---
name: "Richard Hornung"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-hornung"
fi1m_id: "richard-hornung"
imdb_id: "nm0395224"
tmdb_id: 960585
wikidata_id: "Q5852515"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "16 February 1950"
died: "30 December 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T21:36:22.863444+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."
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# Richard Hornung

## Identity

Richard Hornung

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-hornung
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-hornung
- **IMDb ID:** nm0395224
- **TMDB ID:** 960585
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5852515
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hornung, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5852515, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960585

Costume designer. Born 16 February 1950 in Bethlehem. Died 30 December 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 16 February 1950, Bethlehem
- **Died:** 30 December 1995
- **Active:** 1983–1994
- **Frequently works with:** [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md), [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md), [John Goodman](https://film.one/person/john-goodman.md), [John Turturro](https://film.one/person/john-turturro.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (2), 1990s 74 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 68 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 4, Crime 4, Thriller 4, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $353m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hornung, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5852515, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960585

## Biography

Richard Hornung was an American costume designer. He was born on 16 February 1950 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and died on 30 December 1995 in Los Angeles.

He graduated from Kutztown University and earned a master's degree in costume design from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. After working in New York theatre, including productions at the Juilliard Drama School and on Broadway, he moved into film. His credits include costume design on *Raising Arizona* (1987), *Miller's Crossing* (1990), *The Grifters* (1990), *Barton Fink* (1991), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994) and *Natural Born Killers* (1994). He frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers and also worked with directors such as Stephen Frears, Paul Schrader and Oliver Stone. He died of AIDS.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Natural Born Killers* (1994), Fi1m 64, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/natural-born-killers.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Fi1m 78, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *Barton Fink* (1991), Fi1m 83, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/barton-fink.md)
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Fi1m 54, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *The Grifters* (1990), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)
- *Zelig* (1983), Fi1m 82, Costume Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/zelig.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *City Hall* (1996), Costume Designer
- *Nixon* (1995), Costume Design
- *Rough Magic* (1995), Costume Design
- *Natural Born Killers* (1994), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/natural-born-killers.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Costume Designer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *Dave* (1993), Costume Design
- *This Boy's Life* (1993), Costume Design
- *Hero* (1992), Costume Design
- *Light Sleeper* (1992), Production Design, Costume Design
- *To The Moon, Alice* (1991), Costume Design
- *Doc Hollywood* (1991), Costume Design
- *Barton Fink* (1991), Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/barton-fink.md)
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Costume Designer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *The Grifters* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)
- *Finish Line* (1989), Costume Design
- *Patty Hearst* (1988), Costume Design
- *Young Guns* (1988), Costume Design
- *Less Than Zero* (1987), Costume Designer
- *China Girl* (1987), Costume Design
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)
- *Zelig* (1983), Costume Assistant — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zelig.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Barton Fink*

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

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