Whitney Anne Adams
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Whitney Anne Adams


Full Bio
Whitney Anne Adams is a New York City based costume designer and stylist for film tv commercials, theatre, dance, and events. Her most recent film, The Eyes of My Mother, is now streaming online on iTunes, Amazon Video and On Demand.

She wrapped principal photography of Piercing starring Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbott in December 2016. Directed by Nicholas Pesce, Piercing is based on Ryu Murakamis 1994 novel of the same name. Currently, Whitney is designing the romantic drama Irreplaceable You in NYC starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman, also featuring Christopher Walken and Steve Coogan.

The Eyes of My Mother (Borderline Presents/Magnet Releasing) premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 22nd 2016 and debuted in theaters on December 2, 2016. Directed and written by Nicolas Pesce, the film centers on a young, lonely woman who is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life. Cast: Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Paul Nazak, Flora Diaz, Clara Wong, Diana Agostini.

Highlights of her assisting career include working for designer Catherine Martin and director Baz Luhrmann for many years, with assistant design work on The Great Gatsby, Chanel No. 5: The One That I Want, Strictly Ballroom: The Stage Musical and multiple Met Costume Institute Galas. Whitney has also loved working with the costume designer Amela Baksic - serving as assistant costume designer on the upcoming film Barry directed by Vikram Gandhi which premiered in theaters and on Netflix December 16th and the film Wiener-Dog directed by Todd Solondz. Earlier in 2016, she finished work as the assistant costume designer to William Ivey Long on the NBC variety show Maya & Marty starring Maya Rudolph and Martin Short and featuring many celebrity guests.

Her extensive theatre and events career include the retelling of the Nutcracker through hip hop dance set to Tchavoskys iconic score in The Hip Hop Nutcracker which is currently touring the country for the third straight year. She's designed three concerts for the band Phish: two New Years Eves at Madison Square Garden and one Halloween show featuring Abe Vigoda in a wombat suit, she designed the grand reopening gala at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Times Square on New Years Eve, Travesties at the Bay Street Theatre, Les Miserables at the Zach Theatre in Austin, Tonight at 8:30 featuring Blythe Danner and Simon Jones at the John Drew Theatre at Guild Hall directed by Tony Walton, as well as numerous other productions in New York, across the country, and internationally.

Professional Credits
Irreplaceable You Dir. Stephanie Laing, D.P. Magdalena Gorka Costume Designer 2017

Piercing Dir. Nicolas Pesce, D.P. Zack Galler Costume Designer 2017

Broken Night - VR - Dir. Alon Benari, D.P. Adam Donald Costume Designer 2017

The Eyes of My Mother Dir. Nicolas Pesce, D.P. Zach Kuperstein Costume Designer 2016

Barry Des. Amela Baksic, Dir. Vikram Gandhi Assistant Costume Designer 2016

Wiener-Dog Des. Amela Baksic, Dir. Todd Solondz Assistant Costume Designer 2016

Chanel No 5: The One That I Want - The Film Stylists: Catherine Martin/Robert Molnar Costume/Stylist Assistant 2014

The Great Gatsby Des. Catherine Martin, Dir, Baz Luhrmann Costume Design Assistant 2013

Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations Des. Catherine Martin, Dir, Baz Luhrmann Art Department Assistant 2012
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, With Muccia Prada and Judy Davis

The Great Gatsby (Workshop) Des. Catherine Martin, Dir, Baz Luhrmann Costume Design Assistant 2010

Maya & Marty (NBC) Des. William Ivey Long, Dir. Alex Rudzinski Assistant Costume Designer 2016
- Starring Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Kenan Thompson and featuring Miley Cyrus, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Larry David, Jimmy Fallon and others

Miss Teri (Web Series) Dir. Erikka Walsh Costume Designer 2016
Common Sense Police (Web Series) Dir. Brenden Gallagher & Steve Brown Costume Designer 2013

From Adam (TV pilot) Dir. Will Bozarth Costume Designer 2012

Robot Apocalypse (TV Pilot) Dir. Will Bozarth Costume Designer 2012
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