---
name: "Melissa Toth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-toth"
fi1m_id: "melissa-toth"
imdb_id: "nm0869349"
tmdb_id: 33439
wikidata_id: "Q107676380"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-24T09:06:30.859341+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."
---

# Melissa Toth

## Identity

Melissa Toth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melissa-toth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melissa-toth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0869349
- **TMDB ID:** 33439
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107676380
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107676380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33439

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Michelle Williams](https://film.one/person/michelle-williams.md), [Anthony Bregman](https://film.one/person/anthony-bregman.md), [Charlie Kaufman](https://film.one/person/charlie-kaufman.md), [Kenneth Lonergan](https://film.one/person/kenneth-lonergan.md), [Lucas Hedges](https://film.one/person/lucas-hedges.md), [Mark Ruffalo](https://film.one/person/mark-ruffalo.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 86 (2), 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 77 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Music 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $323m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107676380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33439

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Manchester by the Sea*](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md) (89), [*Welcome to the Dollhouse*](https://film.one/film/welcome-to-the-dollhouse.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Dying for Sex*](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md) (81), [*Margaret*](https://film.one/film/margaret.md) (78)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Synecdoche, New York*](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*](https://film.one/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*tick, tick... BOOM!*](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Melissa Toth is a costume designer whose feature credits include *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), *Adventureland* (2009), *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* (2017) and *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021). She has also designed for the limited series *Fosse/Verdon* (2019) and *The Crowded Room* (2023).

Toth began in theatre after college, working with the Actor Shakespeare Company in Albany, New York, before moving to New York City. Her first feature as costume designer was *Welcome to the Dollhouse* (1995). She has collaborated repeatedly with directors Kenneth Lonergan and Charlie Kaufman.

She received Emmy nominations for outstanding period costumes for *Fosse/Verdon* and for contemporary costumes for *Dying for Sex* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, blog.wardrobesupplies.com, goldderby.com, deadline.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Dying for Sex* (2025), Fi1m 81, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* (2017), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.md)
- *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), Fi1m 89, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md)
- *Margaret* (2011), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Welcome to the Dollhouse* (1996), Fi1m 82, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/welcome-to-the-dollhouse.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *A Statement* (2026), Costume Design
- *Dying for Sex* (2025), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *The Crowded Room* (2023), series, Costume Design
- *Sharper* (2023), Costume Design
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *I'm Thinking of Ending Things* (2020), Costume Design
- *Ben Is Back* (2018), Costume Design
- *Life Itself* (2018), Costume Design
- *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* (2017), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.md)
- *The Book of Henry* (2017), Costume Design
- *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), Costume Design — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md)
- *The Night Before* (2015), Costume Design
- *The Cobbler* (2014), Costume Design
- *Delivery Man* (2013), Costume Designer
- *Too Big to Fail* (2011), Costume Designer
- *Margaret* (2011), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *Win Win* (2011), Costume Design
- *Henry's Crime* (2010), Costume Design
- *The Rebound* (2009), Costume Designer
- *Adventureland* (2009), Costume Design
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *The Visitor* (2008), Costume Design
- *No Reservations* (2007), Costume Design
- *Take the Lead* (2006), Costume Design
- *Prime* (2005), Costume Design
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *The Perfect Score* (2004), Costume Design
- *Nola* (2003), Costume Design
- *Hollywood Ending* (2002), Costume Design
- *Maze* (2001), Costume Design
- *Saving Silverman* (2001), Costume Design
- *Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2* (2000), Costume Design
- *Luminous Motion* (2000), Costume Design
- *You Can Count on Me* (2000), Costume Design
- *Love God* (1999), Costume Design
- *Coming Soon* (1999), Costume Design
- *Teach Me* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Deli* (1997), Costume Design
- *Welcome to the Dollhouse* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/welcome-to-the-dollhouse.md)

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