Michele Clapton

Michele Clapton
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1989–present

A dress and lace jacket designed by Michele Clapton, and worn by Claire Foy when playing Queen Elizabeth II in season 1, episode 6 of The Crown. Photo taken at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in 2019.

Michele Clapton is a British costume designer. ^[1]

Among other awards, she won an Emmy Award for the costumes in Game of Thrones in 2012, 2014, and 2016. ^[2] In 2016, April Ferry took over Clapton's duties as the new costume designer for a majority of the sixth season of the show. ^[3] Clapton later returned to the show as costume designer for the seventh season. ^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1989	Visions of Ecstasy	Nigel Wingrove	Short film
1992	Dust Devil	Richard Stanley
1999	Simon Magus	Ben Hopkins
	Janice Beard	Clare Kilner	aka Janice Beard 45 WPM
	Women Talking Dirty	Coky Giedroyc
2000	The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz	Ben Hopkins
2001	Girl from Rio	Christopher Monger
2002	Miranda	Marc Munden
2005	Chromophobia	Martha Fiennes
	Separate Lies	Julian Fellowes
2006	Love and Other Disasters	Alek Keshishian
2012	Blood	Nick Murphy
2014	Before I Go to Sleep	Rowan Joffé
2015	Queen of the Desert	Werner Herzog
2016	Ali and Nino	Asif Kapadia
2018	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Ol Parker
	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan	Xavier Dolan
2020	The Secret Garden	Marc Munden
2021	The King's Man	Matthew Vaughn
2024	Apartment 7A	Natalie Erika James

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2005	Casanova	3 episodes
	My Family and Other Animals	Television film
2008	Sense and Sensibility	3 episodes
	The Devil's Whore	4 episodes
2009	The Diary of Anne Frank	5 episodes
2011–2019	Game of Thrones	65 episodes
2016	The Crown	10 episodes
2021–2023	The Nevers	6 episodes
2022	The Peripheral	8 episodes
2024	The Franchise	Episode: "Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye"

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Television Craft Awards	2009	Best Costume Design	The Devil's Whore	Won	[5]
	2017		The Crown	Won	[6]
	2018		Game of Thrones	Won	[7]
	2020			Nominated	[8]
British Independent Film Awards	2020	Best Costume Design	The Secret Garden	Nominated	[9]
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2008	Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries	Sense and Sensibility	Nominated
	2011	Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2012			Nominated
	2013			Nominated
	2014			Won	[10]
	2015	Outstanding Fantasy Television		Won	[11]
	2016			Won	[12]
		Outstanding Period Television	The Crown	Won
	2017	Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television	Game of Thrones	Won	[13]
	2018	Excellence in Contemporary Film	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Nominated	[14]
	2019	Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television	Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Iron Throne")	Won	[15]
Primetime Emmy Awards	2011	Outstanding Costumes for a Series	Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Pointy End")	Nominated	[16]
	2012		Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Prince of Winterfell")	Won
	2013		Game of Thrones (Episode: "Walk of Punishment")	Nominated
	2014		Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose")	Won
	2015	Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie	Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons")	Nominated
	2016		Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Winds of Winter")	Won
	2017		The Crown (Episode: "Wolferton Splash")	Won
	2018	Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes	Game of Thrones (Episode: "Beyond the Wall")	Won
	2019		Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Bells")	Won
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards	2005	Best Costume Design – Drama	Casanova	Won	[17]

References

1. "2009 Television Craft Costume Design - BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
2. "Game of Thrones". Emmys.com . Retrieved February 21, 2016.
3. Ginsberg, Merle (June 19, 2015). "'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Adds New Costume Designer". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 14, 2016.
4. Miller, Julie (June 28, 2016). "Game of Thrones Finale: the Secret Symbolism in Cersei's Badass Gown". Vanity Fair . Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
5. "Bafta craft awards 2009: full list of winners". The Guardian. 18 May 2009.
6. Lodderhose, Diana (23 April 2017). "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'The Crown', 'The Night Manager', 'National Treasure' — Full List".
7. White, Peter (22 April 2018). "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'Game Of Thrones' & 'The Crown'".
8. Dams, Tim (3 June 2020). "'Chernobyl,' 'The Crown' Lead BAFTA Nominations for 2020 Television Awards".
9. Ramachandran, Naman (9 December 2020). "'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations".
10. "17th CDGA (2015) - Costume Designers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 892".
11. "18th CDGA (2016) - Costume Designers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 892".
12. "19th CDGA (2019) - Costume Designers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 892".
13. "20th CDGA (2018) - Costume Designers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 892".
14. "21st CDGA (2019) - Costume Designers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 892".
15. "22nd CDGA (2020) - Costume Designers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 892".
16. "Michele Clapton - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Television Academy. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
17. "Little Britain duo completes hat-trick of craft wins". 23 November 2005.

External links

• Michele Clapton at IMDb