John Bright(II)
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Bright was born in March 1940 and trained as an actor at London's
E15 drama school. Working as an actor on the stage he became interested
in theatrical costumes and, in 1965, began to establish Cosprop, a
company which would supply costumes for films, operas and the stage, as
well as to private individuals - including Diana, Princess of Wales for
her 1983 tour of Canada. Through the actress Peggy Ashcroft he was
introduced to film costume designer Jenny Beavan, who had stepped in to
design the clothes for the 1984 film 'The Bostonians' after Judy
Moorcroft had left the production. Jenny asked for John to be her
co-designer and they have since collaborated on twelve films, mainly
for the Merchant-Ivory partnership, with John also designing for the
opera. In the twenty-first century much of his energy has been in
running Cosprop with other family members, having become its director
in 1991.
