Mario Davignon

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Mario Davignon is a Canadian costume designer, [1] who won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005 for the film Head in the Clouds . [2] He was a nominee for the award on five other occasions, at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003 for Savage Messiah , at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007 for Tideland , at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011 for The Trotsky , at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for Race , and at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes).

He won a Costume Designers Guild Award at the 10th Costume Designers Guild Awards, and was a finalist for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special, [3] for his work on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee .

In 2015, Davignon collaborated with clothing retailer Le Château to produce and sell a line of clothing based on his designs for the film After the Ball . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "From Reel To Real: Two new collaborations between retailers and film studios are taking costume designs to market". The Globe and Mail , March 7, 2015.
  2. "Genie win leaves Triplets of Belleville speechless". National Post , March 22, 2005.
  3. "Emmy nods boost sagging city industry; Calgary TV shows draw 36 nominations". Calgary Herald , July 20, 2007.