“The Odyssey” artisans — costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, production designer Ruth De Jong and editor Jennifer Lame — are set to receive the Variety Creative Collaborators award at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival in October.
As go-to artisans of Christopher Nolan, the trio of Oscar winners will be recognized for their work on his films “Oppenheimer” and “The Odyssey.”
Susan Koch, Middleburg Film Festival executive director, said, “‘The Odyssey’ is an astounding artistic and filmmaking achievement and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome to Middleburg three of Christopher Nolan’s closest collaborators – Ruth De Jong, Jennifer Lame and Ellen Mirojnick – to give us insight into their process and craft, including how they brought Nolan’s incredible vision to the screen. We’re proud to continue our partnership with Variety in honoring the greatest filmmaking collaborations.”
Mirojnick, whose credits include “Basic Instinct” and “Fatal Attraction” and who also won her first Oscar for “Oppenheimer,” was reunited with Nolan for the film. The numbers alone are staggering — she created over 5,300 costumes and needed a team of 175 artisans.
The conversation will be moderated by Variety’s senior artisans editor, Jazz Tangcay, on Oct. 16. The talk will look at their collaboration and serve as a career retrospective.
At the festival, Tangcay and Variety’s chief awards editor, Clayton Davis, will also host their annual Coffee and Contenders conversation on the state of the awards race.
The festival’s slate will be released shortly. Past festival honorees include Edward Berger, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kenneth Branagh, Noah Baumbach, Sofia Coppola and Damien Chazelle.
The Middleburg Film Festival runs from Oct. 15 through Oct. 18.
