- Lisy Christl was born on August 29 1964. She was brought up in Munich and began her career as an assistant to costume designers in German theatre, entering films in the mid-1990s and working frequently with director Michael Haneke. In 2009 she received the German film prize for best costumes for 'John Rabe', Florian Gallenberger's epic account of a German businessman who saved countless Chinese during the Nanjing massacres and in 2011 fellow countryman Roland Emmerich enticed her into the world of English language film when she designed the clothes for Tudor set 'Anonymous',in the process garnering an Academy Award nomination.
- IMDb mini biography by: don @ minifie-1
- In 2020 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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