Apple Studios has been sued by a Native American costume designer on Killers of the Flower Moon for excluding her from awards consideration, allegedly in retaliation for elevating complaints of discrimination.
Kristi Marie Hoffman, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court docket, alleges she accomplished “many of the analysis and costume design for the movie” however that her contributions had been “utterly ignored.”
Apple Studios didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Killers of the Flower Moon was nominated for 10 Oscars, seven Golden Globe Awards and three SAG Awards whereas additionally being nominated by the Costume Designers Guild, which is known as within the criticism, for excellence in a interval movie.
Based on the criticism, Hoffman was discriminated in opposition to when her work on the manufacturing was discredited through the movie’s promotion.
When the Costume Designers Guild Award nominations had been first introduced, Hoffman was initially listed alongside lead costume designer Jacqueline West and recognized as the primary assistant costume designer, the lawsuit says. She takes problem with the notation being eliminated at West’s request and being utilized to all assistant costume designers, together with these in secondary roles.
After Hoffman challenged the choice, the guild discovered that West’s elimination was “improper.” She provides that the film was “nominated for an Oscar for its costume design, which Defendants additional excluded Hoffman.”
When she flagged the alleged misconduct to West, her guild and Apple, they ignored the complaints, the lawsuit alleges. She subsequently filed a criticism with the Equal Employment Alternative Fee for discrimination, which resulted in a settlement in 2022.
The costume design work was represented because the product of West and marketing consultant Julie O’Keefe, in line with the criticism.
Hoffman says she designed the jacket worn by lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, which she says has “garnered a lot reward for its authenticity and originality.”
The criticism, which names West and the Costume Designers Guild, brings claims for breach of contract, false promoting, retaliation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional misery. Hoffman seeks damages and an injunction order blocking these named within the lawsuit from making statements downplaying her contributions to the film.