Costume Designer—Best Known For:
Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Costume Designer
Aggie Guerard Rodgers graduated with a master's degree in theatre costume design from Cal State Long Beach in 1970. Immediately following, she moved to San Francisco where she was the last and most fortunate costume designer to interview for American Graffiti. Although she had no experience in film costume design, she hit the jackpot as production manager James Hogan realized she understood the script: Hogan asked, "Do you know anything about dragging the main?" And she replied matter-of-factly, "My sister has a '54 Ford with no door handles." Hogan excused himself, returned with George Lucas and all came to realize that the director and Aggie graduated high school the same year 20 miles apart in California's Central Valley. From the very beginning, Aggie's personal connection to the material she takes on was ingrained in her work.
Firmly settled in the Bay Area, she has since found herself a member of the area's tight clique of filmmakers working time and again with George Lucas (American Graffiti, The Return of the Jedi), Francis Ford Coppola (The Conversation, The Rainmaker, Jack), Chris Columbus (Rent), Philip Kaufman (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and John Korty (A Farewell To Manzanar). She has remained in the Bay Area her whole career, traveling to Los Angeles and to locations around the globe whenever work strikes. Such ventures outside the Bay Area have seen her paired with Milos Foreman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest), Ron Howard (Cocoon), Tim Burton (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice), Norman Jewison (In Country, The Hurricane) and an Academy Award Nominated collaboration with Steven Spielberg (The Color Purple).
Born in Fresno, California, 1943 to F.A. Reid Guerard and John Guerard. Met Peter Laxton in 1979 and married in June 1980. They have two children: James Laxton, a Local 600 cinematographer, and Thomas Laxton, who is in Equador in the Peace Corps.
Contact
Costume Designers' Guild
818-752-2400
More Info
Aggie Rodgers at IMDB
Press
Double Feature Review: Beetle Juice— Part OneDouble Feature Review: Beetle Juice— Part Two
The Conversation: Gene Hackman's Raincoat
Tales of Everyday Magic (2012)
| Director | Michael A. Goorjian |
| Starring | Patrick Fabian |
| Cinematography | Robert Humphreys |
| Production Design |
The Double (2011)
| Director | Michael Brandt |
| Starring | Richard Gere Topher Grace Stephen Moyer Martin Sheen |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
| Production Design | Giles Masters |
Leonie (2010)
| Director | Hisako Matsui |
| Starring | Emily Mortimer Shidô Nakamura Christina Hendricks |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Nagata |
| Production Design | Giles Masters Osamu Yamaguchi |
La Mission (2009)
| Director | Peter Bratt |
| Starring | Benjamin Bratt Jeremy Ray Valdez |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
| Production Design | Keith Neely |
Pig Hunt (2008)
| Director | James Isaac |
| Starring | Travis Aaron Wade Tina Huang |
| Cinematography | Adam Kane |
| Production Design | Geoffrey Kirkland |
Believe in Me (2006)
| Director | Robert Collector, ChubbCo Film Co. and Visionbox Pictures |
| Starring | Jeffery Donovan Samantha Mathis |
| Cinematography | James Carter |
| Production Design | Mark Worthington |
Rent (2005)
| Director | Chris Columbus, Revolutions Studios | |||
| Starring |
|
|||
| Cinematography | Steven Goldblatt | |||
| Production Design | Howard Cummings | |||
| Personally nominated for Best Costumes-Period, Costume Designers Guild | ||||
Raise Your Voice (2004)
| Director | Sean McNamara Film Engine |
| Starring | Hilary Duff Oliver James Rita Wilson |
| Cinematography | John Leonetti |
| Production Design | Joseph Garrity |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
| Director | Neils Muller |
| Starring | Sean Penn Naomi Watts Don Cheadle |
| Cinematography | Emmauel Lubezki |
| Production Design | Lester Cohen |
Holes (2003)
| Director | Andrew Davis |
| Starring | Signourney Weaver Jon Voight Tim Blake Nelson Shia LaBeouf Patricia Arquette Dule Hill |
| Cinematography | Steven StJohn |
