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Jacqueline Saint anne

Adjunct Professor

Affiliated Divisions:

Division of Film & Television Production

Born in Panama and educated in Europe and the United States, Emmy Award winning Costume Designer and President Emeritus of the Costume Designers Guild, Jacqueline SaintAnne continues her work with the Costume Designers Guild as a Trustee and a Delegate.  

Jacqueline earned her Master's Degree from The Ring Theatre at the University of Miami and has designed costumes for films, IMAX films, long and short form television, videos, and mobisodes.  On stage she has designed ballet, 65 plus plays and sustained a 13 year career as an opera designer.

SaintAnne was recently the Creative Director for Film and Television Costume Design at FIDM where her program has been named twice by the Hollywood Reporter to the Top Ten Schools to Study Costume Design in the US.  She created the 20th Anniversary Film and TV Costume Design Retrospective Thesis Short Film Festival June 18,2022 and awarded “Best Film” and “Best Costume Design”

She is joining USC in Spring ‘25 to bring awareness to the Cinema community of the power of Costumes in Storytelling.

Jacqueline says: “Tell me a Story”.