Christopher Lawrence CDG

Costume Designer Christopher Lawrence drew inspiration for his design career while putting together looks his dance partner and himself on the beloved television show American Bandstand. He then started working at the trendy boutique Camp Beverly Hills where he began cultivating a clientele of actors, directors and, most importantly, Costume Designers. Christopher caught his first break in the wardrobe department on two iconic television series, Moonlighting and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. He then decided that designing feature films was his true passion, and he quickly developed relationships with some of the world’s most celebrated designers such as Ellen Mirojnick and Albert Wolsky. Before he knew it, Christopher created his path into features, working on such films as City Slickers, Beaches and Bugsy, the latter of which garnered the Academy Award® for Best Costume Design. Christopher came up through the ranks in the wardrobe department and quickly became one of the industry’s top costume supervisors. In 1999, Michael Mann recognized Christopher’s talent and promoted him to associate Costume Designer on The Insider (Al Pacino, Russell Crowe), and Christopher has been designing films ever since. Some of the credits that followed were The Anniversary Party (Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Kline), Showtime (Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy) and S.W.A.T. (Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson). Christopher has become a favorite of actor Jason Statham, having designed The Mechanic, Cellular,