---
name: "Madeline Fontaine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/madeline-fontaine"
fi1m_id: "madeline-fontaine"
imdb_id: "nm0284837"
tmdb_id: 47815
wikidata_id: "Q3275804"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T08:11:41.252714+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."
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# Madeline Fontaine

## Identity

Madeline Fontaine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/madeline-fontaine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** madeline-fontaine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0284837
- **TMDB ID:** 47815
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3275804
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Fontaine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47815

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1950 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, France
- **Active:** 2001–2016
- **Also known as:** Madeleine Fontaine
- **Frequently works with:** [Audrey Tautou](https://film.one/person/audrey-tautou.md), [Guillaume Laurant](https://film.one/person/guillaume-laurant.md), [Jean-Pierre Jeunet](https://film.one/person/jean-pierre-jeunet.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Fontaine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47815

## Coming up

- *Violette* (2026-12-09), Costume Design

## Biography

Madeline Fontaine is a French costume designer. She began working in film in the early 1980s as an assistant and became lead costume designer on *The City of Lost Children* (1995).

She has collaborated frequently with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet on films including *Amélie* (2001), *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), *Micmacs* (2009) and *Bigbug* (2022). Other credits include *Jackie* (2016), *Yves Saint Laurent* (2014) and *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023). She has also designed for television series such as *Versailles* (2015–2018).

Fontaine has won three César Awards for Best Costume Design, for *A Very Long Engagement*, *Séraphine* (2009) and *How to Be a Good Wife* (2020). She received a BAFTA Award for *Jackie* and was nominated for an Academy Award for the same film. She has served as president of the French Association of Film and Audiovisual costumers (AFCCA).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nypost.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Jackie* (2016), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/jackie.md)
- *Amélie* (2001), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Violette* (2026), Costume Design
- *Jean Valjean* (2025), Costume Design
- *Miss Violet* (2024), Costume Design
- *The Edge of the Blade* (2023), Costume Design
- *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023), Costume Designer
- *Bigbug* (2022), Costume Design
- *Delicious* (2021), Costume Design
- *The Cursed* (2021), Costume Designer
- *How to Be a Good Wife* (2020), Costume Design
- *The Fool* (2019), Costume Design
- *The White Crow* (2018), Costume Design
- *Jackie* (2016), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jackie.md)
- *A Woman's Life* (2016), Costume Design
- *Casanova* (2015), Costume Design
- *Yves Saint Laurent* (2014), Costume Design
- *The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet* (2013), Costume Design
- *Violette* (2013), Costume Design
- *Mes héros* (2012), Costume Design
- *Camille Rewinds* (2012), Costume Design
- *Sunday Dads* (2012), Costume Design
- *Chicken with Plums* (2011), Costume Design
- *Sparrowhawk* (2011), series, Costume Design
- *Micmacs* (2009), Costume Design
- *Séraphine* (2008), Costume Design
- *Ca$h* (2008), Costume Design
- *Asterix at the Olympic Games* (2008), Costume Design
- *The Art of Breaking Up* (2005), Costume Design
- *A Very Long Engagement* (2004), Costume Design
- *Leave Your Hands on My Hips* (2003), Costume Design
- *Almost Peaceful* (2002), Costume Design
- *Le ventre de Juliette* (2002), Costume Design
- *Amélie* (2001), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)
- *Kennedy et moi* (1999), Costume Design
- *Babel* (1999), Costume Design
- *Let There Be Light!* (1998), Costume Design
- *Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Target* (1997), Costume Design
- *A Saturday on Earth* (1996), Costume Design
- *The City of Lost Children* (1995), Key Costumer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-city-of-lost-children.md)
- *Snow and Fire* (1991), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Jackie*

### Other awards — 3 won, 5 nominated

- César Award for Best Costume Design 2021: César Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *How to Be a Good Wife*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2016: César Award for Best Costume Design (nominated), for *A Woman's Life*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2014: César Award for Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2013: César Award for Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Camille redouble*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2010: César Award for Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Micmacs*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2009: César Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *Séraphine*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2005: César Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *A Very Long Engagement*
- César Award for Best Costume Design 2002: César Award for Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Amélie*

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

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