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{{Short description|American costume designer (
{{Infobox person
| name = Anthea Sylbert
| image = Publicity_Photo_of_Anthea_Sylbert.jpg
| caption = Publicity photo of Anthea Sylbert
| birth_name = Anthea Giannakouros
| birth_date = {{Birth date
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|6|18|1939|10|6}}
| death_place = [[Skiathos]], Greece
| occupation = [[Costume
| years_active = 1967–1999<ref name="Rubin2018"/><ref name="BFIfimography2-2-0204"/>
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* [[Paul Sylbert]] (divorced)
* {{marriage|end=died|[[Richard Romanus]]|1985
}}
}}
'''Anthea Sylbert''' (
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▲===Early life and education===
Anthea Sylbert was born Anthea Giannakouros in Brooklyn, New York,<ref name = Rubin2018>{{cite book | author = Rubin, Natasha | year = 2018 | chapter = Sylbert, Anthea (1939-) | pages = 88–90 | title = Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History | editor = Bauer, Laura L. S. | location = Santa Barbara, CA | publisher = ABC-CLIO | isbn = 9781440836497 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdB5DwAAQBAJ&q=9781440836497 | access-date = 5 February 2020 }}</ref> on October 6, 1939,<ref name="Jorgensen2015"/> to parents Nick and Georgia Giannakouros and lived in what has been described as a "close-knit Greek family".<ref name = Rubin2018/> She had one brother, Thomas. Keenly interested in artistic activities as a child, she is reported to have learned to sew from a grandmother.<ref name = Rubin2018/> Giannakouros studied art at Barnard College.<ref name = Rubin2018/>
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Following her long period of costume design work, Sylbert took on executive production management roles at the vice president level, first at Warner Borothers, then at United Artists, where she was known, in particular, for her skills at conflict resolution when filmmakers were at odds with the studios.{{when|date=February 2020}}<ref name = Rubin2018/> After this period, she began a deep partnership with [[Goldie Hawn]], beginning with the film ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]'' (1980).<ref name = Rubin2018/> Ultimately, the two of them created the Hawn/Sylvebert Movie Company,{{when|date=February 2020}} which produced a number of films, including ''[[Protocol (film)|Protocol]]'' (1984) and ''[[Something to Talk About (film)|Something to Talk About]]'' (1995).<ref name = Rubin2018/>
===Work on ''Chinatown''===▼
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Sylbert worked with ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]'' (1974) from its early days after her brother-in-law Richard Sylbert introduced and recommended her to director [[Roman Polanski]].<ref name="Wasson2020"/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Sylbert was affectionately known in that close-working, small group of accomplished filmmakers as Ant for her penchant for "stringently straight" dark skirts and black turtlenecks.<ref name = Wasson2020/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Sylbert was known to be "utterly unafraid to speak truth, no matter how ugly, to anyone, no matter how powerful".<ref name = Wasson2020/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Her work was described as breaking with the past in its aim at being "not for beauty or for chic” but rather "to amplify character".<ref name = Wasson2020/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Sylbert was nominated for the 1975 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on the film.<ref name="Oscars1975">{{Cite web | author = Academy Staff | date = April 8, 1975 | title = The 47th Academy Awards—1975—Dorothy Chandler Pavilion—Honoring movies released in 1974: Costume Design | location = Beverly Hills, CA | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | work = Oscars.org | url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 | access-date = 5 February 2020}}</ref>▼
===Work on ''Julia''===▼
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Sylbert was nominated for the 1978 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on the film ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977).<ref name="Oscars1978"/>▼
==Personal life==▼
Sylbert was married to actor and writer [[Richard Romanus]] from August 1985 until his death in December 2023.<ref name="Barnes2023">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2023-12-30 |title=Richard Romanus, Actor in ‘Mean Streets,’ Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/richard-romanus-dead-mean-streets-1235776623/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230150552/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/richard-romanus-dead-mean-streets-1235776623/ |archive-date=2023-12-30 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2004, Sylbert and Romanus moved to the Greek island of Skiathos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Emlyn |date=2023-12-31 |title=Richard Romanus, 'Mean Streets' and 'The Sopranos' star, dies at 80 |url=https://ew.com/richard-romanus-dead-mean-streets-the-sopranos-actor-8420981 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231200907/https://ew.com/richard-romanus-dead-mean-streets-the-sopranos-actor-8420981 |archive-date=2023-12-31 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref> Sylbert died in Skiathos on June 18, 2024, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/anthea-sylbert-dead-rosemarys-baby-chinatown-costume-designer-1235926389/|title=Anthea Sylbert, ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Costume Designer, Dies at 84|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 18, 2024|access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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===Producing===
* 1999, ''[[If You Believe (film)|If You Believe]]''<ref name = BFIfimography2-2-0204/>
* 1998, ''Giving up the Ghost'' (teleplay)<ref name = BFIfimography2-2-0204/>
* 1997, ''Hope''<ref name = BFIfimography2-2-0204/>
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===Other credits===
* 2008, ''Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'', on-screen participant<ref name = BFIfimography2-2-0204/>
* 1999, ''If You Believe'', writer,<ref name = BFIfimography2-2-0204/> with [[Richard Romanus]]
* 1976, ''Mikey and Nicky'', visual consultant<ref name = BFIfimography2-2-0204/>
{{div col end}}
▲==Work on ''Chinatown''==
▲Sylbert worked with ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]'' (1974) from its early days after her brother-in-law Richard Sylbert introduced and recommended her to director [[Roman Polanski]].<ref name="Wasson2020"/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Sylbert was affectionately known in that close-working, small group of accomplished filmmakers as Ant for her penchant for "stringently straight" dark skirts and black turtlenecks.<ref name = Wasson2020/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Sylbert was known to be "utterly unafraid to speak truth, no matter how ugly, to anyone, no matter how powerful".<ref name = Wasson2020/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Her work was described as breaking with the past in its aim at being "not for beauty or for chic” but rather "to amplify character".<ref name = Wasson2020/>{{page needed|date=February 2020}} Sylbert was nominated for the 1975 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on the film.<ref name="Oscars1975">{{Cite web | author = Academy Staff | date = April 8, 1975 | title = The 47th Academy Awards—1975—Dorothy Chandler Pavilion—Honoring movies released in 1974: Costume Design | location = Beverly Hills, CA | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | work = Oscars.org | url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 | access-date = 5 February 2020}}</ref>
▲==Work on ''Julia''==
▲{{expand section|book or journal descriptions of Sylbert's role in the making of this film|small = no|date=February 2020}}
▲Sylbert was nominated for the 1978 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on the film ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977).<ref name="Oscars1978"/>
==Awards and recognition==
In addition to the 1975 and 1978 Academy Award nominations for best costume design,<ref name="Oscars1975"/><ref name="Oscars1978"/> Sylbert won an Emmy for her production of ''[[Truman (1995 film)|Truman]]'' (1995).<ref name = Rubin2018/> In 1999, Sylbert and [[Richard Romanus]] were nominated for Best Original Screenplay by the [[Writers Guild of America]] for the Christmas film ''[[If You Believe (movie)|If You Believe]]''.<ref name="
▲==Personal life==
==References==
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<ref name="Wasson2020">{{cite book |author=Sam Wasson |year=2020 |title=The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood |location=New York, NY |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=9781250301833 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkuSDwAAQBAJ&dq=9781250301833.&pg=PT265 |access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>
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