---
name: "Milena Canonero"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/milena-canonero"
fi1m_id: "milena-canonero"
imdb_id: "nm0134382"
tmdb_id: 5671
wikidata_id: "Q440313"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 20
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 19
updated: "2026-10-22T02:46:00.099027+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."
---

# Milena Canonero

## Identity

Milena Canonero

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/milena-canonero
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** milena-canonero
- **IMDb ID:** nm0134382
- **TMDB ID:** 5671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q440313
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milena_Canonero, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5671

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1946 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1946, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- **Active:** 1971–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 20: 19 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Rales](https://film.one/person/steven-m-rales.md), [Wes Anderson](https://film.one/person/wes-anderson.md), [Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/person/benicio-del-toro.md), [Jason Schwartzman](https://film.one/person/jason-schwartzman.md), [Jeremy Dawson](https://film.one/person/jeremy-dawson.md), [Stanley Kubrick](https://film.one/person/stanley-kubrick.md), [Adrien Brody](https://film.one/person/adrien-brody.md), [Al Pacino](https://film.one/person/al-pacino.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscars (4 won · 5 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 75 (3), 1980s 73 (3), 1990s 67 (4), 2000s 69 (3), 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 68 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 66 across 18 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 15, Comedy 5, Crime 5, History 4, Thriller 4, Science Fiction 3
- **Screen time:** 40 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,418m across 19 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milena_Canonero, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5671

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Chariots of Fire*](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md) (78), [*Death and the Maiden*](https://film.one/film/death-and-the-maiden.md) (74), [*The Phoenician Scheme*](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md) (70), [*Midnight Express*](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) (61)
- **Netflix:** [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74), [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)
- **AMC+:** [*The Sisters Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md) (78)
- **HBO Max:** [*A Clockwork Orange*](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md) (78)
- **Peacock:** [*Asteroid City*](https://film.one/film/asteroid-city.md) (71)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Godfather Part III*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Milena Canonero is an Italian costume designer. Born in Turin, she studied fashion, period design and art history in Genoa before moving to England in the late 1960s, where she began working in theatre, commercials and film.

She received her first major credit on Stanley Kubrick's *A Clockwork Orange* (1971) and went on to collaborate repeatedly with Kubrick, Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola. Her work includes *Barry Lyndon* (1975), *The Shining* (1980), *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), *Marie Antoinette* (2006), *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), *Asteroid City* (2023) and *Megalopolis* (2024). She has also designed for stage productions.

Canonero has won four Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and received nine nominations in total. She is married to actor Marshall Bell.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (20)

### Crew (19) — the average rests on these

- *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), Fi1m 70, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md)
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Asteroid City* (2023), Fi1m 71, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/asteroid-city.md)
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), Fi1m 68, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), Fi1m 58, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *Solaris* (2002), Fi1m 74, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Death and the Maiden* (1994), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/death-and-the-maiden.md)
- *Damage* (1992), Fi1m 57, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/damage.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Fi1m 75, Costume Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Fi1m 63, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), Fi1m 88, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Fi1m 61, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Making Marie Antoinette* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/making-marie-antoinette.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella* (2025), Costume Designer
- *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md)
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Costume Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Asteroid City* (2023), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/asteroid-city.md)
- *Hill of Vision* (2022), Costume Designer, Producer
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *Die Fledermaus - Wiener Staatsoper* (2020), Costume Design
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *Andrea Chénier - Wiener Staatsoper* (2018), Costume Design
- *Paris Can Wait* (2016), Costume Design
- *Last Summer* (2014), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Castello Cavalcanti* (2013), Costume Design
- *Something Good* (2013), Costume Design
- *Romeo & Juliet* (2013), Producer
- *Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You* (2012), Producer
- *Carnage* (2011), Costume Design
- *The Wolfman* (2010), Costume Design
- *The Met — Tosca* (2009), Costume Design
- *I Vicerè* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007), Costume Designer
- *Belle Toujours* (2006), Costume Design
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), Costume Design
- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *Eros* (2004), Costume Design
- *Solaris* (2002), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *The Affair of the Necklace* (2001), Costume Design
- *Titus* (1999), Costume Design
- *Bulworth* (1998), Costume Design
- *Camilla* (1994), Costume Design
- *Arabella* (1994), Costume Design
- *Love Affair* (1994), Costume Design
- *Death and the Maiden* (1994), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/death-and-the-maiden.md)
- *Only You* (1994), Costume Design
- *Damage* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/damage.md)
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), Costume Design
- *Single White Female* (1992), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Costume Consultant — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *Naked Tango* (1990), Co-Producer
- *Dick Tracy* (1990), Costume Design
- *The Bachelor* (1990), Costume Design
- *Lost Angels* (1989), Costume Design
- *Fair Game* (1988), Associate Producer, Costume Consultant
- *Tucker: The Man and His Dream* (1988), Costume Designer
- *Barfly* (1987), Costume Design
- *Good Morning, Babylon* (1987), Associate Producer
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *The Cotton Club* (1984), Costume Design
- *Give My Regards to Broad Street* (1984), Costume Designer
- *The Hunger* (1983), Costume Design
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *The Disappearance* (1977), Costume Design
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)
- *Versace: The Medusa Eyes*, Costume Designer

