Marci Rodgers

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{{short description|American costume designer}}

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Marci Rodgers is an American costume designer for film, television and stage.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/marci-rodgers-till-costume-design-production-value/|title='Till' Costume Designer Marci Rodgers On Her "Serendipitous" Journey And Using "Color To Tell The Story" – Production Value|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/w24/style/fashion/trends/chicago-costume-designer-marci-rodgers-wears-many-hats-to-bring-characters-and-past-eras-to-life-20210702-3|title=Chicago costume designer Marci Rodgers wears many hats to bring characters and past eras to life|website=news24.com|access-date=2022-11-30}} She is best known for her work on Till, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, High Flying Bird and BlacKkKlansman.{{Cite web|url=https://hellobeautiful.com/3722073/costume-director-marci-rodgers-breaks-down-the-costumes-that-make-till/|title=Costume Director Marci Rodgers Breaks Down The Costumes That Make 'TILL'|website=hellobeautiful.com|date=November 14, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2019/10/wu-tang-an-american-saga-vintage-clothing-marci-rodgers-interview|title='Wu-Tang: An American Saga' Costume Director Talks Renting Pieces From the Lo-Lifes, Working With Dapper Dan|website=complex.com|access-date=2022-11-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2018/09/blackkklansman-costume-designer-marci-rodgers-on-dressing-the-years-most-urgent-film/|title=BlacKkKlansman Costume Designer Marci Rodgers on Dressing the Year's Most Urgent Film|website=motionpictures.org|date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=2022-11-30}}

Life and career

Rodgers was born in Evanston, Illinois. After graduating with a BBA from Howard University, she assisted costume designer Reggie Ray in several Broadway plays.{{Cite web|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/blackkklansman-costume-designer-marci-rodgers/|title=MEET MARCI RODGERS, SPIKE LEE'S GO-TO COSTUME DESIGNER|website=highsnobiety.com|access-date=2022-11-30}} In 2015, Spike Lee hired her as a production assistant on Chi-Raq.{{Cite web|url=https://tdps.umd.edu/news/mfa-costume-design-student-marci-rodgers-spends-summer-working-set-upcoming-movie|title=Marci Rodgers served as a Production Assistant/Shopper for the movie Chi-raq in Chicago|website=tdps.umd.edu|access-date=2022-11-30}} She then obtained her MFA in Costume Design from the University of Maryland in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://today.umd.edu/creating-style-to-augment-substance|title=Creating Style to Augment Substance|website=today.umd.edu|access-date=2022-11-30}}

Rodgers is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the costume designers branch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-395-membership|title=ACADEMY INVITES 395 TO MEMBERSHIP|website=oscars.org|access-date=2022-11-30}}

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

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Year

!Result

!Award

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!Work

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rowspan="2"|2022

|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won

|Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards

|Costume Designer

|Till

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hamilton-behind-the-camera-awards-los-angeles-confidential-1235246337/|title=Viola Davis, Luca Guadagnino and Rian Johnson Among Honorees at Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards|website=hollywoodreporter.com|date=October 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-30}}

style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

|rowspan="2"|Black Reel Awards

|rowspan="2"|Outstanding Costume Design

|Passing

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackreelawards.com/press-release|title=22nd Annual Nominees|website=blackreelawards.com|access-date=2022-11-30}}

rowspan="3"|2019

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

|rowspan="3"|BlacKkKlansman

|{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/awards/costume-designers-guild-awards-nominees-2019-1203104414/|title='Mary Poppins Returns,' 'A Wrinkle in Time,' 'Star Trek: Discovery' Among Costume Designers Guild Nominees|website=variety.com|date=January 10, 2019 |access-date=2022-11-30}}

style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

|Costume Designers Guild

|Excellence in Period Film

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-cdgas-winners-announced-1181258/excellence-in-period-film-8/|title='The Favourite,' 'Black Panther' Take Home Honors at Costume Designers Guild Awards|website=hollywoodreporter.com|date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=2022-11-30}}

style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated

|London Film Critics' Circle

|Technical Achievement Award

|{{Cite web|url=https://criticscircle.org.uk/the-favourite-leads-nominees-for-critics-circle-film-awards/|title=THE FAVOURITE LEADS NOMINEES FOR CC FILM AWARDS|website=criticscircle.org.uk|date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=2022-11-30}}

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