| Costume Designer and Fashion Stylist, Polina Roytman, started her education at the esteemed Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and the Polimoda International Institute in Florence, Italy. This allowed her to hone her skills and get a solid understanding of Fashion, giving a unique perspective to be able to create characters through fashion choices. She started her career working for companies such as Myth and Ritual and Donna Karan. This led her to designing costumes for Roboto Supremo, a short starring Michel Gondry and written and directed by Victor Varnado. She was head costume designer for the Off-Off-Broadway hit, Viva Patshiva, written by David Jenness and directed by Lincoln Center’s Paul Smithyman. She has worked with Emmy Award winning Sally Lesser on costumes for Lincoln on Hester Street, written by Lu Hauser and directed by George Ferencz. Along with Emmy Award winning David Zyla on costumes for POPart, written by Daryl Lisa Fazio and directed by Chad Larabee. As well as having the pleasure of working with esteemed photographers such as Andres Serrano, Melanie Acevedo, and Asha Fuller.
Most recently she was the Costume Designer for TV and web commercials for the TOSHIBA Thrive Tablet, directed by Joey Garfield and Adam Levite. She styled Marian Brock, the female lead of the 2011 Oscar winning God of Love, for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, Oscar Week 2011 and Good Day New York. As well as styling Brother Love, drummer of the Warner Bros City Country band Her & Kings County, for the BMI’s 59th Annual Country Awards as well as the Warner Bros 2011 CMA party. She’s collaborated with David Zyla on a Susan Lucci / Makeover segment for The Nate Berkus Show and multiple Susan Lucci for Malibu Pilates commercials; as well as an editorial shoot for StyleCaster starring Amber Rose. She is the Fashion Stylist for Tell Your Friends: A Comedy Concert Film that premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival 2011 and features Reggie Watts, Kristen Schaal, and Christian Finnegan. Other works include costumes for The World of LARP, a reality series that was a finalist in the New York Television Festival 2011. She is the Fashion Stylist for Hannibal Buress’ Comedy Central Special 2012. As well as for Aaron Bollinger’s documentary Clothes Minded; along with costumes for features The Adventures of Paul and Marian, The Jew of Malta, Laser Gun and Spirit Cabinet; costumes/styling for music videos, shorts, segments, and web pilots for Comedy Central, NBC, CBS and eHow. Additionally, she has assisted with productions for Lincoln Center, Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, Washington Square Production, Theater for the New City, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Triskelion Arts, and Purple Rep. |