Clint Ramos is a

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costume and set designer for stage and screen. For his work on the 2016 Broadway production of ''

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,'' Ramos became the first person of color to win the

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. Ramos has hundreds of credits including working as a costume designer on the film '' Respect'' (2021) for MGM Studios starring

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and production and costume designer on '' Lingua Franca'' (2019) directed by Isabel Sandoval. He has received four additional Tony Award nominations for his work on the 2018 Broadway revival of ''

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,'' the 2019 Broadway revival of ''

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,'' the 2020 Broadway revival of ''

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'', and ''

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'' (nominated for Set Design). He was costume director for the 2013 worldwide premiere production at New York's

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of the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim disco pop musical ''

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'' and he reprises that role as well as that of producer in the 2023 Broadway revival.

Professional background

Born in Cebu, Phillipines, Ramos studied Theatre Arts at the

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. He got involved in costume design through the university's theatre society, Dulaang UP.> He moved to the United States in 1993 where he was awarded a scholarship to NYU Tisch, going on to graduate with a Master of Fine Arts in Design in 1997. Ramos has given lectures at NYU Tisch and Fordham University, where he was Head of Theater Design. In 2022, Ramos was featured in the book ''50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre'', with a profile written by theatre scholar Jimmy A. Noriega.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Clint Living people American costume designers American gay artists Cebuano people Filipino designers Filipino emigrants to the United States Filipino LGBT artists Fordham University faculty Set designers Tisch School of the Arts alumni Tisch School of the Arts faculty Tony Award winners University of the Philippines Diliman alumni Year of birth missing (living people)