Ngila Dickson
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Ngila Dickson, ONZM
(born 1958) is a New Zealand
film
costume
designer
.
Her most notable work is in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - both of which were filmed in New Zealand
, as well as her years of work on Xena: Warrior Princess
.
She and Richard Taylor won the Academy Award for Costume Design
for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004).
Other Academy Award Nominations for:
Last Samurai (2004);
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
British Film and Television Award Nominations for:
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2002); Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004).
She and Richard Taylor won a BAFTA for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003).
She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2004
Dickson is married to Hamish Keith
.
She was awarded Officer of the Order of New Zealand 2005.
Miscellaneous crew
New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order established in 1996 "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits."The order includes five...
(born 1958) is a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
costume
Costume
The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances...
designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
.
Her most notable work is in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - both of which were filmed in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, as well as her years of work on Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
.
She and Richard Taylor won the Academy Award for Costume Design
Academy Award for Costume Design
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in film costume design....
for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004).
Other Academy Award Nominations for:
Last Samurai (2004);
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
British Film and Television Award Nominations for:
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2002); Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004).
She and Richard Taylor won a BAFTA for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003).
She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2004
Dickson is married to Hamish Keith
Hamish Keith
Hamish Keith, OBE is a writer, art curator, arts consultant and social commentator who lives in Auckland, New Zealand. He is married to the costume designer Ngila Dickson. He was awarded the OBE for services to the arts in 1981...
.
She was awarded Officer of the Order of New Zealand 2005.
Filmography
Costume Designer- Green LanternGreen LanternThe Green Lantern is the shared primary alias of several fictional characters, superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The first Green Lantern was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 .Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring and...
(2011) - Fool's GoldFool's Gold (2008 film)Fool's Gold is an 2008 American adventure/romance film from Warner Bros. Pictures about a married couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure. The film was directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson...
(2008) - Blood DiamondBlood Diamond (film)Blood Diamond is a 2006 political thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou...
(2006) - The Illusionist (2006)
- Without a PaddleWithout A PaddleWithout a Paddle is a 2004 comedy film about three reunited childhood friends going on a trip up a remote river in order to search for the body of a long lost thief and his loot...
(2004) - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
(2003) - The Last SamuraiThe Last SamuraiThe Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by John Logan. The film was inspired by a project developed by writer and director Vincent Ward, who had previously filmed the movie in 1990, starring...
(2003) - The Extreme Team (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Young HerculesYoung HerculesYoung Hercules is a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role.-Plot:...
(1998) - Xena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
(1995–1999) - Mysterious IslandMysterious Island (TV series)Mysterious Island is a Canadian television series based on Jules Verne's novel L'Île mystérieuse. It ran for one season in 1995.The beginning of the series is much as in the novel...
(1995) - Hercules: The Legendary JourneysHercules: The Legendary JourneysHercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
(1995) - Peach (1995)
- Heavenly CreaturesHeavenly CreaturesHeavenly Creatures is a 1994 film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his wife Fran Walsh, about the notorious 1954 Parker-Hulme murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand. Filmed on location in Christchurch, it features Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their screen debuts...
(1994) - Jack Be NimbleJack Be Nimble (film)Jack Be Nimble is a 1993 New Zealand produced horror movie, starring Alexis Arquette.-Plot summary:Jack decides to put an end to the abuse he has received from his adoptive parents, enabling him to run away and find his long lost sibling Dora...
(1993) - CrushCrush (1992 film)Crush is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by Alison Maclean. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Marcia Gay Harden - Lane* Donogh Rees - Christina* Caitlin Bossley - Angela Iseman* William Zappa - Colin Iseman...
(1992) - The Rainbow WarriorThe Rainbow Warrior (film)The Rainbow Warrior, sometimes called The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, is a 1992 television film starring Sam Neill and Jon Voight.-Plot summary:...
(1992) - My Grandfather is a Vampire (1991)
- User Friendly (1990)
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1989)
Miscellaneous crew
- Ruby and Rata (1990): Wardrobe Supervisor