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Michael O'Connor is a Producer and Assistant Costume Designer British born on 27 october 1965 at London (United-kingdom)

Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 october 1965 (58 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Michael O'Connor (born 27 October 1965, in London, England) is an English costume designer.

Biography

O'Connor began his training in theatre, as a dresser at the Old Vic in London. After this, he worked in a costume house for six years before deciding to go freelance.

In 1993, he began work as a wardrobe supervisor on such films as The House of the Spirits and Emma, before becoming an assistant costume designer. In this role, he worked on various films, including Oscar and Lucinda, Quills, Proof of Life and was also associate costume designer on the film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

After working as costume designer on several minor British films, he came to prominence with his work on Tom Brown's Schooldays, a TV movie for ITV. He then worked on his most high profile film up until then, the film version of Giles Foden's bestselling novel, The Last King of Scotland. He then worked on Brick Lane as well as Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

He came to the attention of the film industry in 2009, when he received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design as well as the Satellite Award for Best Costume Design for The Duchess.

Best films

The Last King of Scotland (2006)
(Costume Design)
The Duchess (2008)
(Costume Design)
Jane Eyre (2011)
(Costume Design)
Emma (1996)
(Wardrobe Supervisor)
Quills (2000)
(Assistant Costume Designer)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
(Assistant Costume Designer)

Usually with

Saul Dibb
Saul Dibb
(2 films)
Saul Dibb
Saul Dibb
(2 films)
Alex Garland
Alex Garland
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michael O'Connor (17 films)

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Producer

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, 2h50
Directed by Mikael Salomon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Tom Skerritt, JR Bourne, Sharon Lawrence, Charles Dutton, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jennifer Garner
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.9227152.9227152.9227152.9227152.922715
While Dori Thorell (Sharon Lawrence) and her 9-year-old son, Danny (Michal Suchánek), eat breakfast, Sam Thorell (Garwin Sanford) calls from his business trip. Ballerina Diane Agostini (Jennifer Garner) is on the phone with her father when a blender shakes off the counter. Dismissing it, she ends the call and rushes off to a rehearsal session at the New York City Ballet. But she's scolded for being late. Public defender Evie Lincoln (Lisa Nicole Carson) talks with her client Joshua Bingham (JR Bourne) about his case. That evening, tremors cause a gas leak at Diane's apartment complex. Though the electricity is still on in the evacuated building, Fire Chief Thomas Ahearn (Tom Skerritt) sends his crew inside. The building explodes, killing several men. At a party at Gracie Mansion, Evie's grandmother Emily Lincoln (Cicely Tyson) chastises her for being late. Her father, Mayor Bruce Lincoln (Charles S. Dutton), coerces her into going to a job interview at a big law firm.

