Rita Ryack

Rita Ryack
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationBrandeis University Yale School of Drama
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1983-present
Notable work
Awards

Rita Ryack is a costume designer who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 73rd Academy Awards for her work in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[1] She was also nominated for a Tony Award at the 37th Tony Awards for My One and Only,[2] and was nominated for the award again in 2014, for Casa Valentina.[3] She received a further nomination at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards for the film You Don't Know Jack.

Career

Rita Ryack was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her BFA from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts and later her MFA from Yale School of Drama. She began her work in the entertainment induesty as a cartoon animator for Lisberger Studios in Boston.

Her first design job for the Broadway musical My One and Only, for which she earned her first Tony nomination.[4] Throughout the years she has done costume design for a wide range of productions such as films like Hairspray, Casino, and Apollo 13, many on and off Broadway theater productions, as well as the music video for Bad by Michael Jackson.

Notably she has, many times, worked with Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, and Robert De Niro.

While designing for productions such as the Broadway play Casa Valentina she references old advertisements, photographs, and films for inspiration.[5]

Selected works

Hair (musical) (2014) Theater
Casa Valentina (2014 Theater Tony Award Nominee Best Costume in a Play
The Smurfs 2 (2013) Film
Rock of Ages (2012) Film
You Don't Know Jack (2010) Film Emmy Nominee Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Bedtime Stories (2008) Film
Hairspray (2007) Film
Charlotte's Web (2006) Film
The Cat in the Hat (2003) Film
A Beautiful Mind (2001) Film
Rush Hour 2 (2001) Film
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Film Costume Designers Guild Award, Golden Satellite Awards 2001, Academy Award Nominee Best Costume Design, Saturn Awards Nominee
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) Film
My Giant (1998) Film
Wag the Dog (1997) Film
Ransom (1996) Film
Apollo 13 (1995) Film
Casino (1995) Film
Mr. Jones (1993) Film
A Bronx Tale (1993) Film
Mad Dog and Glory (1993) Film
Cape Fear (1991) Film
Class Action (1991) Film
Penn and Teller Get Killed (1989) Film
Crossing Delancey (1988) Film
After Hours (1985) Film
A Lie of the Mind (1985) Theater
My One and Only (musical) Theater Tony Award Nominee Best Costume in a Musical, Drama Desk Award Nominee.

References

  1. ^ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "1983 Tony Award Winners" broadwayworld.com, March 18, 2014
  3. ^ "Casa Valentina (Broadway2014)".
  4. ^ ""HAUTE COUTURE MEETS LUNACY"". Rita Ryack: Costume Designer. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  5. ^ "See the Baubles, Beads & Barbies That Inspired Tony Nominee Rita Ryack's Casa Valentina Costumes". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.


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