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Susan Matheson is a costume designer who designed costumes for the films The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights, Blue Crush,[1] Crazy/Beautiful,[2] Honey,[3] Panic and Best Laid Plans. She has designed three movies starring Will Ferrell - Step Brothers,[4] [5] Semi-Pro,[6] and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.[7] She designed the film Couples Retreat starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau which will be premiering in the fall of 2009.[8]

Biography

Susan Matheson grew up in Cape Town, South Africa.[1] Susan received her bachelor's degree at Vassar College[9] and her BFA at Parsons School of Design where she received the "Designer of the year" award[10] as well as design awards from Nike, Inc.[citation needed] and Bob Mackie.[citation needed] Upon graduation, she went to work for Mattel Toys designing for both Barbie and Disney.[citation needed]

Since then she has gone on to design costumes for both film and theater.

Susan has collaborated with performance artists Ron Athey, Juliana Snapper and Nicole Blackman. She collaborated most recently with Juliana Snapper and composer Andrew Infanti in May 2009 on the world's first underwater opera "You who will emerge from the flood" at the Victoria Baths in Manchester, U.K.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Feitelberg, Rosemary (1 August 2002). "HAUTE HAWAII; STYLIST SUSAN MATHESON CREATED AN AUTHENTIC SURFER-GIRL AESTHETIC FOR "BLUE CRUSH."". WWD. Women's Wear Daily. ISSN 0149-5380. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Seen & Heard". Penton Media. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. ^ "Honey Starring Jessica Alba Lil' Romeo Mekhi Phifer Completes Filming". AboutMovies.com. 19 November 2002. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  4. ^ "Costume Designer Susan Matheson Interview – STEP BROTHERS". Collider.com. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  5. ^ Where Step Brothers on latimes.com Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Leydon, Joe (29 February 2008). "Semi-Pro (Movie Review)". Daily Variety. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby DVD Movie". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  8. ^ "Susan Matheson - Filmdelta - Filmdatabas på svenska" (in Swedish). filmdelta.se. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  9. ^ "Production Notes - Buy Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, On Blu-ray High-Def & DVD DEC. 2nd". Sony pictures. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  10. ^ Robinson, Gaile (1 May 1992). "A Jeweled Response". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  11. ^ Durrant, Nancy (11 May 2009). "Juliana Snapper unveils an underwater opera". London: timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
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