Timeless Clothing: Michael Wilkinson talks about Noah
April 16, 2014 by admin
“There was an opening in my schedule,” recalls Michael Wilkinson who had completed the costume designs for
Man of Steel (2013) when an opportunity arose to work on
Noah (2014) helmed by Darren Aronofsky (
Black Swan). “My agents introduced me to Darren who was looking for someone to help design this epic movie. I had a series of Skype interviews, was awarded the job and headed over to New York to work with him.” The native of Australia remarks, “I always like to have images in front of me when I’m meeting a director. Other costume designers do things differently. For me, it’s all about beginning to see if there’s a dialogue that flows between the two parties. Even if I show images that are wildly different from what the director was thinking at least it gives them the opportunity to say, ‘That’s the opposite and this is way.’ Suddenly because of that design idea there are concrete things in front of you. I like to get things started right off the bat.”