Ngila Dickson

Ngila Dickson ONZM
Born	1958 (age 66–67) Dunedin, New Zealand
Spouse	Hamish Keith

Ngila Beryl Dickson ONZM (born 1958) is a New Zealand costume designer. Her accolades include an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Dickson received the Laureate Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2008. In 2004, she was appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to design and the film industry.

Dickson came to prominence for her collaboration with Richard Taylor on creating the costumes for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

On television, Dickson designed costumes for the fantasy television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999).

Personal life

Dickson is married to artist and writer Hamish Keith.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Ruby and Rata	Gaylene Preston	Wardrobe supervisor only
1992	Crush	Alison Maclean
1993	Jack Be Nimble	Garth Maxwell
1994	Heavenly Creatures	Peter Jackson
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring		with Richard Taylor
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003	The Last Samurai	Edward Zwick
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson	with Richard Taylor
2004	Without a Paddle	Steven Brill
2006	The Illusionist	Neil Burger
	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick
2008	Fool's Gold	Andy Tennant
2011	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell
2012	Mr. Pip	Andrew Adamson
	Emperor	Peter Webber
2014	Dracula Untold	Gary Shore
2016	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	Yuen Woo-ping
2018	Asura	Peng Zhang
2019	Terminator: Dark Fate	Tim Miller
2023	Peter Pan & Wendy	David Lowery
2024	Madame Web	S. J. Clarkson

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1988	The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy	Television film
1992	The Ray Bradbury Theater	15 episodes
1993	The Rainbow Warrior	Television film
1994–1995	High Tide	3 episodes
1995–1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Unknown episodes
1995	Mysterious Island	5 episodes
1995–1999	Xena: Warrior Princess	90 episodes
1998	Young Hercules	Television film and pilot
2015	Childhood's End	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[1]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[2]
		The Last Samurai	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[3]
2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won	[4]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[5]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Ngila Dickson other awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2002	Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[6]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[7]
			The Last Samurai	Nominated	[8]
	2006	Excellence in Period Film	The Illusionist	Nominated	[9]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[10]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won	[11]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[12]
New Zealand Film Awards	2013	Rodney Wayne Best Costume Design	Mr. Pip	Won	[13]
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2002	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[14]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[12]
Satellite Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[15]
	2003		The Last Samurai	Won
			The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[16]
Saturn Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[17]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won [a]	[18]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[19]
	2014		Dracula Untold	Won	[20]

Other honours

• Dickson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to design and the film industry. ^[21]
• Dickson received an Arts Foundation Laureate Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2008. ^[22]

Notes

1. Tied with Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

References

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11. Silverman, Stephen M. (3 January 2003). "Clooney's New Movie Wins Big in Vegas". People . Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
12. Rooney, David (5 January 2004). "'King' takes crown from 3 crix' groups". Variety . Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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14. "2002 | 6th Online Film Critics Awards". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
15. Berkshire, Geoff (17 December 2001). "'Moulin Rouge' in orbit, topping Satellite noms". Variety . Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
16. Maldonado, Ryan (17 December 2003). "Satellites pix picked". Variety . Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
17. "'Potter' leads Saturn kudos". Variety . 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
18. "2002 | 29th Saturn Awards". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
19. "2003 | 30th Saturn Awards". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
20. Squires, John (26 June 2015). "Full List of 2015 Saturn Awards Winners". Dread Central . Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
21. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
22. "Ngila Dickson ONZM". The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Te Tumu Toi. 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

• Ngila Dickson at IMDb