Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Aggie Guerard Rodgers (born December 26, 1943)^[3] is an American costume designer.^[4] She is best known for creating the costumes for Richard Marquand's epic space opera film Return of the Jedi (1983) and for Tim Burton's fantasy horror comedy film Beetlejuice (1988).^[5]

Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Born	(1943-12-26) December 26, 1943 (age 81) Fresno, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Costume designer
Children	2, including James Laxton[2]

At the 58th Academy Awards, she was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Costume Design for the film The Color Purple (1985).^[6]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1973	American Graffiti	George Lucas
1974	The Conversation	Francis Ford Coppola
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Miloš Forman
1976	Alex & the Gypsy	John Korty
1977	Three Warriors	Kieth Merrill
1978	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Philip Kaufman
1979	More American Graffiti	Bill L. Norton
1983	Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand	with Nilo Rodis-Jamero
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	W. D. Richter
1985	Cocoon	Ron Howard
	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Tim Burton
	Warning Sign	Hal Barwood
	The Color Purple	Steven Spielberg
1987	The Witches of Eastwick	George Miller
	Fatal Beauty	Tom Holland
	Leonard Part 6	Paul Weiland
	Batteries Not Included	Matthew Robbins
1988	Beetlejuice	Tim Burton
	My Stepmother Is an Alien	Richard Benjamin
1989	In Country	Norman Jewison
1990	I Love You to Death	Lawrence Kasdan
1991	Late for Dinner	W. D. Richter
	Grand Canyon	Lawrence Kasdan
1992	Forever Young	Steve Miner
1993	Benny & Joon	Jeremiah S. Chechik
	The Fugitive	Andrew Davis
1995	Wings of Courage	Jean-Jacques Annaud
	Something to Talk About	Lasse Hallström
	Mr. Holland's Opus	Stephen Herek
1996	Jack	Francis Ford Coppola
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Pat O'Connor
	The Rainmaker	Francis Ford Coppola
1998	Holy Man	Stephen Herek
1999	The Hurricane	Norman Jewison
2001	Evolution	Ivan Reitman
	Rock Star	Stephen Herek
2002	Life or Something Like It
2003	Holes	Andrew Davis
2004	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Niels Mueller
	Raise Your Voice	Sean McNamara
2005	Rent	Chris Columbus
2006	Believe in Me	Robert Collector
2008	Pig Hunt	James Isaac
2009	La Mission	Peter Bratt
2010	Leonie	Hisako Matsui
2011	The Double	Michael Brandt
2012	Tales of Everyday Magic	Michael A. Goorjian
2013	Fruitvale Station	Ryan Coogler
2015	Quitters	Noah Pritzker
	The Boat Builder	Arnold Grossman
2016	Pushing Dead	Tom E. Brown
2017	American Paradise	Joe Talbot	Short film
	Phoenix Forgotten	Justin Barber
2020	Bad Therapy	William Teitler
	Love Is Love Is Love	Eleanor Coppola	Segments: "Sailing Lesson" and "Late Lunch"
2023	Avenue of the Giants	Finn Taylor

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	1985	Best Costume Design	The Color Purple	Nominated	[6]
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2005	Excellence in Period Film	Rent	Nominated	[7]
	2014	Career Achievement Award	—	Honored	[8]
Saturn Awards	1983	Best Costume Design	Return of the Jedi	Won	[9]