Biography

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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rodrigo Amaro