---
name: "Rahel Afiley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rahel-afiley"
fi1m_id: "rahel-afiley"
tmdb_id: 2104082
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-02T22:17:18.469778+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."
---

# Rahel Afiley

## Identity

Rahel Afiley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rahel-afiley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rahel-afiley
- **TMDB ID:** 2104082
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2104082

Costume designer. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2007–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [James Bobin](https://film.one/person/james-bobin.md), [David Hoberman](https://film.one/person/david-hoberman.md), [Michel Gondry](https://film.one/person/michel-gondry.md), [Nicholas Stoller](https://film.one/person/nicholas-stoller.md), [Steve Whitmire](https://film.one/person/steve-whitmire.md), [Todd Lieberman](https://film.one/person/todd-lieberman.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Adventure 2, Family 2, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $276m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2104082

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Muppets*](https://film.one/film/the-muppets.md) (80), [*Muppets Most Wanted*](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md) (66)
- **HBO Max:** [*Flight of the Conchords*](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Rahel Afiley is a costume designer. She received her first major television credit as costume designer on the HBO series *Flight of the Conchords* (2007–2009), where she worked with director James Bobin. She later collaborated with Bobin on the feature films *The Muppets* (2011) and *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014).

Her other film credits include *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019) and *Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers* (2022). She has also designed costumes for television series including *Kidding* (2018) and *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019). Afiley was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is a Norwegian citizen.

*Sources: imdb.com, muppet.fandom.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), Fi1m 66, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *The Muppets* (2011), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppets.md)
- *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), Fi1m 65, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/be-kind-rewind.md)
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers* (2022), Costume Design
- *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019), Costume Design
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *The Muppets* (2011), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppets.md)
- *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/be-kind-rewind.md)
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)

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