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Tom Ford
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American fashion designer and filmmaker (born 1961)
OverviewAI-generated
Tom Ford is an American screenwriter, film producer, director, and fashion designer. Born Thomas Carlyle Ford in Austin, Texas, in 1961, he is a citizen of the United States. He studied at Parsons School of Design, the American University of Paris, and New York University. Ford began his professional career in 1988 and has served as chairman of the executive board.
His work has been featured in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kunstmuseum Den Haag. As an author, he is associated with works including *Identity*, *André Leon Talley*, *Studio Sofield Works*, *Container Gardening Made Simple*, and *Perfect Compost Plan*. Ford speaks English and is identified as a male with a homosexual orientation.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- André Leon Talley
- Studio Sofield Works
- Container Gardening Made Simple
- Perfect Compost Plan
- Identity
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Film & TV
Austin, Texas, USA
Thomas Carlyle "Tom" Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and film director. He gained international fame for his turnaround of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford label before directing the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Ford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion2026
- Karl — Self2025
- Victoria Beckham — Self2025
- Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion — Self2024
- In Vogue: The 90s — Self2024
- Arianne Phillips: Dressing the Part — Self2021
- The Gospel According to André — Self2018
- Top Gear America — Self - Presenter2017
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
- Mademoiselle C — Self2013
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Carlyle Ford , ( 1961-08-27 ) August 27, 1961 (age 64) , Austin, Texas , U.S.
- Occupations
- Fashion designer filmmaker
- Spouse
- Richard Buckley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 ; died 2021 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Family name
- Ford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Austin
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Position held
- chairman of the executive board
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.tomford.com
- Image
- Tom Ford 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra).jpg
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- Commons category
- Tom Ford
- date of birth
- 1961-08-27
- birth name
- Thomas Carlyle Ford
- name in native language
- Tom Ford
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Tom Ford
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag
- social media followers
- 147134
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous fashion brand in 2005, having previously been the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. He wrote and directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016), and served as chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America from 2019 to 2022.
Early life
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