Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Son Maddox Drops Pitt from Last Name in Credits of Mom's New Movie “Couture”
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Son Maddox Drops Pitt from Last Name in Credits of Mom's New Movie “Couture”
Eric AnderssonThu, February 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM UTC
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Angelina Jolie, Maddox and Brad PittCredit: Sonia Recchia/Getty; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP; Mike Marsland/WireImage -
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's eldest child, who worked as an assistant director on his mom's new movie Couture, is listed as Maddox Jolie in the credits
He previously worked on his mother's 2024 movie Maria and was listed as Maddox Jolie-Pitt in those credits
Some of Maddox's other siblings previously dropped Pitt from their names
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Maddox dropped Pitt from his last name in the credits of his mom’s newest movie.
Maddox, 24, served as an assistant director on Couture, the drama starring Angelina, 50, as an American film director who’s diagnosed with breast cancer just as she arrives in France to make a video for a Paris fashion show.
The film debuted in French movie theaters on Wednesday, Feb. 18, and PEOPLE confirmed Maddox's name is listed as Maddox Jolie in the end credits.
When the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025, production notes for the film provided to journalists showed Maddox’s name was also listed as Maddox Jolie.
Angelina Jolie and three of her children, Pax, Zahara and Maddox, in 2024.Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
It’s a change from his most recent film credit, Maria, the 2024 drama starring Angelina as late opera diva Maria Callas. Maddox worked as a production assistant on the Netflix movie and was credited as Maddox Jolie-Pitt.
PEOPLE reached out to a reps for Angelina but did not immediately hear back.
Jolie shares five other children with ex-husband Brad, 61: Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and 17-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
Maddox is the latest of the siblings to distance himself from the Pitt surname.
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In May 2024, in the Playbill for The Outsiders, the Broadway musical Vivienne helped Angelina produce, the teen was credited as Vivienne Jolie, not Vivienne Jolie-Pitt.
That August, Essence posted a video of Spellman College student and sorority sister Zahara introducing herself as an Alpha Kappa Mu Pi chapter member. “My name is Zahara Marley Jolie. And [I] landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California,” she said.
Angelina Jolie and Louis Garrel in 'Couture.'Credit: Courtesy of TIFF
The same month, PEOPLE confirmed that Shiloh, who was born Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, legally changed her name to Shiloh Jolie shortly after reaching legal age and turning 18. As per California’s name change process, Shiloh was required to publish her name change forms in a newspaper. Shiloh did so in the Los Angeles Times.
While Shiloh’s name change is official, it’s unclear if the other siblings went through a legal process.
Shiloh’s attorney said at the time of her name change that his client “made an independent and significant decision following painful events.”
Angelina Jolie wears Gabriela Hearst to the 'Couture' premiere on Sept. 7.Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty
The name changes come after years of reports of strain between the children and Brad following his acrimonious split from Angelina in 2016 after two years of marriage and over a decade as a couple. The divorce was finalized in late 2024 after a protracted legal battle.
Last year, a source told PEOPLE how Shiloh’s decision affected Brad. “He’s aware that Shiloh dropped his last name," said the source. "The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them."
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