Kristi Zea Biography (1948-)

Full name, Kristina Gwyn Zea; born October 24, 1948, in New York, NY; daughter of James Gwyn and Alice Joy (maiden name, Karl) Zea; married an architect;children: Norma. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management,8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Costume designer, production designer, art director, producer, director

Birth Details

October 24, 1948

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Costume Designer
• Fame, United Artists, 1980
• Tattoo, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• Endless Love, Universal, 1981
• Shoot the Moon, Metro-Goldywn-Mayer, 1982
• Terms of Endearment, Paramount, 1983
• Lovesick, Warner Bros., 1983
• Exposed, Metro-Goldywn-Mayer, 1983
• Unfaithfully Yours, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
• Birdy, TriStar, 1984
• Beat Street, Orion, 1984
• Best Defense, Paramount, 1984
• (For Diane Keaton) The Little Drummer Girl, Warner Bros., 1984
• Silverado, Columbia, 1985
• Dead End Kids (also known as Dead End Kids: A Story of NuclearPower), Ikon-Mabou Mines, 1986
• Film Production Designer
• Lucas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• Angel Heart, TriStar, 1987
• Married to the Mob, Orion, 1988
• Miss Firecracker, Corsair, 1989
• "Life Lessons," New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989
• GoodFellas (also known as Goodfellas and Wise Guy),Warner Bros., 1990
• The Silence of the Lambs, Orion, 1991
• The Super, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
• Lorenzo's Oil, Universal, 1992
• Philadelphia (also known as At Risk and People Like Us), Columbia/TriStar, 1993
• The War, Universal, 1994
• Sleepers, Warner Bros., 1996
• Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998
• The Family Man, Universal, 2000
• Changing Lanes, Paramount, 2002
• Red Dragon (also known as Roter Drache), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
• The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004
• Film Work
• Other
• Design coordinator, Interiors, 1978
• Assistant costume designer, French Postcards, Paramount, 1979
• Associate producer, Lucas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• New York art director, Angel Heart, TriStar, 1987
• Associate producer, Broadcast News, 1987
• Second unit director and producer, Philadelphia (also known as At Risk and People Like Us), Columbia/TriStar, 1993
• Technical consultant, Up Close & Personal, 1996
• Second unit director, Sleepers, Warner Bros., 1996
• (With James L. Brooks and Bridget Johnson) Producer, As Good As It Gets (also known as Old Friends), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
• Second unit director, Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998
• (Uncredited) Second unit director, Red Dragon (also known as Roter Drache), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
• Film Appearances
• Mother, As Good As It Gets (also known as Old Friends), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
• Herself, Murder by Numbers, SPG Home Video, 2001
• Herself, Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of "The Silence of the Lambs," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2001
• Herself, Director's Journey: The Making of "Red Dragon," UniversalHome Video, 2003
• Herself, People Like Us: Making "Philadelphia," Columbia TriStar,2003
• Television Work
• Costumer designer, The Day the Women Get Even (movie), 1980
• Costume designer, For Ladies Only (movie), NBC, 1981
• Costume designer, Law & Order (series), NBC, 1991
• Director, "A Domestic Dilemma," Women and Men 2 (episodic; also known as Women and Men: In Love There Are No Rules), HBO, 1991
• Design consultant of opening hospital sequence, "Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval," American Masters (special), PBS, 1995
• Costume designer and production designer, Wonderland (series), ABC, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Murder by Numbers (special), IFC, 2002
• Stage Costume Designer
• The Balcony, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1985

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Cine Fantastique, February, 1992
• New York, July 15, 1991
• New York Times, August 18, 1991
• Premiere, September, 1991, pp. 44-45
• Theatre Crafts, April, 1989, pp. 58-67