---
name: "Lisy Christl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lisy-christl"
fi1m_id: "lisy-christl"
imdb_id: "nm0160425"
tmdb_id: 6033
wikidata_id: "Q121387"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "29 August 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-20T08:22:32.268234+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."
---

# Lisy Christl

## Identity

Lisy Christl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lisy-christl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lisy-christl
- **IMDb ID:** nm0160425
- **TMDB ID:** 6033
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121387
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisy_Christl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6033

Costume designer. Born 29 August 1964 in Munich, West Germany [now Germany].

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 29 August 1964, Munich, West Germany [now Germany]
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Edward Berger](https://film.one/person/edward-berger.md), [Michael Haneke](https://film.one/person/michael-haneke.md), [Veit Heiduschka](https://film.one/person/veit-heiduschka.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 3, War 2, History 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $137m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisy_Christl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6033

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Funny Games*](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*All Quiet on the Western Front*](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Lisy Christl is a German costume designer born in Munich in 1964. She began working in film in 1995 after training as a tailor and gaining experience in theatre costume departments, including at the Münchner Kammerspiele.

She has collaborated with directors including Michael Haneke on *Funny Games* (1997) and *Caché* (2005), Roland Emmerich on *Anonymous* (2011) and *White House Down* (2013), and Edward Berger on *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022) and *Conclave* (2024). Other credits include *Point Break* (2015), *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016), *A Hidden Life* (2019) and *Balloon* (2018).

Christl received a German Film Award for *John Rabe* (2009) and Academy Award nominations for *Anonymous* and *Conclave*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Conclave* (2024), Fi1m 76, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022), Fi1m 71, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md)
- *A Hidden Life* (2019), Fi1m 82, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-hidden-life.md)
- *Caché* (2005), Fi1m 88, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Funny Games* (1997), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Ballad of a Small Player* (2025), Costume Design
- *Conclave* (2024), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md)
- *Next Door* (2021), Costume Design
- *The Turncoat* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *A Hidden Life* (2019), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-hidden-life.md)
- *Balloon* (2018), Costume Design
- *Counterpart* (2017), series, Costume Design
- *Text for You* (2016), Costume Design
- *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016), Costume Design
- *Point Break* (2015), Costume Design
- *White House Down* (2013), Costume Design
- *Home for the Weekend* (2012), Costume Design
- *Anonymous* (2011), Costume Design
- *John Rabe* (2009), Costume Design
- *Nichts als Gespenster* (2006), Costume Design
- *Caché* (2005), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Wolfsburg* (2003), Costume Design
- *Time of the Wolf* (2003), Costume Design
- *Something to Remind Me* (2002), Costume Design
- *Marlene* (2000), Costume Design
- *Funny Games* (1997), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)
- *The Castle* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Riders*, Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2025: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Conclave*
- 2012: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Anonymous*

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

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