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- ↑ Stivil, Torene; Dunkleberger, Amy (2008). So You Want to Work in Set Design, Costuming, Or Make-up?. Enslow Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 9780766027404 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ↑ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
