Kym Barrett is a costume designer of Hollywood films. She is a regular collaborator of The Wachowskis and was the costume designer of their films The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas.Kym Barrett started her career working in the theater for eight years before she began working in film. She has also designed costumes for Cirque du Soleil. Barrett designed freshly imagined period costumes for the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Tempest (2013). In September 2013, she stepped down from her role as costume designer for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Film
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We made a rule: there is no blue in the Matrix. But in the Matrix, we do infuse almost everything with green, so even what you see as white on the screen has been through a green dye bath.
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Neo's (Keanu Reeves) coat wasn't actually a very expensive fabric. It was a wool blend I got in New York for like three dollars a yard - but it was the perfect fabric, it did the job perfectly. But people still say to me, "What about Neo's leather coat? Well, he didn't really ever have a leather coat. - [about Neo's costume in 'The Matrix' (1999)]
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Will
2017
TV Mini-Series 1 episode filming
The Shallows
2016
The Nice Guys
2016
Jupiter Ascending
2015
Jane the Virgin
2014
TV Series 1 episode
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2012
TV Series 1 episode
Cloud Atlas
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
The Green Hornet
2011
Speed Racer
2008
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
Eragon
2006
The Virgin of Juarez
2006
Rumor Has It...
2005
Monster-in-Law
2005
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
2004
Video Game
Gothika
2003
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Enter the Matrix
2003
Video Game
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
Final Flight of the Osiris
2003
Short
From Hell
2001
Red Planet
2000
Titan A.E.
2000
Three Kings
1999
The Matrix
1999
Zero Effect
1998
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Strictly Ballroom
1992
wardrobe assistant / wardrobe buyer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Romeo + Juliet
1996
hero weaponry design
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Matrix Revisited
2001
Video documentary special thanks
Under the Bunker: On the Set of 'Three Kings'
2000
Video documentary short thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Women He's Undressed
2015
Documentary
Herself
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
Video documentary
Herself
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
Video documentary short
Herself
Behind 'The Matrix'
2001
Video short
Herself
The Matrix Revisited
2001
Video documentary
Costume Designer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Costume Design (Bestes Kostümbild)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Critics Choice Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Costume Design
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2013
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2013
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costumes
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2012
ACCA
Awards Circuit Community Awards
Best Costume Design
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2012
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
Cloud Atlas (2012)
2008
AFI Award
Australian Film Institute
Best Costume Design
The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
2007
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Eragon (2006)
2004
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costumes
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
2002
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costumes
From Hell (2001)
2002
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
From Hell (2001)
2000
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costumes
The Matrix (1999)
2000
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film
The Matrix (1999)
1997
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
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