UNC School of the Arts alumnus Paul Tazewell wins Academy Award for the best costume design for ‘Wicked’
Updated: 3:33 PM EST Mar 3, 2025
ARE IN THE BOOKS, AND ONE OF LAST NIGHT’S WINNERS HAS TIES TO THE TRIAD. UNCSA ALUM PAUL TAZEWELL TOOK HOME THE OSCAR FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN FOR HIS WORK IN THE FILM ADAPTATION OF WICKED, AND HE IS MAKING HISTORY IN THE PROCESS. HE IS NOW THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO EVER WIN THAT AWARD. I’M SO PROUD OF THIS. THANK YOU MOM, AND EVER SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE IN THE UK FOR ALL OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORK. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU. MY AUSSIE AND MUSES CYNTHIA AND ARIANA, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. ALL THE OTHER CAST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME WITH BRINGING YOUR CHARACTERS TO LIFE. THIS IS EVERYTHING. WICKED TOOK HOME ANOTHER OSCAR AS WELL. IN TOTAL, THE FILM AND ITS CAST AND CR
UNC School of the Arts alumnus Paul Tazewell wins Academy Award for the best costume design for ‘Wicked’
Updated: 3:33 PM EST Mar 3, 2025
Paul Tazewell, an alumnus of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts, won the Academy Award for best costume design for “Wicked.”Tazewell, who graduated from UNCSA in 1986, is the first Black man to receive the award for costume design and the first UNCSA alum to win an Oscar. The 97th Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 2 in Los Angeles.TOP STORIESWildfire burning in Wilkesboro along U.S. Highway 421 in North Carolina44-year-old North Carolina woman found dead after house fire in Wilkes CountySevere storm risk for Piedmont Triad Wednesday, damaging winds & tornadoesGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking here”Wicked” was nominated in 10 categories and won in two of those categories.Tazewell was also the first African American man to be nominated for an Academy Award for best costume design for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” in 2021. Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsHe has also been nominated for seven Tony Awards and won an Emmy for NBC’s “The Wiz Live!”Subscribe to WXII’s YouTube channel hereNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |
Paul Tazewell, an alumnus of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts, won the Academy Award for best costume design for “Wicked.”
Tazewell, who graduated from UNCSA in 1986, is the first Black man to receive the award for costume design and the first UNCSA alum to win an Oscar. The 97th Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 2 in Los Angeles.
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“Wicked” was nominated in 10 categories and won in two of those categories.
Tazewell was also the first African American man to be nominated for an Academy Award for best costume design for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” in 2021.
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He has also been nominated for seven Tony Awards and won an Emmy for NBC’s “The Wiz Live!”
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