---
name: "Richard Sale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-sale"
fi1m_id: "richard-sale"
imdb_id: "nm1144662"
tmdb_id: 1354914
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T19:50:52.396275+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."
---

# Richard Sale

## Identity

Richard Sale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-sale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-sale
- **IMDb ID:** nm1144662
- **TMDB ID:** 1354914
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1144662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1354914

Costume designer. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 55 (1), 2020s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 58 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Adventure 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,158m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1144662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1354914

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Masters of the Universe*](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md) (45)

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

## Biography

Richard Sale is a costume designer. He began his career as an assistant costume designer on numerous high-profile films, including *X-Men: First Class* (2011), *World War Z* (2013), *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), *The Martian* (2015), *Doctor Strange* (2016), *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017) and *Ready Player One* (2018).

Sale has since taken lead credit on *The Last Days on Mars* (2013) and *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023). He is also the costume designer for the forthcoming *Masters of the Universe* (2026).

*Sources: moviebuff.com, static1.squarespace.com, en.wikipedia.org, ew.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Masters of the Universe* (2026), Fi1m 58, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md)
- *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), Fi1m 45, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), Fi1m 55, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Fi1m 72, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Masters of the Universe* (2026), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md)
- *Back in Action* (2025), Costume Design
- *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), Costume Design — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md)
- *Ready Player One* (2018), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ready-player-one.md)
- *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)
- *The Martian* (2015), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-age-of-ultron.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *The Last Days on Mars* (2013), Costume Design
- *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Hummingbird* (2013), Assistant Costume Designer
- *X-Men: First Class* (2011), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Is Anybody There?* (2009), Assistant Costume Designer
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)
- *United 93* (2006), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/united-93.md)
- *The White Countess* (2005), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Lawrence of Arabia, the battle for the Arab world* (2003), series, Costume Assistant
- *Dead Gorgeous* (2002), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Railway Children* (2000), Assistant Costume Designer
- *All the King's Men* (1999), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *Bitcoin*, Costume Design

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