Paul Tazewell

Personal Info

Known For Costume & Make-Up

Gender Male

Place of Birth Akron, Ohio, USA

Paul Tazewell

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Tazewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

2025
Wicked: For Good

as Costume Design

2024
Wicked

as Costume Design

2022
Mr. Saturday Night

as Costume Design

2021
West Side Story

as Costume Design

2020
Hamilton

as Costume Design

2019
Harriet

as Costume Design

2011
Memphis

as Costume Design

2011
Gounod: Faust

as Costume Designer

2009
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

as Costume Designer

2004
Elaine Stritch at Liberty

as Costume Design