The Good Shepherd 2007

director: Robert De Niro, written by Oscar® winner Eric Roth (Forrest Gump),

cast: Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Joe Pesci, Alec Baldwin, William Hurt, Jason Patric, Timothy Hutton, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon

costume design: To design the CIA’s wardrobe, Roth remembers “This was a period of serious suits.” To be true to the time, the many suits Roth had made for Damon and other officers were of the finest wool. “They are heavy; there were a lot of complaints,” says Roth. “But that’s the way it was.” 

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Ann Roth is one of the most distinguished designers in the industry. She received an Academy Award® for her work on The English Patient. She also received Oscar® nominations for The Hours, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Places in the Heart.  Roth won the British Academy Award® for The Day of the Locust and was also recently honored with a Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild. Roth first began working as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera, but she met legendary costume designer Irene Sharaff, who invited Roth to come work with her in California on such films as A Star is Born and The King and I.  Roth’s first solo costume design credit was on The World of Henry Orient in 1964.

photo: (L to R) CIA Director Philip Allen (WILLIAM HURT) and Edward Wilson (MATT DAMON) in the untold story of the birth of the CIA, "The Good Shepherd".
Photo Credit: Andrew Schwartz / Universal Pictures. Copyright: © 2006 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED