Debra McGuire Reflects on Creativity, Loss, and Kabbalah
Costume designer Debra McGuire, known for Friends and collaborations with David Mamet, discusses her creative journey in a PRINT Magazine interview. She began as a painter, later expanding into fashion and costume design. Her drawings were published in Millie the Model Comic Book at age 7. She studied Buddhism under Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche before returning to Jewish Kabbalah. McGuire meditates and swims daily for 55 years. Her book Dressing the Story: The Art of Costume Design has just been released. She regrets missing early years with her children due to work but cherishes them now.
Key facts
- Debra McGuire is an award-winning fine artist, fashion designer, and costume designer.
- She designed for all ten seasons of Friends.
- She collaborated with David Mamet on the Emmy-nominated Phil Spector.
- Her credits include Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Game Night, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Murder Mystery 2, New Girl, Freaks and Geeks, Heroes, Crossing Jordan, The Morning Show, Super Troopers 2, and the forthcoming Super Troopers 3 and Mayday.
- She began as a painter before expanding into jewelry, accessories, fashion, couture, and costume design.
- At age 7, her drawings were published in Millie the Model Comic Book as 'Debbie Kay Fine, Designer'.
- She studied Buddhism under Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche for 10 years and has studied Kabbalah for 30 years.
- Her book Dressing the Story: The Art of Costume Design has just been released.
Entities
Artists
- Debra McGuire
- David Mamet
- Judd Apatow
- Jake Kasdan
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Adam McKay
- John Francis Daley
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Institutions
- PRINT Magazine
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Locations
- Cleveland
- United States