Jonathan Anderson
Costume & Make-Up
Biography
Jonathan Anderson is an Irish fashion designer and the founder of JW Anderson. Anderson is known for his eponymous label and having served as the creative director of Spanish luxury house Loewe. Anderson was born in the town of Magherafelt in Northern Ireland in 1984. He is the son of Willie Anderson, who played international rugby for Ireland between 1984 and 1990. His mother Heather Buckley worked as a secondary school teacher.
Known For
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
Challengers
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
Queer
Described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence, around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.
Artificial
Documentary on how Luca Guadagnino's 2024 film Queer was made, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Diverso: The Making of Queer
“Who is the Painter?” is a short film featuring featuring Christiane Kubrick and Jonathan Anderson directed by Christiane's grandson, Jack Elliot Hobbs. The short film was premiered at “II Cinemino” in collaboration with MUBI after the bran's Men’s AW24 & Women’s Pre-Fall 24 show in Milan. Christiane Kubrick, born in Germany in 1932 into a theatrical family, initially pursued a career as a dancer and actress. Her journey led her to the film "Paths of Glory," where she met her future husband, Stanley Kubrick. In the late sixties, the Kubrick family moved to England, and Christiane transitioned to her true passion, painting.
WHO IS THE PAINTER?
The House of Dior opens its ateliers to us for Jonathan Anderson's first Dior Haute Couture collection! Jonathan Anderson takes you behind the scenes, onto to the runway and into the ateliers to explain his vision, silhouette by silhouette, embroidery by embroidery! Are you ready for his first wedding dress?