Ngila Dickson

Ngila Dickson
ONZM
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Dunedin, New Zealand
SpouseHamish Keith

Ngila Beryl Dickson ONZM (born 1958) is a New Zealand costume designer. She is perhaps best known 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
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 Co-designed 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 Co-designed 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]
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2002 Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nominated [10]
Satellite Awards 2001 Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nominated [11]
2003 The Last Samurai Won
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Nominated [12]
Saturn Awards 2001 Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nominated [13]
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Won[a] [14]
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Nominated [15]
2014 Dracula Untold Won [16]

Other honours

Dickson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to design and the film industry.[17]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "74th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ "55th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ "56th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "57th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave (21 January 2003). "Nine wrap up costume nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ^ "'Rings' costumer earns honor". Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2004. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (5 January 2004). "Big studio pix catch costume designers' eye". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ^ Stitt, Eric (10 January 2007). "Costume designers name nominees". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  10. ^ "2002 Awards (6th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Maldonado, Ryan (17 December 2003). "Satellites pix picked". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  13. ^ "'Potter' leads Saturn kudos". Variety. 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  14. ^ "The 29th Saturn Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  15. ^ "The 30th Saturn Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2019.


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