Biography
Mary Jane Fort is a costume designer whose credits include the feature films Metropolitan (1990), The Lawnmower Man (1992), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Bring It On (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), Mean Girls (2004), Project Almanac (2015), Ouija (2014) and Death Wish (2018).
She holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and studied painting. Originally from a small town in Tennessee, she moved to New York intending to work in fashion design. Her first film credit came after responding to a trade advertisement for Metropolitan, Whit Stillman’s debut feature; she worked on the production for $200 a week using her own resources and subsequently obtained agency representation.
Fort has also designed costumes for numerous television productions, including multiple episodes of Will Trent (2023–2026) and Fear the Walking Dead (2016). She created the children’s craft kit Hollywood Costume Designer.
