Gersha Phillips

Co-Founder | Executive Board Member

Gersha Phillips is an award-winning Costume Designer whose work spans film and television, from contemporary drama to ambitious science fiction. Her recent credits include Tower of Babel (also known as the Untitled Patino/Corrigan Pilot), starring Edgar Ramirez and Jacob Scipio and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios, and Relationship Goals, starring Kelly Rowland, Robin Thede, and Cliff “Method Man” Smith, directed by Linda Mendoza.

Phillips co-designed and served as Associate Producer on the first two episodes of Star Trek: Academy, continuing as Costume Consultant and Associate Producer for episodes three and four. She also designed costumes for Star Trek: Section 31, starring Michelle Yeoh, directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. Her work can also be seen in Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World, directed by Julius Onah and starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford.

Her television work includes Apple TV’s The Big Cigar, starring André Holland and Alessandro Nivola, in collaboration with Don Cheadle and Janine Sherman Barrois. For The Woman King, starring Viola Davis, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Phillips earned multiple nominations and honors, including a Chicago Indie Critics Award and a CAFTCAD Award for Best International Film.

During four years as Costume Designer on Star Trek: Discovery, Phillips won CAFTCAD Awards for Best Costume Design in TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy in both 2021 and 2022. Her work with the series also received three Costume Designers Guild Award nominations, alongside recognition from the NAACP Image Awards and Online Film & Television Association.

Her additional film credits include Life, Miles Ahead, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, The Whistleblower, Narc, and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination. Television credits include Incorporated, House of Cards S2, and Falling Skies S1.

Phillips’ designs have appeared in exhibitions at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum. Costumes from Star Trek: Discovery have also been displayed at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

Born in England to parents of Caribbean and African descent, Phillips moved to Canada at twelve. A member of IATSE Local 892 (Los Angeles), 829 (New York), and 873 (Toronto). Phillips is a Co Founder and Executive Board Member of the International Society of Black Costume Designers (ISBCD) established in 2024. She is also a founding member of the Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design (CAFTCAD) established in 2008, reflecting her longstanding commitment to advancing the costume design profession and supporting its creative community.