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Paul Tazewell

Overview

Paul Tazewell is an American costume designer for the theatre, dance, and opera and television. After training at New York University Tisch School of the Arts he started his career on Broadway. He went on to win a Tony Award and a Emmy Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award.

Tazewell made his Broadway debut as a costume designer with Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in 1996. He went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016). His other Tony-nominated works include The Color Purple (2006), In the Heights (2008), Memphis (2010), A Streetcar Named Desire (2012), Ain't Too Proud (2019), MJ (2022), and Suffs (2024).

He is also the first African American male costume designer to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for his work on Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Wiz Live! (2016).

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Known for

Acting
2024 Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked Actor Self 59
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Costume & Make-Up
2025 Wicked: For Good Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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2024 Wicked Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 68
Fair
2022 Mr. Saturday Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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2021 West Side Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
2020 Hamilton Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 75
Good
2019 Harriet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2011 Gounod: Faust Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer N/A
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2011 Memphis Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2009 The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
Average
2004 Elaine Stritch at Liberty Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average