Michael Kaplan is an American film costume designer. He is a co-recipient of the BAFTA Award for his work on Blade Runner. He is known for working on many famous Hollywood films including the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Kaplan has been working in the Hollywood film industry since the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday.
Work Kaplan won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Costume Design together with Charles Knode in 1983, for his costume design work on Blade Runner, the first theatrically-released film he had worked on as costume designer. He went on to become a nominee in the Costume Designers Guild Awards 1999, and the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005 in the category of Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary, for his costume designs for Fight Club and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, respectively.
Besides Fight Club, Kaplan has worked on three other films for director David Fincher: Seven, The Game, and Panic Room. He also reunited with Blade Runner director Ridley Scott on Matchstick Men. He worked on Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise. Kaplan's other credits include two films for Michael Bay, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.
He also worked on Flashdance, Clue, Perfect, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Malice, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Gigli, Miami Vice, I Am Legend starring Will Smith, J. J. Abrams' Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, The Sorcerer's Apprentice for director Jon Turteltaub, and Burlesque, starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. His contribution to Burlesque resulted in a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination for "Excellence In Contemporary Film".
Kaplan reunited with Abrams for the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and returned to the franchise as costume designer for both Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Filmography Year Title Notes 1982 Blade Runner with Charles Knode 1983 Flashdance 1984 Against All Odds Thief of Hearts American Dreamer1985 Perfect Clue 1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance 1988 Big Business1989 Cousins National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Cat Chaser 1991 Curly Sue 1993 Malice 1995 Seven1996 Diabolique The Long Kiss Goodnight 1997 The Game 1998 Armageddon 1999 Fight Club 2000 Keeping the Faith 2001 Pearl Harbor2002 Panic Room Trapped2003 Gigli Matchstick Men 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2006 Miami Vice with Janty Yates2007 Lucky You I Am Legend 2009 Star Trek2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Burlesque 2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness 2014 Winter's Tale 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016 War Dogs 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2023 65 2026 At the Sea
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