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Cynthia Summers

Overview

Cynthia Summers is an Emmy-winning Costume Designer based in Los Angeles and Vancouver. She is best known for her brilliant and unique style-eye in world-building and bringing characters to life, whether they are modern-day and fashion-driven or fantastical creatures taken from book pages. The spirit of character inspires Cynthia to create cohesive looks that resonate for each individual within their world.

HBO’s adaptation of THE LAST OF US, created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, is Cynthia’s recent hit project. She also completed work on the newly released Apple Original film SWAN SONG, with Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Glenn Close, Naomie Harris, and Awkwafina.  In 2021 she was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Costume Design for her work on Netflix’s first season of THE BABY-SITTER’S CLUB. Her stand-out designs for the second and third seasons of Netflix’s Emmy-Nominated series LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, starring Neil Patrick Harris, have won five CAFTCAD awards and were nominated for 2019 & 2020 Costume Designers Guild Awards as well as two Primetime Emmys (2018 & 2019) in Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes. She was also nominated for a 2021 Costume Designer’s Guild award for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television for TNT’s SNOWPIERCER season 1, starring Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs.

Cynthia has also designed looks for NETFLIX’S cyberpunk-noir sci-fi series ALTERED CARBON starring Anthony Mackie and Simone Missick; five seasons of Bravo’s breakout hit and first scripted series GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE and all six groundbreaking seasons of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated series THE L WORD, for which she was the recipient of the Hollywood Style Award – Best Costumes. Cynthia is praised for the chic looks she develops for various characters. Her style choices move flawlessly from the screen to viewers’ closets as she presents versatile options, visually defining each character in a way that connects with consumers.

Cynthia’s outstanding and diverse resume of 60+ credits includes FOX’s Emmy-winning series BONES, her creations on the prequel cadet academy world of Halo for Microsoft’s series adaptation of HALO 4: FORWARD UNTO DAWN as well as her film work, including BEAUTIFUL BOY, APOLLO 18,  and THE SHOW starring Giancarlo Esposito, Josh Duhamel, James Franco, and Famke Janssen to name a few.

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Known for

Costume & Make-Up
2021 Swan Song Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
2018 Altered Carbon Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 76
Good
2017 The Show Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2017 Story of a Girl Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 73
Good
2014 Feed the Gods Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2014 Intruders Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
2013 Stalkers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2012 California Solo Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
2012 Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 69
Fair
2012 Imaginary Friend Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2011 Apollo 18 Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 54
Average
2011 Honey 2 Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
2009 American Pie Presents: The Book of Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 54
Average
2008 While She Was Out Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 57
Average
2007 War Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2006 The Butterfly Effect 2 Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 52
Average
2002 I Was a Teenage Faust Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
Average
2002 Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2001 Off Season Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
Average
2000 Frankie & Hazel Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2000 Middlemen Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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2000 Ratz Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2000 A Storm in Summer Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
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1999 Brotherhood of Murder Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1998 American Dragons Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
Average
1997 The Right Connections Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1996 Color Me Perfect Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1996 Sweet Dreams Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1996 Maternal Instincts Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1996 Mask of Death Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1996 Dead Ahead Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1996 Brothers of the Frontier Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1996 The Halfback of Notre Dame Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1995 Hard Evidence Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1995 Suspicious Agenda Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1995 Circumstances Unknown Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1994 Double Happiness Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1994 Power Play Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer N/A
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Lanterns Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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