Michelle Thompson Dies: Costume Designer On ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’, ‘Jungleland’ & More Was 40
She was not on the list.
Michelle Thompson, a costume designer and stylist with dozens of credits including Cha Cha Real Smooth, Jungleland and TV’s Threads, died Monday of breast cancer at her Seattle home. She was 40.
Her family revealed the news on Thompson’s Instagram page, saying in part: “She was a mother, a friend, an artist, and a fighter. … Safe travels Michelle, come visit us often if you can.” See the full post below.
Thompson’s costume designer film credits also include The President’s Sun and The Diabolical along with numerous short films featuring the likes of Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani and Kevin Bacon. She also worked on such TV series as Cruel Summer and Tales of Titans and on music videos for the British alt-rock band Placebo.
A Costume Designers Guild member who also went by Michelle Lee Thompson, she was a stylist and/or costumer music videos for Childish Gambino‘s “Sober” and Pierce the Veil’s “Bulls in the Bronx,” Christopher Guest’s Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin, the 2013 feature Abducted, and others.
Thompson also worked with brand clients including Apple, Hennessey, The Venetian and Indeed.
Thompson posted in August about her cancer diagnosis. “In 2022, while 18 weeks pregnant with my son Sasha, I was diagnosed with early stage 2B HR+ breast cancer. Which I caught on my own. [Husband] Cosimo and I made the decision to keep the baby and weather the treatments with him in my tummy,” she wrote. “I finished active treatment on Cosimo’s Birthday and we celebrated as best we could. I kept very private as something that challenging kept me really close to my family and with just enough energy to raise a newborn. … But unfortunately for me, we found out last month my breast cancer came back and it came back more aggressive and TPN. I am entering into an even scarier battle again.”
Max Winkler, who worked with Thompson on his films Jungleland and Flower, paid tribute to her in a statement to Deadline.
“Michelle’s work seemed so effortless and yet I’m unable to think of anyone who worked harder. No one stayed later, went to more thrift stores, garage sales, crossed state lines to go to more swap meets looking for the perfect piece of clothing that would help an actor totally unlock their character. I watched it countless times. A jacket, a pair of sunglasses, a perfect tank top, a worn in pair of Asics. Michelle’s taste was unmatched. She was just inherently cool.
“Although at first quiet and always private, her sense of humor was both sophisticated and goofy. She simply observed everything even without saying it out loud and then would put that into her storytelling.
“Michelle was a pure artist and a deeply good human being with a tremendous heart. None of this is fair. Today, I’m struggling to find meaning in any of it. I do know she was very proud of her work and I’m certain it will stand the test of time, however there was nothing more important to her and her legacy than her husband Cosimo and their beautiful son Sasha who Michelle’s incredible spirit and light will continue to live on through.”
Thompson is survived by her husband, Cosimo Galluzzi, and their young son Sasha.
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Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Cha Cha Real Smooth
7.3
Costume Designer
2022
Lexi Underwood and Sadie Stanley in Cruel Summer (2021)
Cruel Summer
7.4
TV Series
Costume Designer
2021
1 episode
Pluto TV x David Hasselhoff Infomercial (2020)
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Video
Costume Designer
2020
Charlie Hunnam and Jack O'Connell in Jungleland (2019)
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6.2
Costume Designer
2019
Elemental: Hydrogen Vs. Hindenburg (2018)
Elemental: Hydrogen Vs. Hindenburg
6.3
TV Series
Costume Designer
2018
1 episode
Kevin Bacon in Duck: A Film by Kevin Bacon (2018)
Duck: A Film by Kevin Bacon
7.5
Short
Costume Designer
2018
Threads (2017)
Threads
7.2
TV Series
Costume Designer
2017
11 episodes
Dillon Francis: Say Less (2017)
Dillon Francis: Say Less
Video
Costume Designer
2017
The President's Sun (2017)
The President's Sun
5.6
Short
Costume Designer
2017
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6.0
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2017
Tales of Titans (2017)
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7.6
TV Series
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2017
8 episodes
Captain America: Civil War Reenactors (2016)
Captain America: Civil War Reenactors
6.3
Short
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2016
Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston? (2015)
Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?
8.0
Short
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2015
Kygo Feat. Parson James: Stole the Show (2015)
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7.5
Music Video
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2015
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The Diabolical
4.7
Costume Designer
2015
Placebo: Loud Like Love (2014)
Placebo: Loud Like Love
7.3
Music Video
Costume Designer
2014
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$50K and a Call Girl: A Love Story
6.4
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2014
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Costume Designer
2013
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TV Series
Costume Designer
2012–2013
3 episodes
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TV Series
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2013
1 episode
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(2013)
Seth Rogen = Worst Person in the World
6.1
Video
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2013
Play Date with Kumail Nanjiani Part 3
Short
Costume Designer
2013
Play Date with Kumail Nanjiani Part 1
Short
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2013
Play Date with Kumail Nanjiani Part 2
Short
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2013
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2013
Placebo: Too Many Friends (2012)
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2012
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7.2
Short
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2012
Costume Department
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin (2018)
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin
6.9
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2018
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5.5
Short
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2017
The History of Exercise
6.2
Short
wardrobe
2016
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4.3
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2016
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3.2
Short
stylist
2015
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8.1
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stylist
2015
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Music Video
stylist
2015
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4.1
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2014
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Beetlejuice 2
3.7
Short
wardrobe
2014
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7.8
Music Video
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2014
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Short
wardrobe
2014
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3.5
Short
wardrobe
2014
America's Next Sick F*Ck
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wardrobe
2014
Abducted (2013)
Abducted
4.5
costume supervisor
2013
Crown (2012)
Crown
6.1
Short
assistant costume designer
costume assistant
2012
letlive. - Muther (2012)
letlive. - Muther
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wardrobe supervisor
2012
Actress
Double Eagle Ranch (2018)
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5.2
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2018
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2014
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