

Karl Lagerfeld was a German fashion designer who also worked as a costume designer for films. Born in Hamburg in 1933, he died in Paris in 2019.

He designed costumes for *Babette's Feast* (1987), *Coup de Torchon* (1981) and *Maîtresse* (1976). Lagerfeld frequently collaborated with actress Stéphane Audran, creating her wardrobes for several films in the 1970s and 1980s, including detailed sketches that covered clothing, accessories and styling.

*Sources: vogue.com, classiq.me.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Mea Culpa* (2020), Costume Designer
- *52 minutes of fashion by Loïc Prigent* (2018), Actor
- *Once and Forever* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Chanel N°5: The One That I Want* (2014), Costume Design
- *Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli* (2014), Actor
- *Once Upon a Time...* (2013), Writer, Director
- *The Tale of a Fairy* (2011), Director
- *La première séance* (2009), Actor
- *Totally Spies! The Movie* (2009), as Fabu (voice)
- *The Valet* (2006), as Karl Lagerfeld
- *Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol* (2005), Actor
- *Zoolander* (2001), as Karl Lagerfeld (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *Love Comedy* (1989), Costume Design
- *Chanel Chanel* (1988), Actor
- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)
- *Coup de Torchon* (1981), Costumer
- *The Devil's Advocate* (1977), Costume Design
- *Silver Bears* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Twist* (1976), Costume Design
- *Maîtresse* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Black Bird* (1975), Costume Design
- *L'Amour* (1973), as Karl
- *Ten Days' Wonder* (1971), Costume Design
- *Succubus* (1968), Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![Karl Lagerfeld](https://film.one/media/person/3925731/gallery-3c66991c6f41.jpg) Karl Lagerfeld — Christopher William Adach, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Karl_Lagerfeld_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Call Lagerfeld new York City hello you know it's weird it came in on the computer as of as I am call yeah find me finish this car a lot of help (1991)](https://film.one/media/person/3925731/gallery-cbc464e723bc.jpg) Call Lagerfeld new York City hello you know it's weird it came in on the computer as of as I am call yeah find me finish this car a lot of help (1991) — Christopher Flach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Car_Lagerfeld_new_York_City.jpg/1280px-Car_Lagerfeld_new_York_City.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Fasching, Fastnacht in Franken, Fastnachts-Verband Franken, Karneval, Katrin Huber, Live-Sendung, Mainfrankensäle, Martin Huber (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/3925731/gallery-f6758a537527.jpg) BR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Fasching, Fastnacht in Franken, Fastnachts-Verband Franken, Karneval, Katrin Huber, Live-Sendung, Mainfrankensäle, Martin Huber (2026) — Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/2026_Fastnacht_in_Franken_-_Martin_Huber_-_by_2eight_-_9SC2753.jpg/1280px-2026_Fastnacht_in_Franken_-_Martin_Huber_-_by_2eight_-_9SC2753.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 1997: Berliner Bär (won)

### Other awards — 4 won

- Commander of the Legion of Honour 2010: Commander of the Legion of Honour (won)
- CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award 2002: CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Lucky Strike Designer Award 1993: Lucky Strike Designer Award (won)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1985: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)

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

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