Shauna Leone has enjoyed a busy career designing costumes for a wide array of theatrical productions, including plays, musicals, dance performances, resort entertainment, commercials, album covers, feature length theatrically released films, and TV movies.  Her work in film and television ranges from psychological dramas and dark thrillers like The Super starring Val Kilmer and Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcism, to comedies like Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant’s Hell Baby and MTV’s Worst.Prom.Ever.  

 

Shauna’s costume design for theatre has been recognized by the Los Angeles Stage Alliance with an Ovation Award nomination for the original musical The Possession Of Mrs. Jones.  As a member of the nationally acclaimed New Orleans theatre company, The NOLA Project, she has designed and constructed couture inspired ensembles for the regional premiere of David Adjmi’s Marie Antoinette for which she received a 2016 Big Easy Award, as well as styled and built costumes with a contemporary but timeless perspective for numerous Shakespeare plays.

 

Shauna has worked with various budgets and crews in environments as diverse as New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York City, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Hong Kong.  Some of her favorite productions have been designing the Lifetime film Showing Roots, set in a small Southern town in 1977, directed by Broadway’s Michael Wilson, starring Cicely Tyson and Uzo Aduba, and most recently assistant designing the AMC miniseries set in 1930, Invitation To A Bonfire.  She has also been involved with The Atlantic Theater Company’s educational outreach program, Staging Success in New York City.

 

 

 

 

 

Film/TV Costume Design

 

GOSSAMER FOLDS dir. Lisa Donato starring Alexandra Grey, Yeardley Smith, Mill House Motion Pictures + Paperclip Ltd

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THE SUPER dir. Stephan Rick starring Val Kilmer, Patrick Flueger, Fortress Features

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SHOWING ROOTS dir. Michael Wilson starring Maggie Grace, Uzo Aduba, Cicely, Tyson, Elizabeth McGovern, Adam Brody, Michael Mailer Films     

ZIPPER dir. Mora Stephens starring Patrick Wilson, Lena Heady, John Cho, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Winstone, Cargo Entertainment                                                                                             

HOME SWEET HELL dir. Anthony Burns starring Katherine Heigl, Patrick Wilson, Jim Belushi, Darko Entertainment                                                                                               

DEMONIC dir. Will Canon starring Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, First Point Entertainment                                                                                                  

 

LADIES MAN: A MADE MOVIE dir. Ryan Shiraki starring Dave Davis, Molly Burnet, Ryan Guzman, MTV                                                                     

 

HELL BABY dir. Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant starring Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant,Rob Corddy, Keegan Michael Key, Leslie Bibb, Darko Entertainment                                                                                              

 

WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED: ON THE SEVENTH DAY dir. Neema Barnette starring Blair Underwood, Pam Grier Code Black Entertainment                                 

WORST.PROM.EVER dir. Dan Eckman starring Daryl Sabara, Haley Ramm, Chloe Bridges, MTV                                                                                  

 

MIRRORS 2 dir. Victor Garcia starring Nick Stahl, Fox                                                                                             

 

TICKING CLOCK dir. Ernie Barbarash starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Neal McDonough, Sony Lionsgate                                                                                       

MOTHMAN dir. Sheldon Wilson starring Jewel Staite, SyFy Channel                                                                                                

 

THE LAST EXORCISM dir. Daniel Stamm starring Ashley Bell, Strike Entertainment                                                                  

 

DROOL dir. Nancy Kissam starring Laura Herring, Jill Jones, Upload Films                                                                                                     

 

DRONES dir. Adam Busch, Amber Benson starring Samm Levine, Jonathan Woodward, Phase4Films                                                                                                                                  

ABDUCTION OF JESSE BOOKMAN dir. Ezra Gould starring Mel Jackson, Films In Motion     

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Film/TV Assistant Costume Designer

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INVITATION TO A BONFIRE  designer Rebecca Hoffher, AMC

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THE BEST MAN: FINAL CHAPTERS  designer Danielle Hollowell, NBC/Universal

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BLANK SLATE  designer Karen Malecki, NBC/Universal

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THE PARTNER TRACK  designers Rebecca Hofherr, Jolie Andreatta, Netflix

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LOVE LIFE S2, EP.1  designer Jackie Demeterio, HBOMax

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JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY designer Eduardo Castro, Lifetime

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THE TEXAS KILLING FIELDS designer Christopher Lawrence

 

Film/TV Costume Department                 

 

PLAYERS, YOUNGER S6&7, LOVE LIFE S1, INTO THE BADLANDS, TRUE DETECTIVE, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, TREME, LEFT BEHIND, NOW YOU SEE ME, GREEN LANTERN, FINAL DESTINATION 4

               

 

Theatre Costume Design

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THE HENCHMAN: The NOLA Project

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MEN ON BOATS: The NOLA Project

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PICTURES OF MARILYN: The Stagedoor Canteen at The National WWII Museum

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GOOD KIDS MAAD REALITY: The Atlantic Theater Company's Staging Success

 

MARIE ANTOINETTE: The NOLA Project

 

WEPA!; The Atlantic Theater Company's Staging Success at Park Slope Collegiate High School

 

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; The NOLA Project with The Tennessee Williams Literary Festival 

 

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; The NOLA Project at the New Orleans Museum Of Art 

 

AS YOU LIKE IT; The NOLA Project at the New Orleans Museum Of Art 

 

ROMEO AND JULIET; The NOLA Project at the New Orleans Museum Of Art 

 

SUESSICAL JR.; Jefferson Performing Arts Society

 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM; The NOLA Project at the New Orleans Museum Of Art 

 

ALMOST AN EVENING; The NOLA Project 

 

THE FOUR OF US;  Southern Rep at Le Chat Noir 

 

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND; Jefferson Performing Arts  Society

 

THE SICILIAN BACHELOR; Jefferson Performing Arts Society

 

MR. MARMALADE; The Nola Project 

 

SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ; Jefferson Performing Arts Society

 

BACK TO THE 80’S; Two Left Feet Productions

 

THE GIRL IN THE FRAME; Jefferson Performing Arts Society 

 

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL; Jefferson Performing Arts  Society 

 

LIL' ABNER: Jefferson Performing Arts Society

 

THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES; Jefferson Performing Arts  Society

 

THE BOYS NEXT DOOR; Jefferson Performing Arts  Society 

 

BUDDY! THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY; Jefferson Performing Arts Society

 

WAIT UNTIL DARK; Athena Theatre Company at The Lounge Theater 

 

THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES; Zephyr Theater as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival

 

THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST; Andrew Benne Theater

 

 

 

 

Awards  

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Big Easy Award Winner 2019 The Henchman

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Big Easy Award Winner 2016 Marie Antoinette

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Big Easy Award Nomination 2013  Much Ado About Nothing

 

Storer Boone Award Nomination 2009  Mr. Marmalade

 

Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Nomination 2005 Costume Design, Intimate Theater The Possession Of Mrs. Jones