Department

Costume, hair, makeup

The departments that turn an actor into a character. Costume designers, hair-department heads, makeup-department heads, prosthetic-effects supervisors — credited.

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Name	Primary role	Nationality	Born	Credits
Edith Head	Costume Designer	USA	1897	7
Mary Zophres	Costume Designer	—	1964	7
Cho Sang-kyung	Costume Designer	South Korea	1972	6
Heba Thorisdottir	Department Head Makeup	Iceland	—	5
Jany Temime	Costume Designer	France	—	5
Piero Gherardi	Costume Designer	Italy	1909	5
Sandy Powell	Costume Designer	UK	1960	5
Xavier Dolan	Costume Designer	Canada	1989	5
Carlo Simi	Costume Designer	Italy	1924	4
Donald Mowat	Department Head Makeup	Canada	1964	4
Jacqueline Durran	Costume Designer	—	—	4
Jacqueline West	Costume Designer	USA	—	4
Luisa Abel	Department Head Makeup	—	—	4
Milena Canonero	Costume Designer	Italy	1946	4
Patricia Norris	Costume Designer	USA	1931	4

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Glossary5 terms · costume, hair, makeup vocabulary

Costume Designer: Designs the looks; oversees fabrication, fittings, continuity. The single credit responsible for the visual world the actors wear.
Hair Dept. Head: Designs and supervises all hair (cuts, colors, wigs, periods). Leads a team of stylists; the credit for "the wigs in The Substance."
Makeup Dept. Head: Beauty / character / day-of-shoot makeup. Distinct from prosthetics, which is its own special-makeup-effects discipline.
Prosthetic / SFX Makeup: Sculpted appliances (foam latex, silicone) applied for character transformations — separate budget line, separate credit (e.g. The Whale, A Different Man).
Aging / De-aging: Practical makeup-led aging is a costume/hair/makeup credit; digital de-aging is VFX. Productions often use both — both should be credited.