---
name: "Renee Ehrlich Kalfus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/renee-ehrlich-kalfus"
fi1m_id: "renee-ehrlich-kalfus"
imdb_id: "nm0435730"
tmdb_id: 5332
wikidata_id: "Q3932948"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T15:15:31.151253+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."
---

# Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

## Identity

Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/renee-ehrlich-kalfus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** renee-ehrlich-kalfus
- **IMDb ID:** nm0435730
- **TMDB ID:** 5332
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3932948
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3932948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5332

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lasse Hallström](https://film.one/person/lasse-hallstrom.md), [Leslie Holleran](https://film.one/person/leslie-holleran.md), [Paul Feig](https://film.one/person/paul-feig.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (2), 2000s 57 (2), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,066m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3932948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5332

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dead Man Walking*](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md) (84), [*Hidden Figures*](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md) (80), [*The Housemaid*](https://film.one/film/the-housemaid.md) (66)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Cider House Rules*](https://film.one/film/the-cider-house-rules.md) (61)
- **Hulu:** [*Chocolat*](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md) (60)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3*](https://film.one/film/the-taking-of-pelham-1-2-3.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Renee Ehrlich Kalfus is a costume designer whose credits include more than 30 feature films. She graduated with a BFA in fine arts from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and began her career styling commercials before moving into film.

She first worked in features with director Lasse Hallström on *Once Around* (1991) and collaborated with him on five films, including *Chocolat* (2000), for which she received BAFTA and Costume Designers Guild award nominations. Later credits include *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993), *Hidden Figures* (2016), for which she won the Costume Designers Guild Award for excellence in period film costume design, *A Simple Favor* (2018) and *The Housemaid* (2025). She has also designed for television series such as *The Michael J. Fox Show*.

*Sources: imdb.com, rekalfus.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Housemaid* (2025), Fi1m 66, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-housemaid.md)
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3* (2009), Fi1m 54, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-taking-of-pelham-1-2-3.md)
- *Chocolat* (2000), Fi1m 60, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md)
- *The Cider House Rules* (1999), Fi1m 61, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cider-house-rules.md)
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *The Housemaid* (2025), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-housemaid.md)
- *Another Simple Favor* (2025), Costume Design
- *Jackpot!* (2024), Costume Design
- *The Beanie Bubble* (2023), Costume Design
- *The School for Good and Evil* (2022), Costume Design
- *Godmothered* (2020), Costume Design
- *Last Christmas* (2019), Costume Design
- *A Simple Favor* (2018), Costume Designer, Costume Design
- *The Mountain Between Us* (2017), Costume Design
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *Annie* (2014), Costume Design
- *The Michael J. Fox Show* (2013), series, Costume Design
- *Dead Man Down* (2013), Costume Design
- *I Don't Know How She Does It* (2011), Costume Designer
- *Friends with Benefits* (2011), Costume Design
- *The Joneses* (2010), Costume Design
- *The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3* (2009), Costume Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-taking-of-pelham-1-2-3.md)
- *What Happens in Vegas* (2008), Costume Design
- *Baby Mama* (2008), Costume Design
- *Feast of Love* (2007), Costume Design
- *Perfect Stranger* (2007), Costume Design
- *Game 6* (2006), Costume Designer
- *Ladder 49* (2004), Costume Design
- *The Life of David Gale* (2003), Costume Design
- *The Shipping News* (2001), Costume Design
- *Chocolat* (2000), Costume Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md)
- *Pay It Forward* (2000), Costume Design
- *Snow Falling on Cedars* (1999), Costume Design
- *The Cider House Rules* (1999), Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cider-house-rules.md)
- *Addicted to Love* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Evening Star* (1996), Costume Designer
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)
- *Let It Be Me* (1995), Costume Design
- *Safe Passage* (1994), Costume Design
- *With Honors* (1994), Costume Design
- *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993), Costume Design
- *Crazy in Love* (1992), Costume Design
- *Once Around* (1991), Costume Design

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