
Paul Tazewell
Place of birth: Akron, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2009

Elaine Stritch at Liberty
2004

Memphis
2011

Making Wicked
2024

Hamilton
2025

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024

Harriet
2019

The Oscars
1953

West Side Story
2021

Wicked
2024

Wicked: For Good
2025

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017

Project Runway
2004

Reclaim the Flag
2025

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019

Mr. Saturday Night
2022

Disclosure Day
2026

Gounod: Faust
2011