| Production Design | Maher Ahmad |
Life or Something Like It (2002)
| Director | Stephen Herek |
| Starring | Angelina Jolie Edward Burns Tony Shalhoub Stockard Channing |
| Cinematography | Steven Burum |
| Production Design | Bill Groom |
Rock Star (2001)
| Director | Stephen Herek |
| Starring | Mark Walberg Jennifer Aniston Timothy Spall Timothy Olyphant Dominic West Jason Bonham |
| Cinematography | Ulie Steiger |
| Production Design |
Evolution (2001)
| Director | Ivan Reitman |
| Starring | David Duchovny Julianne Moore Dan Aykroyd Orlando Jones Sean William Scott |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Production Design | J. Michael Riva The Picture Company |
The Hurricane (1999)
| Director | Norman Jewison |
| Starring | Denzel Washington Vicellous Shannon Deborah Unger Liev Schrieber John Hanna |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Production Design | Philip Rosenberg |
Holy Man (1998)
| Director | Stephen Herek |
| Starring | Eddie Murphy Jeff Goldblum Kelly Preston Eric McCormack |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle |
| Production Design | Andrew McAlpine |
The Rainmaker (1997)
| Director | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Starring | Matt Damon Danny DeVito Claire Danes Jon Voight Mickey Rourke Virginia Madsen |
| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Production Design | Howard Cummings |
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
| Director | Pat O'Connor |
| Starring | Liv Tyler Joaquin Phoenix Billy Crudup Jennifer Connelly Joanna Going Will Patton Kathy Baker |
| Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Production Design | Gary Frutkoff |
Jack (1996)
| Director | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Starring | Robin Williams Diane Lane Jennifer Lopez Bill Cosby |
| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Production Design | Dean Tavoularis |
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
| Director | Stephen Herek |
| Starring | Richard Dreyfus Olympia Dukakis William H. Macy |
| Cinematography | Oliver Woods |
| Production Design | David Nichols |
Something to Talk About (1995)
| Director | Lasse Hallstrom |
| Starring | Julia Roberts Dennis Quaid Robert Duval Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykuist |
| Production Design | Mel Bourne |
Wings Of Courage (1995)
| Director | Jean-Jacques Arnaud |
| Starring | Craig Scheffer Elizabeth McGovern Val Kilmer |
| Cinematography | Robert Fraisse |
| Production Design | Ian D. Thomas |
The Fugitive (1993)
| Director | |
| Starring | Harrison Ford Tommy Lee Jones |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Production Design | J. Dennis Washington |
Benny & Joon (1993)
| Director | Jerimiah Chechik |
| Starring | Johnny Depp Mary Stuart Masterson Aidan Quinn Julianne Moore William H. Macy Oliver Platt |
| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
| Production Design | Neil Spisak |
Forever Young (1992)
| Director | Steve Minor |
| Starring | Mel Gibson Jamie Lee Curtis Elijah Woods |
| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Production Design | Gregg Fonseca |
Grand Canyon (1991)
| Director | Lawrence Kasdan |
| Starring | Danny Glover Kevin Kline Steve Martin Mary McDonnell |
| Cinematography | |
| Production Design |
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
| Director | Hector Babenco |
| Starring | Tom berenger John Lithgow Daryl Hanna Aidan Quinn Kathy Bates |
| Cinematography | Lauro Escorel |
| Production Design | Clovis Bueno |
Late for Dinner (1991)
| Director | W.D. Richter |
| Starring | Peter Berg Brian Wimmer Marcia Gay Harden Peter Gallagher |
| Cinematography | Peter Sova |
| Production Design | Lilly Kilvert |
I Love You to Death (1990)
| Director | Lawrence Kasdan |
| Starring | Kevin Kline Tracey Ullman Joan Plowwright River Phoenix William Hurt Keanu Reeves |
| Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
| Production Design | Lilly Kilvert |
In Country (1989)
| Director | Norman Jewison |
| Starring | Bruce Willis Emily Lloyd Joan Allen |
| Cinematography | Russel Boyd |
| Production Design | Jackson deGovia |
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
| Director | Richard Benjamin |
