---
name: "Vanessa Nirode"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-nirode"
fi1m_id: "vanessa-nirode"
imdb_id: "nm1185844"
tmdb_id: 1420163
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:16:49.383281+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."
---

# Vanessa Nirode

## Identity

Vanessa Nirode

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vanessa-nirode
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vanessa-nirode
- **IMDb ID:** nm1185844
- **TMDB ID:** 1420163
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1185844/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1420163

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1185844/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1420163

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Rustin*](https://film.one/film/rustin.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Vanessa Nirode is a costume designer, tailor and pattern maker who has worked in film and television for more than 35 years. Her credits include key set costumer roles on *Sin City* (2005), *Death Proof* (2007) and *Planet Terror* (2007), and set costumer on *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over* (2003) and *The Return* (2006). She has also served as head tailor or tailor on numerous television series and films, including *Power* (2015–2018), *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024) and *Poker Face* (2025).

Nirode received costume designer credits on the films *Mars* (2010) and *Motion Sickness* (2010). On *Rustin* (2023) she worked as a tailor. She has written articles on tailoring, sewing and costume construction for publications including *Threads* and Wirecutter.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, threadsmagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rustin* (2023), Fi1m 68, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Rustin* (2023), Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md)
- *Mars* (2010), Costume Design
- *Death Proof* (2007), Key Set Costumer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/death-proof.md)
- *Planet Terror* (2007), Key Costumer
- *The Return* (2006), Set Costumer
- *Sin City* (2005), Key Set Costumer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md)
- *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over* (2003), Set Costumer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/vanessa-nirode