Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Born	Fresno, California, U.S.
Occupation	Costume designer
Children	2; including James Laxton

Aggie Guerard Rodgers is an American costume designer.^[3] She is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for the Star Wars original film trilogy's final installment, Return of the Jedi (1983), as well as the fantasy horror comedy film Beetlejuice (1988).^[4]

At the 58th Academy Awards, she was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Costume Design for the film The Color Purple (1985).^[5]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1973	American Graffiti	George Lucas
1974	The Conversation	Francis Ford Coppola
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Miloš Forman
1976	Alex & the Gypsy	John Korty
1977	Three Warriors	Kieth Merrill
1978	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Philip Kaufman
1979	More American Graffiti	Bill L. Norton
1983	Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand	Co-designed with Nilo Rodis-Jamero aka Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	W. D. Richter
1985	Cocoon	Ron Howard
	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Tim Burton
	Warning Sign	Hal Barwood
	The Color Purple	Steven Spielberg
1987	The Witches of Eastwick	George Miller
	Fatal Beauty	Tom Holland
	Leonard Part 6	Paul Weiland
	Batteries Not Included	Matthew Robbins
1988	Beetlejuice	Tim Burton
1988	My Stepmother Is an Alien	Richard Benjamin
1989	In Country	Norman Jewison
1990	I Love You to Death	Lawrence Kasdan
1991	Late for Dinner	W. D. Richter
1991	Grand Canyon	Lawrence Kasdan
1992	Forever Young	Steve Miner
1993	Benny & Joon	Jeremiah S. Chechik
1993	The Fugitive	Andrew Davis
1995	Wings of Courage	Jean-Jacques Annaud
	Something to Talk About	Lasse Hallström
	Mr. Holland's Opus	Stephen Herek
1996	Jack	Francis Ford Coppola
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Pat O'Connor
1997	The Rainmaker	Francis Ford Coppola
1998	Holy Man	Stephen Herek
1999	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison
2001	Evolution	Ivan Reitman
2001	Rock Star	Stephen Herek
2002	Life or Something Like It	Stephen Herek
2003	Holes	Andrew Davis
2004	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Niels Mueller
2004	Raise Your Voice	Sean McNamara
2005	Rent	Chris Columbus
2006	Believe in Me	Robert Collector
2008	Pig Hunt	James Isaac
2009	La Mission	Peter Bratt
2010	Leonie	Hisako Matsui
2011	The Double	Michael Brandt
2012	Tales of Everyday Magic	Michael A. Goorjian
2013	Fruitvale Station	Ryan Coogler
2015	Quitters	Noah Pritzker
2015	The Boat Builder	Arnold Grossman
2016	Pushing Dead	Tom E. Brown
2017	American Paradise	Joe Talbot	Short film
2017	Phoenix Forgotten	Justin Barber
2020	Bad Therapy	William Teitler
2020	Love Is Love Is Love	Eleanor Coppola	Segments: "Sailing Lesson" and "Late Lunch"
2023	Avenue of the Giants	Finn Taylor

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	1986	Best Costume Design	The Color Purple	Nominated	^[5]
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2006	Excellence in Period Film	Rent	Nominated	^[6]
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2015	Career Achievement Award	—	Honored	^[7]
Saturn Awards	1984	Best Costume Design	Return of the Jedi	Won	^[8]

References

^ "Aggie Guerard Rodgers Biography". Fandango. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
^ "Producer's Corner: Adele Romanski — The Myth of the American Sleepover by Serena Donadoni". Women and Hollywood. July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
^ "Is Oscar sewn up for her?". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. February 6, 1986. p. 19. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Randolph, Elizabeth (March 30, 2023). "Inside 'Beetlejuice' Fashion and Why We're Still Obsessed With It After 35 Years". Distractify.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
^ "Costume Guild reveals noms". Variety. January 11, 2006. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
^ Lewis, Hilary (January 14, 2015). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: Emmy Rossum to Host, Richard Linklater Getting Honorary Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 25, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
^ "The 11th Saturn Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2018.

External links

Aggie Guerard Rodgers at IMDb

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[1] "Aggie Guerard Rodgers Biography". Fandango. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

[2] "Producer's Corner: Adele Romanski — The Myth of the American Sleepover by Serena Donadoni". Women and Hollywood. July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

[3] "Is Oscar sewn up for her?". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. February 6, 1986. p. 19. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Randolph, Elizabeth (March 30, 2023). "Inside 'Beetlejuice' Fashion and Why We're Still Obsessed With It After 35 Years". Distractify.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

[a-5] "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

[6] "Costume Guild reveals noms". Variety. January 11, 2006. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[7] Lewis, Hilary (January 14, 2015). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: Emmy Rossum to Host, Richard Linklater Getting Honorary Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 25, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[8] "The 11th Saturn Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2018.

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v t e Saturn Award for Best Costume Design
1970s	Bill Thomas (1976) John Mollo (1977) Theoni V. Aldredge (1978) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1979)
1980s	Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1980) Bob Ringwood (1981) Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton (1982) Aggie Guerard Rodgers and Nilo Rodis-Jamero (1983) Bob Ringwood (1984) Nanà Cecchi (1985) Robert Fletcher (1986) Phyllis Dalton (1987) Barbara Lane (1988) Erica Edell Phillips (1989/90)
1990s	Marilyn Vance (1991) Eiko Ishioka (1992) Mary E. Vogt (1993) Sandy Powell (1994) Julie Weiss (1995) Deborah Everton (1996) Ellen Mirojnick (1997) Jenny Beavan (1998) Trisha Biggar (1999)
2000s	Louise Mingenbach (2000) Judianna Makovsky (2001) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor / Trisha Biggar (2002) Penny Rose (2003) Kevin Conran (2004) Isis Mussenden (2005) Yee Chung-man (2006) Colleen Atwood (2007) Mary Zophres (2008) Michael Wilkinson (2009)
2010s	Colleen Atwood (2010) Alexandra Byrne (2011) Paco Delgado (2012) Trish Summerville (2013) Ngila Dickson (2014) Alexandra Byrne (2015) Colleen Atwood (2016) Jacqueline Durran (2017) Michael Wilkinson (2018/19) Bina Daigeler (2019/20)
2020s	Jacqueline Durran, David Crossman and Glyn Dillon (2021/22) Jacqueline Durran (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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