---
name: "Patricia Norris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patricia-norris"
fi1m_id: "patricia-norris"
imdb_id: "nm0635876"
tmdb_id: 5634
wikidata_id: "Q2057248"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "22 March 1931"
died: "20 February 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-09-17T12:14:48.517411+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."
---

# Patricia Norris

## Identity

Patricia Norris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patricia-norris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patricia-norris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0635876
- **TMDB ID:** 5634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2057248
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Norris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2057248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5634

Costume designer. Born 22 March 1931 in California, USA. Died 20 February 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 22 March 1931, California, USA
- **Died:** 20 February 2015
- **Active:** 1978–2013
- **Also known as:** Patricia Ann Norris, Patti Norris, Patty Norris, Pat Norris
- **Frequently works with:** [David Lynch](https://film.one/person/david-lynch.md), [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md), [Andrew Dominik](https://film.one/person/andrew-dominik.md), [Dede Gardner](https://film.one/person/dede-gardner.md), [Jonathan Sanger](https://film.one/person/jonathan-sanger.md), [Kyle MacLachlan](https://film.one/person/kyle-maclachlan.md), [Laura Dern](https://film.one/person/laura-dern.md), [Mary Sweeney](https://film.one/person/mary-sweeney.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 6 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 84 (3), 1990s 82 (4), 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 76 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 4, Thriller 4, Mystery 3, History 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $369m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Norris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2057248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5634

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Blue Velvet*](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md) (88), [*Killing Them Softly*](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*The Straight Story*](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Twin Peaks*](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md) (86)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*](https://film.one/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Scarface*](https://film.one/film/scarface.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Patricia Norris was an American costume designer and production designer. She began working in film in the early 1970s and received six Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, for *Days of Heaven* (1978), *The Elephant Man* (1980), *Victor/Victoria* (1982), *2010* (1984), *Sunset* (1988) and *12 Years a Slave* (2013).

Norris maintained a long collaboration with director David Lynch, designing costumes for *The Elephant Man* and serving as both costume designer and production designer on *Blue Velvet* (1986), the *Twin Peaks* pilot (1990) and subsequent Lynch projects including *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992) and *The Straight Story* (1999). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series for her work on the *Twin Peaks* pilot. Other credits include *Scarface* (1983), *Lost Highway* (1997) and *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* (2007).

She died on 20 February 2015 in California, aged 83.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Fi1m 91, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Fi1m 68, Production design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* (2007), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Production design, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford.md)
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *Lost Highway* (1997), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Production design, Costume design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-highway.md)
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), Fi1m 86, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Blue Velvet* (1986), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md)
- *Scarface* (1983), Fi1m 79, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface.md)
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *Days of Heaven* (1978), Fi1m 85, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

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

- *The Immigrant* (2013), Costume Design
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford* (2007), Set Designer, Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford.md)
- *The Singing Detective* (2003), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Big Bad Love* (2001), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *The Hi-Lo Country* (1998), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The End of Violence* (1997), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Old Man* (1997), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Lost Highway* (1997), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-highway.md)
- *The Journey of August King* (1995), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Premonitions Following an Evil Deed* (1995), Costume Design
- *Return to Lonesome Dove* (1993), series, Production Design, Costume Design
- *Amos & Andrew* (1993), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Hotel Room* (1993), series, Costume Design, Production Design
- *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Leaving Normal* (1992), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Twin Peaks* (1989), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Tap* (1989), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Cowboy and the Frenchman* (1988), as Art Direction · Costume Design, Production Design
- *Sunset* (1988), Costume Design
- *Bad Dreams* (1988), Costume Design
- *Little Nikita* (1988), Costume Design
- *Black Widow* (1987), Costume Design
- *Blue Velvet* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md)
- *The Whoopee Boys* (1986), Costume Design
- *A Fine Mess* (1986), Costume Design
- *SpaceCamp* (1986), Costume Design
- *The Best of Times* (1986), Costume Design
- *Mesmerized* (1985), Costume Design
- *Johnny Dangerously* (1984), Costume Design
- *Micki & Maude* (1984), Costume Design
- *2010* (1984), Costume Design
- *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1984), Costume Design
- *Racing with the Moon* (1984), Costume Design
- *Scarface* (1983), Costume Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/scarface.md)
- *The Star Chamber* (1983), Costume Designer
- *Frances* (1982), Costume Design
- *Victor/Victoria* (1982), Costume Design
- *Four Friends* (1981), Costume Design
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Costume Design
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *Heart Beat* (1980), Costume Design
- *The Baltimore Bullet* (1980), Costume Design
- *Fatso* (1980), Costume Design
- *The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh* (1979), Costume Design
- *Movie Movie* (1978), Costume Design
- *Days of Heaven* (1978), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md)
- *California Suite* (1978), Costume Design
- *High Anxiety* (1977), Costume Design
- *Capricorn One* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Missouri Breaks* (1976), Costume Design
- *Peeper* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Sunshine Boys* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Master Gunfighter* (1975), Costume Design
- *Smile* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Stranger Within* (1974), Costume Design, Costumer
- *The Bank Shot* (1974), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Zandy's Bride* (1974), Costume Design
- *A Dream for Christmas* (1973), Costume Design
- *The Blue Knight* (1973), Costume Design
- *A Reflection of Fear* (1972), Costume Design
- *The Candidate* (1972), Costume Design
- *Prime Cut* (1972), Costume Designer
- *The Christian Licorice Store* (1971), Costume Design
- *Support Your Local Gunfighter* (1971), Costume Design
- *Rio Lobo* (1970), Costumer
- *House on Greenapple Road* (1970), Costumer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 6 nominated

- 2014: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *12 Years a Slave*
- 1989: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Sunset*
- 1985: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *2010: The Year We Make Contact*
- 1983: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Victor/Victoria*
- 1981: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Elephant Man*
- 1979: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Days of Heaven*

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

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