---
name: "Kurt Swanson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kurt-swanson"
fi1m_id: "kurt-swanson"
tmdb_id: 2627085
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-19T04:00:48.869615+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."
---

# Kurt Swanson

## Identity

Kurt Swanson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kurt-swanson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kurt-swanson
- **TMDB ID:** 2627085
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2627085

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Kurt and Bart, Kurt & Bart
- **Frequently works with:** [Bart Mueller](https://film.one/person/bart-mueller.md), [Danny Strong](https://film.one/person/danny-strong.md), [Elizabeth Banks](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-banks.md), [Francis Lawrence](https://film.one/person/francis-lawrence.md), [Jennifer Lawrence](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lawrence.md), [Jon Kilik](https://film.one/person/jon-kilik.md), [Josh Hutcherson](https://film.one/person/josh-hutcherson.md), [Liam Hemsworth](https://film.one/person/liam-hemsworth.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 67 (4), 2020s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 64 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,705m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2627085

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Babygirl*](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md) (73), [*Black Adam*](https://film.one/film/black-adam.md) (42)
- **Netflix:** [*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md) (61), [*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md) (60)
- **Disney+:** [*Deadpool 2*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Kurt Swanson is a costume designer who works as part of the duo Kurt and Bart with Bart Mueller. The pair met in 1983 at the University of Colorado in Boulder and have collaborated for nearly forty years, initially through fashion design, styling and music videos before moving into film.

They are known for their work on *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013), *Stoker* (2013), *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* (2014) and *Part 2* (2015), *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), *Deadpool 2* (2018), *Finch* (2021), *Black Adam* (2022) and *Babygirl* (2024). They have also designed costumes for the television series *Foundation* (2021).

*Sources: harpersbazaar.com, imdb.com, fashionweekdaily.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Babygirl* (2024), Fi1m 73, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md)
- *Black Adam* (2022), Fi1m 42, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/black-adam.md)
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), Fi1m 72, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Fi1m 61, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Fi1m 60, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md)
- *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013), Fi1m 75, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dallas-buyers-club.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Babygirl* (2024), Costume Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md)
- *The Crow* (2024), Costume Design
- *Black Adam* (2022), Costume Design — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/black-adam.md)
- *Finch* (2021), Costume Design
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), Costume Design
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Costume Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md)
- *Out of the Furnace* (2013), Costume Design
- *The Motel Life* (2013), Costume Design
- *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/dallas-buyers-club.md)
- *Stoker* (2013), Costume Design
- *Dark Horse* (2012), Costume Design
- *It's Kind of a Funny Story* (2010), Costume Design
- *My Soul to Take* (2010), Costume Design
- *Howl* (2010), Costume Design
- *Step Up 3D* (2010), Costume Design
- *Fighting* (2009), Costume Design
- *Phoebe in Wonderland* (2008), Costume Design
- *Watching the Detectives* (2007), Costume Design
- *Stephanie Daley* (2007), Costume Design
- *Shortbus* (2006), Costume Design
- *Voltron*, Costume Design
- *Liminal*, Costume Design

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