Stephanie Kong

Stephanie (she/her) is a Chinese Canadian Vancouver-based Costume Designer. She is a University of British Columbia graduate with a BFA in Theatre Design & Production. Before beginning her BFA studies at UBC, Stephanie earned a Diploma in Stagecraft & Event Technology at Douglas College. It’s been 12 years of working in the Theatre and Television industries on the west coast and this time has been filled with adventure, creativity, inspiring stories, and beautiful people. .

IN TELEVISION

Stephanie is known for her talents as a Costume Builder and has created costumes for SYFY’s The Magicians for Seasons 2-5 where she was nominated for a CAFTCAD* award for her work as a Cutter on The Magicians Season 4 in the “Excellence in Building” category. She worked as the Head Cutter on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Seasons 6-7 leading a team to build a mixture of contemporary, period, and fantasy costumes.

These days, she’s has taken her leadership and project management experience out of the workroom and into the costume department at large as an Assistant Costume Designer, bridging the gap between the creative and execution logistics. Aiding in both dreaming the dreams and making it happen.

IN THEATRE

Stephanie is primarily focussed in Costume Design. She has designed for many theatre companies in British Columbia such as the Arts Club Theatre, Western Canada Theatre, Pacific Theatre, Belfry Theatre, Urban Ink, Theatre Under the Stars, and Carousel Theatre for Young People. In her design process, the focus is always how to best tell the story and how to have a fun time doing it. Costumes fill a production with colour, envelopes each character in their own personal story, and hints to where those characters journeys might lead. She hopes her designs are a source of inspiration for each actors performance, and provides groundwork for the audience to absorb the subconscious reality of how personal an outfit can be.

AFFILIATIONS

Stephanie is a member of IATSE 891 (Costume Dept), IATSE 118 (Costume Dept), and the CAFTCAD* West Committee (Volunteer)

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Costume Designer, House of Folk: A Lost Canadian Folk Show. Firehall Arts Centre. February 14th - March 8th

• Costume Designer, Kimberly Akimbo. Arts Club Theatre. April 2nd - May 3rd

• Costume Designer, On Native Land. Raven Theatre in collaboration with Urban Ink. April 8th - 16th.

• Forever spoiling my dog Pesto [insta: @pestodoodle]

RECENTLY WRAPPED

• Assistant Costume Designer, Voicemails For Isabelle. Netflix.

• Assistant Costume Designer, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Mubi and Plan B.

ONGOING PRESENTATION

• Featured Designer, Dream Factory Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000. Chinese Canadian Museum.

NOW STREAMING

• Assistant Costume Designer, Smoke. Apple TV.

Resume [pdf]

 * the Canadian Alliance for Film and Television Costume Arts and Design