## Gallery

- ![Ottavio Rosati con Milena Canonero alla prima della Moda Proibita a Cinecittà. Al centro Elda Ferri. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/8464/gallery-96350de8a1a3.jpg) Ottavio Rosati con Milena Canonero alla prima della Moda Proibita a Cinecittà. Al centro Elda Ferri. (2021) — Varu1971 Vanessa Rusci ARCHIVIO PLAYS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Canonero-ferri-LMP_Cinecitta.jpg/1280px-Canonero-ferri-LMP_Cinecitta.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Milena Canonero, Costume de voyage. Veste en soie bleu ciel avec petits volants en organza de soie et rubans de taffetas bleu et blanc. Jupe longue bleu ciel en (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/8464/gallery-940caf29eef7.jpg) Milena Canonero, Costume de voyage. Veste en soie bleu ciel avec petits volants en organza de soie et rubans de taffetas bleu et blanc. Jupe longue bleu ciel en (2019) — Groupir !, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Marie-Antoinette_2006%2C_Costume_de_voyage%2C_exposition_Marie-Antoinette_Conciergerie_2019-2020.jpg/1280px-Marie-Antoinette_2006%2C_Costume_de_voyage%2C_exposition_Marie-Antoinette_Conciergerie_2019-2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Milena Canonero, Lingerie intime. Buste en coton fantaisie avec application de rubans de velours bleu. Panier en organza de soie bleue monté sur structure en mé (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/8464/gallery-d94136255403.jpg) Milena Canonero, Lingerie intime. Buste en coton fantaisie avec application de rubans de velours bleu. Panier en organza de soie bleue monté sur structure en mé (2019) — Groupir !, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Marie-Antoinette_2006%2C_Lingerie_intime%2C_exposition_Marie-Antoinette_Conciergerie_2019-2020.jpg/1280px-Marie-Antoinette_2006%2C_Lingerie_intime%2C_exposition_Marie-Antoinette_Conciergerie_2019-2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Milena Canonero](https://film.one/media/person/8464/gallery-f578880e274c.jpg) Milena Canonero — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Milena_Canonero_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Milena_Canonero_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Milena Canonero bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/8464/gallery-1d3f3d07e9b4.jpg) Milena Canonero bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Milena_Canonero_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/1280px-Milena_Canonero_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 4 won, 5 nominated

- 2015: Best Costume Design (won), for *The Grand Budapest Hotel*
- 2007: Best Costume Design (won), for *Marie Antoinette*
- 2002: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Affair of the Necklace*
- 2000: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Titus*
- 1991: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Dick Tracy*
- 1989: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Tucker: The Man and His Dream*
- 1986: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Out of Africa*
- 1982: Best Costume Design (won), for *Chariots of Fire*
- 1976: Best Costume Design (won), for *Barry Lyndon*

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

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