Costume and makup

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Directed by Will Sharpe
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Stacy Martin
Roles Costume Design
Rating68% 3.4009653.4009653.4009653.4009653.400965
Focus sur le parcours du peintre anglais Louis Wain, connu pour ses représentations de chats notamment anthropomorphes avec de grands yeux. Il a développé des symptômes psychiatriques ressemblant à la schizophrénie. Aujourd'hui, les historiens pensent davantage au syndrôme d'Asperger.
Ammonite
Ammonite (2020)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Fiona Shaw, Gemma Jones, Claire Rushbrook
Roles Costume Designer
Rating65% 3.2554753.2554753.2554753.2554753.255475
Dans les années 1840 en Angleterre, une célèbre chasseuse de fossiles et une jeune femme envoyée en convalescence au bord de la mer développent une relation intense.
All Is True
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers
Actors Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lydia Wilson, Gerard Horan, Alex Macqueen
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.1476853.1476853.1476853.1476853.147685
Le 29 juin 1613, le Théâtre du Globe que dirigeait William Shakespeare est entièrement détruit par un incendie. C'est le prétexte qui pousse le dramaturge au faîte de sa gloire à décider de cesser d'écrire. Il quitte Londres et rejoint son village de naissance Stratford-upon-Avon où il retrouve sa famille qu'il n'avait pas vu depuis de nombreuses années.
A Private War, 1h50
Directed by Matthew Heineman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Films about journalists
Actors Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay, Greg Wise
Roles Costume Design
Rating67% 3.3507553.3507553.3507553.3507553.350755
Journaliste au Sunday Times, Marie Colvin est l’une des correspondantes de guerre les plus célèbres de notre époque. Intrépide et rebelle, sa volonté est de se rendre dans les pays les plus dangereux et ravagés par les conflits afin de donner la parole aux oubliés et victimes. En 2001, elle perd son œil gauche lors d'un reportage au Sri Lanka et elle porte désormais un cache-œil. Mais cet handicap ne l'empêche de poursuivre son métier et, avec l'accord de son patron Sean Ryan, décide de rendre en Syrie en 2012 afin de couvrir clandestinement un conflit dans la cité assiégée d'Homs. Accompagné du photographe de guerre Paul Conroy et du photojournaliste français Rémi Ochlik, elle entreprend la mission la plus dangereuse de sa carrière qui la mènera vers la mort.
Tulip Fever, 1h47
Directed by Justin Chadwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Christoph Waltz, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger, Dane DeHaan, Alicia Vikander, Judi Dench
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.104133.104133.104133.104133.10413
A 17th century romance in which an artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Suite Française, 1h47
Directed by Saul Dibb, Saul Dibb
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes French war films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley, Heino Ferch, Ruth Wilson
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.5051053.5051053.5051053.5051053.505105
In Nazi-occupied France, Lucille Angellier and her domineering mother-in-law await news of her husband. A regiment of German soldiers arrives, and promptly moves into the homes of the villagers. Lucille tries to ignore Bruno, the German commander coopting her house, but he soon infatuates her.
The Invisible Woman, 1h51
Directed by Ralph Fiennes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Harden, Michelle Fairley
Roles Costume Design
Rating60% 3.048323.048323.048323.048323.04832
In 1857, eighteen-year-old English actress Ellen "Nelly" Ternan (Felicity Jones) is noticed by forty-five-year-old writer Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) while she is performing at London's Haymarket Theatre. Soon after, he casts her, along with her mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) and sister Maria (Perdita Weeks), in a performance of The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins at Dickens' Free Trade Hall in Manchester. At a party following the performance, the famous author and the actress share a brief moment alone.
Dredd
Dredd (2012)
, 1h35
Directed by Alex Garland, Pete Travis, Andrew Macdonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about drugs, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson, DeObia Oparei
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.547743.547743.547743.547743.54774
The future United States is a dystopic irradiated wasteland known as the Cursed Earth. On the east coast lies Mega-City One, a violent metropolis with 800 million residents and 17,000 crimes reported daily. The only force for order are the Judges, who act as judge, jury and executioner. Judge Dredd is tasked by the Chief Judge with evaluating new recruit Cassandra Anderson, a powerful psychic who failed the aptitude tests to be a Judge.
The Eagle
The Eagle (2011)
, 1h54
Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Denis O'Hare
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.1002053.1002053.1002053.1002053.100205
In the year AD 140, twenty years after the Ninth Legion disappeared in the north of Britain, Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young Roman centurion, arrives in Britain to serve at his first post as a garrison commander. Marcus's father disappeared with the eagle standard of the ill-fated legion, and Marcus hopes to redeem his family's honour by bravely serving in Britain. Shortly afterwards, only Marcus's alertness and decisiveness save the garrison from being overrun by Celtic tribesmen. He is decorated for his bravery but honourably discharged due to a severe leg injury.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (2011)
, 2h
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Jamie Bell, Su Elliott, Sally Hawkins
Roles Costume Design
Rating72% 3.6491353.6491353.6491353.6491353.649135
The film begins with Jane Eyre running away from Thornfield Hall in the middle of the night and finding herself alone on the moors, in the pouring rain. She manages to reach the doorstep of Moor House, the home of Mr. St. John Rivers, a clergyman, and his two sisters. They take Jane in, saving her life.
The Duchess, 1h50
Directed by Saul Dibb, Saul Dibb
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Aidan McArdle
Roles Costume Design
Rating69% 3.450813.450813.450813.450813.45081
Set in the late 18th century, the story follows the life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Well known for her beauty and fashion sense, she is also remembered for her extravagance and gambling habits. Despite the blatant infidelities of her husband, the cold and much older William Cavendish, the 5th Duke of Devonshire, Georgiana thrives, becoming a fashion icon, a doting mother, a shrewd political operator, and darling of the common people. In befriending Lady Bess Foster, Georgiana is crushed when Bess and The Duke begin an affair. Despite Georgiana's anger, the Duke wants Bess to remain living with them. Bess later explains to Georgiana that the reason she began the affair with the Duke was so that she could get her children back. The Duke wants a male heir, which the Duchess has not yet provided. The idea is that Bess can, since she already has three sons, of whom the Duke is very fond, treating them as if they were his own.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, 1h32
Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Lee Pace, Mark Strong, Tom Payne
Roles Costume Design
Rating69% 3.4984653.4984653.4984653.4984653.498465
Set in London just prior to World War II, the film is about a middle-aged, strait-laced vicar's daughter and governess Guinevere Pettigrew, who has been fired from her fourth job. When employment agency head Miss Holt insists that she will not help her, the destitute Miss Pettigrew leaves the office with an assignment intended for a colleague, unaware that flamboyant American singer-actress Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams) wants a social secretary rather than a nanny.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane (2007)
, 1h37
Directed by Sarah Gavron
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about immigration, Films about terrorism, La précarité, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Bernard Holley
Roles Costume Design
Rating65% 3.293653.293653.293653.293653.29365
The film tells the story of Nazneen, who grew up in rural Bangladesh, in the district of Mymensingh. At 17 she has an arranged marriage to Chanu Ahmed, who is twice her age. They soon move to Brick Lane in London, the centre of the British Bangladeshi community. She leaves behind her sister and her family home.
The Last King of Scotland, 2h5
Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films
Actors Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson, David Oyelowo
Roles Costume Design
Rating75% 3.799013.799013.799013.799013.79901
In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) graduates from medical school at the University of Edinburgh. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a Ugandan missionary clinic run by Dr. David Merrit (Adam Kotz) and his wife, Sarah (Gillian Anderson). Garrigan becomes attracted to Sarah, who enjoys the attention, but refuses to engage in an extramarital affair.