Anna B. Sheppard

Anna B. Sheppard
Anna B. Sheppard
Born	Anna Biedrzycka; 18 January 1946 (age 78); Żyrardów, Poland
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1971-present

Anna Biedrzycka Sheppard (born 18 January 1946) is a Polish costume designer. Sheppard made many films with directing masters like Steven Spielberg, Roman Polański, and Quentin Tarantino. She has earned three Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominations for Schindler's List (1993), The Pianist (2002), and Maleficent (2014). Recently she has designed costumes for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). She has also designed costumes for the televisions series Band of Brothers (2001), and The Prisoner (2009).

Early life

Born in 1946 in Poland she is the sister to fellow costume designer Magdalena Biedrzycka. She graduated with architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and now lives in London.

She has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Schindler's List in 1993 and The Pianist in 2003, and a third nomination for Maleficent shared with Jane Clive.^[1] She was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Schindler's List and César Award for The Pianist. Sheppard's work with Thomas Casterline on Dragonheart earned her a 1997 Saturn Award nomination as well.