| Starring | Dan Aykroyd Kim Basinger Jon Lovitz Alyson Hannigan |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Production Design | Charles Rosen |
Beetle Juice (1988)
| Director | Tim Burton |
| Starring | Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Michael Keaton Catherine O'Hara Jeffery Jones Winona Ryder |
| Cinematography | Thomas Ackerman |
| Production Design | Bo Welch |
*batteries not included (1987)
| Director | Mathew Robbins |
| Starring | Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Elizabeth Tandy |
| Cinematography | John McPherson |
| Production Design | Ted Haworth |
Leonard Part 6 (1987)
| Director | Paul Weiland |
| Starring | Bill Cosby Tom Courtenay Joe Don Baker Jane Fonda |
| Cinematography | Jan de Bont |
| Production Design | Geoffrey Kirkland |
Fatal Beauty (1987)
| Director | Tom Holland |
| Starring | Whoopi Goldberg Sam Elliott |
| Cinematography | David M. Walsh |
| Production Design | James William Newport |
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
| Director | George Miller |
| Starring | Jack Nicholson Cher Susan Sarandon Michelle Pfeiffer |
| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Production Design | Polly Platt |
The Color Purple (1985)
| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Starring | Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg Oprah Winfrey Laurence Fishburne |
| Cinematography | Allen Daviau |
| Production Design | J. Michael Riva |
Warning Sign (1985)
| Director | Hal Barwood |
| Starring | Sam Waterston Kathleen Quinlan |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Production Design | Henry Bumstead |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
| Director | Tim Burton |
| Starring | Paul Reubens |
| Cinematography | Victor J. Kemper |
| Production Design | David L. Snyder |
Cocoon (1985)
| Director | Ron Howard |
| Starring | Don Ameche Hume Cronyn Brian Dennehy Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy |
| Cinematography | Donald Peterman |
| Production Design | Jack T. Collis |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
| Director | W.D. Richter |
| Starring | Peter Weller John Lithgow Ellen Barkin Jeff Goldblumf Christopher Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Production Design | J. Michael Riva |
Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983)
| Director | Richard Marquand |
| Starring | Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Production Design | Norman Reynolds |
More American Graffiti (1979)
| Director | Bill L. Norton |
| Starring | Ron Howard Paul Le Mat Mackenzie Phillips Cindy Williams |
| Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel |
| Production Design |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
| Director | Philip Kaufman |
| Starring | Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams Jeff Goldblum |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Production Design | Charles Rosen |
Corvette Summer (1978)
| Director | Matthew Robbins |
| Starring | Mark Hamill Annie Potts |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Production Design |
Three Warriors (1978)
| Director | Kieth Merrill |
| Starring | Randy Quaid Christopher Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Production Design |
Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
| Director | John Korty |
| Starring | Jack Lemmon Geneviève Bujold James Woods |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Production Design | Bill Malley |
Farewell to Manzanar (TV) (1976)
| Director | John Korty |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
| Production Design | Robert Kinoshita |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
| Director | Milos Forman |
| Starring | Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
| Production Design | Paul Sylbert |
The Conversation (1974)
| Director | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Starring | Gene Hackman Frederic Forrest Teri Garr Harrison Ford |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Production Design | Dean Tavoularis |
American Graffiti (1973)
| Director | George Lucas |
| Starring | Richard Dreyfull Ron Howard Cindy Williams |
| Cinematography | Jan D'Alquen Ron Eveslage |
| Production Design |
