And thats true in the movie business as well, she told Deadline.
Going on basic scale, costume designers make one third less than production designers.
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That doesnt make any sense.
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Because if this room was empty, there would be no movie.
These old contracts are anachronistic, theyre misogynistic, theyre discriminatory.
At the very least, our scale should be the same as production designers.
The people who create the people, and the people who create the place should be paid the same.
Nadoolman Landis said she was also looking into the question of Intellectual Property rights for costume designers.
She used her work onIndiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arkand Michael JacksonsThrilleras an example.
In a lifetime ofcostume design, costume designers may never have the opportunity to do this.
Were paid until the last day we work.
And thats not fair.
So, Im working on that with my colleagues and trying to negotiate that.
Nadoolman suggested that the time was ripe for this sort of negotiation.
The costume designers guild is local 892 and we collectively bargain under the IATSE.
So, unless the IATSE goes out, we dont strike.
But were making our case loud and clear.
Watch the full interview with Nadoolman Landishere.
