---
name: "Wayne A. Finkelman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wayne-a-finkelman"
fi1m_id: "wayne-a-finkelman"
imdb_id: "nm0277898"
tmdb_id: 1542823
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "10 August 1947"
died: "18 September 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:35:57.411892+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."
---

# Wayne A. Finkelman

## Identity

Wayne A. Finkelman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wayne-a-finkelman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wayne-a-finkelman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0277898
- **TMDB ID:** 1542823
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1542823

Costume designer. Born 10 August 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 18 September 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 10 August 1947, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 September 1994
- **Active:** 1986–1988
- **Also known as:** Wayne Finkelman, Wayne Finkleman, Wayne Finkelmann, Waine Finkelman, Wayne
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1542823

## Biography

Wayne A. Finkelman was an American costume designer. He was born on 10 August 1947 and died on 18 September 1994 in Los Angeles, California.

His credits as costume designer include *The Golden Child* (1986), *Overboard* (1987), *Scrooged* (1988), *Bird on a Wire* (1990), *The Two Jakes* (1990), *For the Boys* (1991), *Undercover Blues* (1993) and *Tall Tale* (1995). He also worked in wardrobe and costume departments on earlier films and collaborated several times with director Michael Ritchie.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *The Golden Child* (1986), Fi1m 42, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-child.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Rabid Dogs* (1995), as Wardrobe Master
- *Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure* (1995), Costume Design
- *Cops & Robbersons* (1994), Costume Design
- *Undercover Blues* (1993), Costume Design
- *Diggstown* (1992), Costume Designer
- *For the Boys* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Two Jakes* (1990), Costume Design
- *Bird on a Wire* (1990), Costume Designer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), as Orderly · Costume Designer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Overboard* (1987), Costume Designer
- *The Sicilian* (1987), Costume Design
- *The Golden Child* (1986), Costume Design — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-child.md)
- *Stewardess School* (1986), Wardrobe Designer
- *Rustlers' Rhapsody* (1985), Costume Design
- *Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style* (1983), Costume Design
- *The Girl from Trieste* (1982), Costume Design
- *Partners* (1982), Costume Design
- *Madly in Love* (1981), Costume Design
- *The Taming of the Scoundrel* (1980), Costume Design
- *Life Is Beautiful* (1979), Costume Design
- *Atrocious Tales of Love and Death* (1979), Costume Design
- *Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi* (1978), Costume Design
- *First Love* (1978), Costume Design
- *Break Up* (1978), Costume Design
- *Nest of Vipers* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Con Artists* (1976), Costume Design
- *Sonny and Jed* (1972), Costume Design
- *Queens of Evil* (1970), Makeup Designer

---
© 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/wayne-a-finkelman