LISY CHRISTL - Costume Designer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 133 - Lisy Christl - Costume Designer

In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with costume designer Lisy Christl (CONCLAVE, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, FUNNY GAMES). Originally from Bavaria, Lisy did just about everything she could do to avoid the film industry, and she shares several moments from her career when other filmmakers would not take her “no” as an answer. Lisy later reflects on her 10-year-long collaboration with director Michael Haneke, and she reveals the inspiration for the all-white outfits of the two men in FUNNY GAMES. We also discuss Lisy’s work on CONCLAVE, and she reveals what inspired her to adjust the typical garb worn by the cardinals. During our discussion of her work in TIME OF THE WOLF, Lisy shares the costuming decision she made to bring the audience to the present in a scene that recalled a scenario out of the Middle Ages, and she reveals the lengths she and her team went to design silent puffy jackets out of consideration for the sound department. We also discuss Lisy’s work in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, and she describes how and why she empowered herself to make choices that may not have been exactly period appropriate.

This episode is sponsored by Aputure

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Season 2 of the Team Deacons podcast,
0:07.0	a collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by Aperture, listen in and see where it goes.
0:28.7	This episode is sponsored by Aperture, a premier manufacturer of LED lighting with the industry's greatest variety of fixtures for your complete lighting needs.
0:33.8	Aperture recently announced the new storm family of lights.
0:43.3	With LED white light quality that matches natural daylight and classic tungsten bulbs, plus extreme low-end dimming while maintaining color quality.
0:47.3	Discover more about the new storm lights and the complete Aperture lighting ecosystem at Aperture.com.
0:58.7	Today we're speaking with a costume designer.
1:02.1	Her credits include Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Independence Day resurgence.
1:09.5	We're pleased to welcome Lizzie Crystal.
1:12.6	Lizzie, thank you for doing this.
1:14.0	Yeah, welcome.
1:15.1	I'm very, very honored to be with you.
1:18.6	We'd love to start with our first question,
1:21.8	which is always, how did you get to where you are today?
1:25.9	Were you always interested in what people were wearing or was this
1:31.9	something that you found differently? Where did you grow up? What's your story? My story starts there.
1:40.0	I come from a really non-artistic background, but I assume that my mother wanted to go this path.
1:52.0	And there are also signs that my grandmother wanted to go this path.
1:58.0	But, you know, due the times and the situation of women, it was not possible for them.
2:06.8	And then I came along, and when I was pretty small, I had this interest of, you know, reading and this people came alive.
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