costume designer , times two.

James Nguyen + AC Gottlieb are a design duo based in Brooklyn, merging their respective Vietnamese and Jewish-Argentinian-American experiences to tell stories in theatre, dance, music, and film.

Select designs include CHAPPELL ROAN’S “VISIONS OF DAMSELS & OTHER DANGEROUS THINGS” TOUR, THE BODYGUARD, THE SECRET GARDEN, THE WILD PARTY, FRAGMENTS OF A STAR, BONNIE & CLYDE, NEXT TO NORMAL, and PASSING STRANGE.


As Associate/Assistant Designers, collective credits include: JUST IN TIME (Broadway, des. Catherine Zuber); MADONNA: THE CELEBRATION TOUR (des. Eyob Yohannes); DEATH BECOMES HER (Broadway, des. Paul Tazewell); SOME LIKE IT HOT! (Broadway, des. Gregg Barnes), MOULIN ROUGE! (Broadway, des. Catherine Zuber); HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (Broadway + San Francisco, des. Katrina Lindsay); TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (Broadway, des. Mark Thompson); MY FAIR LADY (Broadway, des. Catherine Zuber); MEAN GIRLS (Broadway, des. Gregg Barnes); OSLO (Broadway + HBO Original Film, des. Catherine Zuber); SOMETHING ROTTEN! (Broadway + Nat’l Tours, des. Gregg Barnes); among others.

James + AC are graduates and Dean’s Scholars of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Members of United Scenic Artists, USA 829.

Download James and AC's Resumés