Academy award nominated costume designer Catherine Leterrier has a distinguished body of work that includes works with directors such as
Michael Haneke,
Ridley Scott,
Robert Altman,
Andrzej Zulawski,
Alain Resnais,
Luc Besson,
Jonathan Demme,
Jean-Paul Rappeneau and even with her husband
François Leterrier, with whom she worked in films such as
Emmanuelle 3 (1977),
Je vais craquer!!! (1980) and
Tranches de vie (1985). With François, they have one son: film director
Louis Letterier.
Among her credits are diverse films in different genres, from French productions and American as well. Films like
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975),
Providence (1977),
My American Uncle (1980),
Claude Lelouch's
Bolero (1981),
Gorillas in the Mist (1988),
Meeting Venus (1991),
Max & Jeremie (1992),
Desire (1992),
The Visitors (1993) and it's 1998 sequel,
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999),
The Truth About Charlie (2002),
A Good Year (2006) and
Amour (2012).
In 2010 she had all the spotlights on her, with her costumes for the fashion icon Coco Chanel's biopic
Coco Before Chanel (2009), which earned several award nominations, including Oscar and Bafta nods, and winning her third César.