Anna Wintour movies and TV shows
Anna Wintour is a British journalist and publisher with US citizenship, director of the monthly Vogue America since 1988, considered the most authoritative fashion magazine in the world. Her influence also extends to cinema and television, where she has been the protagonist or inspiration for several films and TV programs.
The devil wears Prada
The most famous film featuring a figure inspired by Anna Wintour as the protagonist is The Devil Wears Prada (2006), based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Weisberger, Wintour's former assistant. In the film, Meryl Streep plays Miranda Priestly, the feared and tyrannical editor of a fashion magazine called Runway, who subjects her new assistant Andy Sachs, played by Anne Hathaway, to constant humiliation. The film was a great success with audiences and critics, and earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nomination for best actress. The character of Miranda Priestly has become an icon of popular culture, and many of her dialogues have entered common language.
The September Issue
Another film featuring Anna Wintour is The September Issue (2009), a documentary that follows the preparation of the September 2007 issue of Vogue, the most important and substantial of the year. The film offers an unprecedented look at Wintour's work and personality, also showing her relationship with her right-hand woman Grace Coddington, the creative director of the magazine. The film received positive reviews and won Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
Ocean’s 8
A film in which Anna Wintour appears in a cameo is Ocean's 8 (2018), a spin-off of the Ocean's saga with an all-female cast. The film tells the story of a gang of thieves who plan to steal a diamond necklace worth $150 million during the Met Gala, the annual event organized by Wintour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Other celebrities from the world of fashion and entertainment also appear in the film, including Rihanna, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock and Kim Kardashian.
Boss Woman
A TV program that dedicated an episode to Wintour is Boss Woman
, a BBC documentary series that tells the stories of successful women in various professional fields. The episode dedicated to Wintour is entitled The Fashion Force Behind Vogue and was broadcast in 2000. The program shows Wintour's daily life among the Vogue editorial offices, fashion shows, interviews with designers and meetings with advertisers. The program highlights Wintour's leadership style of quick decisions, unquestioned authority and strategic vision.
73 Questions with Anna Wintour
A web program that interviewed Anna Wintour is 73 Questions with Anna Wintour, a series produced by Vogue that consists of short, informal interviews with famous people, who are asked 73 random questions. The Wintour interview was published in 2014 and has received over 5 million views on
YouTube. In the interview, Wintour reveals some aspects of her private and professional life, such as her favorite book, her advice for young people who want to enter the world of fashion, her relationship with social media and her unrealized dream.
Other
These are some of the films and TV programs that had Anna Wintour, the queen of fashion and publishing, as their protagonist or inspiration. If you are interested in learning more about her biography, you can read the book Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell, released in 2022 and already a bestseller in the US. Or you can follow his Instagram profile, where he shares his photos and his opinions on the latest trends.
