---
name: "Vanessa Porter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-porter"
fi1m_id: "vanessa-porter"
imdb_id: "nm1820541"
tmdb_id: 1578007
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T14:16:48.984755+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 Porter

## Identity

Vanessa Porter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vanessa-porter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vanessa-porter
- **IMDb ID:** nm1820541
- **TMDB ID:** 1578007
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1820541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1578007

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Horror 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $99m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1820541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1578007

## Coming up

- *The Revenge of La Llorona* (2027-02-25), Costume Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Don't Say Good Luck*](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*Companion*](https://film.one/film/companion.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Vanessa Porter is a costume designer based in New York City. She grew up in the suburbs of Boston and began working in theatre during high school, where she designed costumes for school productions. She later studied at CalArts in California and has worked in film and television for over 15 years.

Her credits as costume designer include the films *Companion* (2025), *The Toxic Avenger* (2023), *Chemical Hearts* (2020), *The Kindergarten Teacher* (2018), *Novitiate* (2017) and *Brawl in Cell Block 99* (2017), as well as the series *Archive 81* (2022) and *The Resort* (2022). She has also worked on projects for studios including Warner Bros., Legendary and Amazon.

*Sources: forbes.com, imdb.com, whats-on-netflix.com, tylermccall.substack.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Don't Say Good Luck* (2026), Fi1m 71, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md)
- *Companion* (2025), Fi1m 70, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Fi1m 83, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Revenge of La Llorona* (2027), Costume Design
- *Don't Say Good Luck* (2026), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md)
- *The Toxic Avenger Unrated* (2025), Costume Design
- *One Stupid Thing* (2025), Costume Design
- *Companion* (2025), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md)
- *Goosebumps: The Vanishing* (2025), series, Costume Design
- *The Resort* (2022), series, Costume Design
- *Love, Weddings & Other Disasters* (2020), Costume Design
- *A Call to Spy* (2020), Costume Design
- *Chemical Hearts* (2020), Costume Design
- *Human Capital* (2020), Costume Design
- *The Kindergarten Teacher* (2018), Costume Design
- *Wildling* (2018), Costume Design
- *Novitiate* (2017), Costume Design
- *Brawl in Cell Block 99* (2017), Costume Design
- *Brave New Jersey* (2017), Costume Design
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Lovebug* (2009), Costume Design

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