Biography
Sandy Powell is a British costume designer born on 7 April 1960 in London. She studied theatre design at St Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. Her early career included work in fringe theatre with the National Theatre and collaborations with Lindsay Kemp, followed by designs for Derek Jarman films and pop videos from the mid-1980s.
Powell has designed costumes for numerous films, including Interview with the Vampire (1994), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Cinderella (2015), The Favourite (2018) and The Irishman (2019). She received Academy Awards for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Aviator and The Young Victoria (2009), along with three BAFTA Awards. In 2023 she was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship and appointed CBE in 2025. Her credits include Snow White (2025) and The Bride! (2026).
