Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Larlarb's parents are both Thai, and came to the US as Fulbright scholars. Her father went on to become a heart surgeon.[4] Larlarb was born in North Carolina[5] and raised in Ventura County, California. She was interested in drawing from an early age, and attended Stanford University where she studied studio art, before winning a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and entering Yale University's School of Drama MFA program, where she studied under Ming Cho Lee.[2][5]She joined the faculty of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in October 2013.[3]
Larlarb moved to London after graduating, and worked as Assistant Designer, responsible for sets and costumes, to theatrical designer Richard Hudson.[2] The first major film on which she worked was Danny Boyle's The Beach; Larlarb has worked many times with Boyle since, both in film productions (Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours and Trance), theatrical productions (Frankenstein), and for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London.
Larlarb was Designer of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, together with Mark Tildesley. She also designed the costumes and the 'dove bikes'.[6] She spoke of the creative brainstorming process in developing the ceremony between Boyle, Tildesley and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce: "It was so open. It could be anything. We were bouncing around every idea that came into your head about what was essentially British. Not being British, I could represent what the world thought Britain meant. Our mantra was that everything should feel human-scale: individual and idiosyncratic, less about slickness and perfection."[7] For her work on the ceremony, Larlarb was listed as one of "London's 1000 most influential people 2012" by the London Evening Standard, which commented that "the extraordinary dove bikes [were] her proudest achievement."[8]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Shelf Life (short film) | Art Director | |
| 1998 | Back to Even | Art Director | (as Anne Larlarb) |
| 2000 | The Beach | Art Department Assistant | (as Suttirat 'Anne' Larlarb) |
| 2001 | Enigma | Assistant Art Director | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Art Director (re-shoots) | |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Art Director (New York) | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2002 | Gunplay (short film) | Production Designer | |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Assistant Art Director (New York) | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2003 | Ash Tuesday | Production Designer | |
| 2003 | A Foreign Affair (released on DVD as Two Brothers and a Bride) | Production Designer (Mexico) | |
| 2004 | Alfie | Art Director (New York) | |
| 2004 | Garfield: The Movie | Art Director | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Art Director (New Orleans) | |
| 2006 | The Namesake | Art Director | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2007 | The Savages | Art Director | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Costume Designer | |
| 2008 | My Sassy Girl | Art Director | |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Costume Designer | Won the "Excellence in Contemporary Film Costume Design Award" at the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2008.[11] |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Production Designer Costume Designer | (as Suttirat Larlarb). Nominated for the "Best Production Design (Contemporary Film)" award in the Art Directors Guild Awards 2010. |
| 2010 | The American | Costume Designer | |
| 2010 | The Extra Man | Costume Designer | |
| 2010 | Peacock | Costume Designer | |
| 2011 | Beastly | Costume Designer | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite | Costume Designer | Nominated for the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special" award in the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards |
| 2013 | Trance | Costume Designer | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs, The Walk | Costume Designer |
