---
name: "Rob Howell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-howell"
fi1m_id: "rob-howell"
imdb_id: "nm4039706"
tmdb_id: 1536843
wikidata_id: "Q16202298"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:51:30.805606+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."
---

# Rob Howell

## Identity

Rob Howell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-howell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-howell
- **IMDb ID:** nm4039706
- **TMDB ID:** 1536843
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16202298
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Howell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16202298, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4039706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1536843

Costume designer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Howell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16202298, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4039706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1536843

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical*](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Rob Howell is a British costume and set designer who works in theatre, opera and film. He trained and began his career as a resident design assistant with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Howell is best known for his designs for the stage musical *Matilda the Musical* (2010–2013), for which he won Olivier Awards for set design and received Tony Award nominations for both set and costume design. He also designed for *Ghost the Musical* (2012), *Groundhog Day* (2017) and *The Ferryman* (2018–2019), winning Tony Awards for set and costume design on the latter. His film credit includes costume design on *Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical* (2022).

Howell has worked at venues including the National Theatre, the Old Vic, the Royal Opera House and on Broadway. He has received three Olivier Awards for set design and multiple Tony Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ibdb.com, playbill.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical* (2022), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical* (2022), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical.md)
- *A Christmas Carol* (2020), Set Designer, Costume Design
- *Lungs* (2020), Costume Design, Set Designer
- *National Theatre Live: Present Laughter* (2019), Set Designer, Costume Designer
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen* (2019), Set Designer, Costume Designer
- *Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera* (2016), Set Designer
- *Bizet: Carmen* (2014), Costume Designer, Set Designer
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Werther* (2014), Set Designer, Costume Designer
- *Eddie Izzard: Glorious* (1997), Art Department Coordinator

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 4 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2013: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical 2013: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical 2012: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play 2009: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play 2008: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play (nominated)

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

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