Wendy Cork

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Wendy Cork
Born25 July
Goulburn, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Education University of New South Wales
OccupationCostume designer

Wendy Cork (born 25 July) is an Australian costume designer for film, theatre and television. [1] [2] She is best known for her work on Ladies in Black , Banished , Predestination and Beneath Hill 60 . [3] [4]

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Life and career

Wendy Cork was born in Goulburn, Australia and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor of arts in theatre and film. She started her career working in theatre and opera. [5] She made her debut as a costume designer with the film In the Winter Dark , directed by James Bogle in 1998. [6] She also designed the computer-generated clothes for the Rockstar Play-station game, L.A. Noire. [7]

In 2014, she won Hero Frock Hire Award for costume design at the Australian Production Design Guild Awards on a feature film Predestination , directed by The Spierig Brothers starring Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook. [8] Later she worked with Jimmy McGovern's period drama Banished , which was screened on BBC Two. [9] She won Best Costume Design at the AACTA Awards for Ladies in Black , directed by Bruce Beresford. [10]

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

AssociationYearCategoryTitleResultRef.
AACTA Awards 2010 Best Costume Design Beneath Hill 60 Nominated [11]
2014 Predestination Nominated [12]
2018 Ladies in Black Won [10]
Winchester Nominated [10]
APDG Award2014Best Costume DesignPredestinationWon [8]
2016 Indian Summers Nominated [13]
2018 Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You Nominated [14]
WinchesterNominated [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Costume designer Wendy Cork talks film noir fashion in Predestination". cinemazzi.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Wendy Cork". glamadelaide.com.au. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (20 September 2018). "Australian men didn't dress very well': the challenges behind the Ladies in Black costumes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Wendy Cork In Conversation". acmi.net.au. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "THE NIGHT OF THE LUMINARIES". friendsofoperainc.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "In The Winter Dark". australiancinema.info. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "BEHIND THE SCENES OF L.A. NOIRE'S PAINSTAKING PRODUCTION DESIGN: PART TWO – COSTUME & WARDROBE". rockstargames.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  8. 1 2 "2014". apdg.org.au. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "BANISHED" (PDF). downloads.bbc.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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  12. ↑ "AACTA AWARDS PAST AWARDS". aacta.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "2016". apdg.org.au. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  14. 1 2 "2018 APDG AWARDS NOMINEE ANNOUNCEMENT". apdg.org.au. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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