April
Napier

about the jury

April Napier came to costume design from a background in fine arts and has amassed an impressive list of credits in feature films, commercials and music videos. 

Prior to Good Fortune, April Napier designed costumes for Todd Haynes’ May December, starring Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman and Charles Melton, which made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 as well as Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, which also premiered at Cannes in 2022, and stars Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, and André 3000. This marked her third collaboration with Reichardt, following 2020’s First Cow, starring John Magaro and Orion Lee, and Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, and Laura Dern. 

She also designed the Oscar-nominated Lady Bird, directed by Greta Gerwig; Booksmart, the directorial debut of Olivia Wilde; and The Mustang, directed by Laure Clermont-Tonnere. 

Napier received the CDG Award for short form Apple spot, Vertical Cinema, directed by Damien Chazelle, and received a CDG nomination in 2024 for her work in May December. She has worked with a host of distinguished directors in commercials including Robert Altman, Wong Kar Wai, Michael Mann, Kim Gehrig, Jonathan Glazer, Francis Lawrence, Jake Scott, and Mike Mills. 

Napier’s numerous music video credits include the award-winning Closer by Nine Inch Nails, directed by Mark Romanek. She also has designed videos for The Killers, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette, The Wallflowers, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Morrissey, Macy Gray, Lenny Kravitz, Wyclef Jean, Beth Orton, Live, Soundgarden, and Bush among many others. Her styling work has been featured in Rolling Stone, Interview, Paper Magazine and Details.