---
name: "Omar Kiam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/omar-kiam"
fi1m_id: "omar-kiam"
imdb_id: "nm0452081"
tmdb_id: 119399
wikidata_id: "Q19668713"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "19 July 1894"
died: "21 March 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-25T02:31:54.425870+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."
---

# Omar Kiam

## Identity

Omar Kiam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/omar-kiam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** omar-kiam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0452081
- **TMDB ID:** 119399
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19668713
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Kiam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19668713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119399

Costume designer. Born 19 July 1894 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Died 21 March 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 19 July 1894, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- **Died:** 21 March 1954
- **Active:** 1935–1939
- **Also known as:** Alexander Kiam
- **Frequently works with:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://film.one/person/samuel-goldwyn.md), [William Wyler](https://film.one/person/william-wyler.md), [Ben Hecht](https://film.one/person/ben-hecht.md), [David Niven](https://film.one/person/david-niven.md), [Fredric March](https://film.one/person/fredric-march.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 5, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Kiam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19668713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119399

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dodsworth*](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) (87), [*Stella Dallas*](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md) (80), [*Wuthering Heights*](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md) (76), [*Dead End*](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) (73)
- **Pluto TV:** [*A Star Is Born*](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Omar Kiam, also credited as Alexander Kiam, was an American costume designer and fashion designer. Born Alexander Kiam on 19 July 1894 in Monterrey, Mexico, to Texan parents, he adopted the name Omar while at school in Poughkeepsie, New York. After studying in Paris, he opened a studio in New York and designed costumes for Broadway productions including *Dinner at Eight* and *Reunion in Vienna*.

In 1933 Kiam moved to Hollywood, where he headed the costume departments at Sam Goldwyn Productions and United Artists until 1939. He designed for films including *Les Misérables* (1935), *Call of the Wild* (1935), *Dodsworth* (1936), *These Three* (1936), *Dead End* (1937), *A Star Is Born* (1937), *Stella Dallas* (1937), *The Hurricane* (1937) and *Wuthering Heights* (1939). He later returned to New York and became head designer for the Ben Reig label, receiving the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in 1941 and the Coty Award in 1946.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *A Star Is Born* (1937), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md)
- *Dead End* (1937), Fi1m 73, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Fi1m 87, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *Topper Takes a Trip* (1938), Costume Design
- *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), Costume Design
- *The Young in Heart* (1938), Costume Design
- *The Adventures of Marco Polo* (1938), Costume Design
- *The Goldwyn Follies* (1938), Costume Design
- *Algiers* (1938), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Hurricane* (1937), Costume Design
- *Dead End* (1937), Costume Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *Woman Chases Man* (1937), Costume Design
- *A Star Is Born* (1937), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md)
- *Beloved Enemy* (1936), Costume Design
- *Come and Get It* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Gay Desperado* (1936), Costume Design
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Costume Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)
- *One Rainy Afternoon* (1936), Costume Design
- *These Three* (1936), Costume Designer
- *Strike Me Pink* (1936), Costume Design
- *Splendor* (1935), Costume Design
- *Barbary Coast* (1935), Costume Design
- *The Dark Angel* (1935), Costume Design
- *Call of the Wild* (1935), Costume Design
- *Folies Bergère* (1935), Costume Design
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), Costume Design
- *The Wedding Night* (1935), Costume Design
- *Clive of India* (1935), Costume Designer
- *The Mighty Barnum* (1934), Costume Design
- *Kid Millions* (1934), Costume Design, Costume Designer
- *We Live Again* (1934), Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![Omar Kiam](https://film.one/media/person/7143/gallery-4f752283e846.jpg) Omar Kiam — Philippe Halsman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Fashion_designer_Omar_Kiam%2C_1944.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Miriam Hpokins - foto di scena di Barbary Coast - 1936 - immagine pubblicata in Italia - dicembre 1936 - prod Un Art (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/7143/gallery-56b436479cc2.jpg) Miriam Hpokins - foto di scena di Barbary Coast - 1936 - immagine pubblicata in Italia - dicembre 1936 - prod Un Art (2017) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Hopkins-m-barbarycoast_1936.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cropped screenshot of Janet Gaynor from the film A Star is Born. Costume designed by Omar Kiam (1937)](https://film.one/media/person/7143/gallery-714076cda980.jpg) Cropped screenshot of Janet Gaynor from the film A Star is Born. Costume designed by Omar Kiam (1937) — Film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Janet_Gaynor_in_A_Star_is_Born.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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