Ambrosino has worked steadily in film costuming since the late 1980s, including hats for Coming to America and The Shadow, the Riddler's hat for Batman Forever, revolutionary war headgear for The Patriot, Alice's armor in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Count Olaf's top hat in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Other specialty costume credits include Burton's Planet of the Apes, the 2009 Star Trek, and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.