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name: "Martin Pakledinaz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-pakledinaz"
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imdb_id: "nm0657126"
tmdb_id: 1356507
wikidata_id: "Q16019505"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 September 1953"
died: "8 July 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:39:37.395541+00:00"
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# Martin Pakledinaz

## Identity

Martin Pakledinaz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-pakledinaz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-pakledinaz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0657126
- **TMDB ID:** 1356507
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16019505
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pakledinaz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16019505, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657126/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1356507

Costume designer. Born 1 September 1953 in Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA. Died 8 July 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 September 1953, Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 8 July 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pakledinaz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16019505, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657126/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1356507

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*My Week with Marilyn*](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Martin Pakledinaz was an American costume designer for theatre, opera, dance and film. Born in Sterling Heights, Michigan, he graduated from Wayne State University and received an MFA in costume design from the University of Michigan before moving to New York in 1977.

He was best known for his Broadway work, winning Tony Awards for the 1999 revival of *Kiss Me, Kate* and for *Thoroughly Modern Millie* (2002). He received ten Tony nominations overall and designed for many productions, including several with director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall. His film credits include *My Week with Marilyn* (2011).

Pakledinaz also designed for the Metropolitan Opera and other opera houses, and collaborated frequently with the Mark Morris Dance Group. He died in Manhattan on 8 July 2012.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, playbill.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), Fi1m 62, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Händel: Rodelinda* (2011), Costume Design
- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), Costume Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/my-week-with-marilyn.md)
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride* (2011), Costume Design

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 8 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2012: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2011: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play 2010: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play 2009: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2008: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2006: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 2002: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design 2000: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 2000: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1998: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1997: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)

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

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