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Catherine Leterrier

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Academy award nominated costume designer Catherine Leterrier has a distinguished body of work that includes works with directors such as Michael Haneke, Ridley Scott, Robert Altman, Andrzej Żuławski, Alain Resnais, Luc Besson, Jonathan Demme, Jean-Paul Rappeneau and even with her husband François Leterrier, with whom she worked in films such as Emmanuelle 3 (1977), Rat Race (1980) and Tranches de vie (1985). With François, they have one son: film director Louis Letterier.

Among her credits are diverse films in different genres, from French productions and American as well. Films like That Most Important Thing: Love (1975), Providence (1977), My American Uncle (1980), Claude Lelouch's Bolero (1981), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Meeting Venus (1991), Max & Jeremie (1992), Desire (1992), The Visitors (1993) and it's 1998 sequel, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), The Truth About Charlie (2002),A Good Year (2006) and Amour (2012).

In 2010 she had all the spotlights on her, with her costumes for the fashion icon Coco Chanel's biopic Coco Before Chanel (2009), which earned several award nominations, including Oscar and Bafta nods, and winning her third César.
BornOctober 26, 1942
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 16 nominations total

    Known for

    Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel (2009)
    Coco Before Chanel
    6.6
    • Costume Designer
    • 2009
    Milla Jovovich in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
    6.4
    • Costume Designer
    • 1999
    The Visitors (1993)
    The Visitors
    7.0
    • Costume Designer
    • 1993
    Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Peter Coyote, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, and Grégori Derangère in Bon Voyage (2003)
    Bon Voyage
    6.7
    • Costume Designer
    • 2003

    Credits

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    Costume Designer



    • Sigourney Weaver, Mads Mikkelsen, Sophie Sloan, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson, and Sheila Atim in Dust Bunny (2025)
      Dust Bunny
      6.5
      • Costume Designer
      • 2025
    • Valérie Lemercier in Aline (2020)
      Aline
      6.3
      • Costume Designer
      • 2020
    • Valérie Lemercier in Marie-Francine (2017)
      Marie-Francine
      5.7
      • Costume Designer
      • 2017
    • Happy End (2017)
      Happy End
      6.6
      • Costume Designer
      • 2017
    • Guillaume Canet and Guillaume Gallienne in Cezanne et Moi (2016)
      Cezanne et Moi
      6.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 2016
    • Alex Brendemühl and Marion Cotillard in From the Land of the Moon (2016)
      From the Land of the Moon
      6.6
      • Costume Designer
      • 2016
    • The Scent of Mandarin (2015)
      The Scent of Mandarin
      6.4
      • Costume Designer
      • 2015
    • Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, and Benoît Poelvoorde in 3 Hearts (2014)
      3 Hearts
      5.9
      • Costume Designer
      • 2014
    • Gilles Lellouche, Valérie Lemercier, and Samatin Pendev in The Ultimate Accessory (2013)
      The Ultimate Accessory
      4.8
      • Costume Designer
      • 2013
    • Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
      Girl on a Bicycle
      6.2
      • Costume Designer
      • 2013
    • It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013)
      It Happened in Saint-Tropez
      5.4
      • Costume Designer
      • 2013
    • Amour (2012)
      Amour
      7.9
      • Costume Designer
      • 2012
    • My Worst Nightmare (2011)
      My Worst Nightmare
      6.0
      • Costume Designer
      • 2011
    • Catherine Deneuve, Marisa Paredes, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Marina Foïs, Géraldine Pailhas, and Jean-Baptiste Lafarge in His Mother's Eyes (2011)
      His Mother's Eyes
      6.0
      • Costume Designer
      • 2011
    • Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel (2009)
      Coco Before Chanel
      6.6
      • Costume Designer
      • 2009

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    • L'arche de Noé (2023)
      L'arche de Noé
      5.7
      • costumer
      • 2023
    • Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu in Changing Times (2004)
      Changing Times
      6.1
      • costume designer: Catherine Deneuve
      • 2004
    • Princesse Marie (2004)
      Princesse Marie
      7.0
      TV Series
      • costume designer: Mme C.Deneuve
      • 2004
    • La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque (1986)
      La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque
      4.7
      • costume designer: lingerie fashion show
      • 1986
    • Marlon Brando and George C. Scott in The Formula (1980)
      The Formula
      5.6
      • wardrobe coordinator: Miss Keller
      • wardrobe designer: Miss Keller
      • 1980
    • Julie pot-de-colle (1977)
      Julie pot-de-colle
      5.4
      • dresser
      • 1977

    Personal details

    • Born
      • October 26, 1942
      • Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France
    • Spouse
      • François LeterrierApril 29, 1970 - December 3, 2020 (his death, 3 children)
    • Children
      • Louis Leterrier

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      Mother of Louis Leterrier.

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