Ngila Dickson

New Zealand costume designer

Ngila Dickson ONZM
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Dunedin, New Zealand
Spouse	Hamish 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.

Partial 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		Co-designed with Richard Taylor
2003	The Last Samurai	Edward Zwick
2003	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
2006	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick
2008	Fool's Gold	Andy Tennant
2011	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell
2012	Mr. Pip	Andrew Adamson
2012	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]
2003		The Last Samurai	Nominated	^[2]

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]
	2003		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
Satellite Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
	2003		The Last Samurai	Won
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	^[10]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won^[a]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated
	2014		Dracula Untold	Won	^[11]

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.^[12]

Notes

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

References

^ "74th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "55th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "56th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "57th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ McNary, Dave (21 January 2003). "Nine wrap up costume nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "'Rings' costumer earns honor". Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2004. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ 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.
^ Kilday, Gregg (11 January 2007). "Costume Designers Guild sizes up noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "'Potter' leads Saturn kudos". Variety. 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

Ngila Dickson at IMDb

Awards for Ngila Dickson
v t e Academy Award for Best Costume Design
1948–1956	1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton
1959–1960	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
1961–1966	1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott 1968: Danilo Donati 1969: Margaret Furse 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo 1972: Anthony Powell 1973: Edith Head 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund 1976: Danilo Donati 1977: John Mollo 1978: Anthony Powell 1979: Albert Wolsky 1980: Anthony Powell
1981–2000	1981: Milena Canonero 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh 1984: Theodor Pištěk 1985: Emi Wada 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright 1987: James Acheson 1988: James Acheson 1989: Phyllis Dalton 1990: Franca Squarciapino 1991: Albert Wolsky 1992: Eiko Ishioka 1993: Gabriella Pescucci 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner 1995: James Acheson 1996: Ann Roth 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott 1998: Sandy Powell 1999: Lindy Hemming 2000: Janty Yates
2001–2020	2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie 2002: Colleen Atwood 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004: Sandy Powell 2005: Colleen Atwood 2006: Milena Canonero 2007: Alexandra Byrne 2008: Michael O'Connor 2009: Sandy Powell 2010: Colleen Atwood 2011: Mark Bridges 2012: Jacqueline Durran 2013: Catherine Martin 2014: Milena Canonero 2015: Jenny Beavan 2016: Colleen Atwood 2017: Mark Bridges 2018: Ruth E. Carter 2019: Jacqueline Durran 2020: Ann Roth
2021–present	2021: Jenny Beavan 2022: Ruth E. Carter 2023: Holly Waddington
Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)

BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design

1964–1967

Black and White	Motley (1964) No Award (1965) No Award (1966) Jocelyn Rickards (1967)
Colour	Margaret Furse (1964) Osbert Lancaster and Dinah Greet (1965) Julie Harris (1966) Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge (1967)

1968–present

Danilo Donati (1968)
Anthony Mendleson (1969)
Maria De Matteis (1970)
Piero Tosi (1971)
Anthony Mendleson (1972)
Phyllis Dalton (1973)
Theoni V. Aldredge (1974)
Ann Roth (1975)
Moidele Bickel (1976)
Danilo Donati (1977)
Anthony Powell (1978)
Shirley Ann Russell (1979)
Seiichiro Momosawa (1980)
Milena Canonero (1981)
Michael Kaplan and Charles Knode (1982)
Piero Tosi (1983)
Gabriella Pescucci (1984)
Milena Canonero (1985)
Jenny Beavan and John Bright (1986)
Jeffrey Kurland (1987)
James Acheson (1988)
Gabriella Pescucci (1989)
Richard Bruno (1990)
Franca Squarciapino (1991)
Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (1992)
Janet Patterson (1993)
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner (1994)
Charles Knode (1995)
Shuna Harwood (1996)
Deirdre Clancy (1997)
Sandy Powell (1998)
Colleen Atwood (1999)
Timmy Yip (2000)
Jenny Beavan (2001)
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor (2002)
Wendy Stites (2003)
Jacqueline Durran (2004)
Colleen Atwood (2005)
Lala Huete (2006)
Marit Allen (2007)
Michael O'Connor (2008)
Sandy Powell (2009)
Colleen Atwood (2010)
Mark Bridges (2011)
Jacqueline Durran (2012)
Catherine Martin (2013)
Milena Canonero (2014)
Jenny Beavan (2015)
Madeline Fontaine (2016)
Mark Bridges (2017)
Sandy Powell (2018)
Jacqueline Durran (2019)
Ann Roth (2020)
Jenny Beavan (2021)
Catherine Martin (2022)
Holly Waddington (2023)

v t e Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film
Film (1998)	Judianna Makovsky (1998)
Period or Fantasy (1999–2004)	Colleen Atwood (1999) Rita Ryack (2000) Judianna Makovsky (2001) Colleen Atwood (2002) Ngila Dickson (2003) Colleen Atwood (2004)
Period (2005–present)	Colleen Atwood (2005) Yee Chung-man (2006) Colleen Atwood (2007) Michael O'Connor (2008) Sandy Powell (2009) Jenny Beavan (2010) Arianne Phillips (2011) Jacqueline Durran (2012) Patricia Norris (2013) Milena Canonero (2014) Paco Delgado (2015) Renee Ehrlich Kalfus (2016) Luis Sequeira (2017) Sandy Powell (2018) Mayes C. Rubeo (2019) Ann Roth (2020) Jenny Beavan (2021) Catherine Martin (2022) Holly Waddington (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Costume Design
Penny Rose (1996) Deborah Lynn Scott (1997) Alexandra Byrne (1998) Colleen Atwood (1999) Rita Ryack (2000) Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (2001) Julie Weiss (2002) Ngila Dickson (2003) Beatrix Aruna Pasztor (2004) Jacqueline Durran (2005) Patricia Field (2006) Alexandra Byrne (2007) Michael O'Connor (2008) Monique Prudhomme (2009) Colleen Atwood (2010) Jacqueline West (2011) Manon Rasmussen (2012) Michael O’Connor (2013) Milena Canonero (2014) Wen-Ying Huang (2015) Madeline Fontaine (2016) Mark Bridges (2017) Sandy Powell (2018) Ruth E. Carter (2019) Suzie Harman and Robert Worley (2020) Massimo Cantini Parrini (2021) Mary Zophres (2022) David Crossman and Janty Yates (2023)

Satellite Award for Best Costume Design

Penny Rose (1996)
Deborah Lynn Scott (1997)
Alexandra Byrne (1998)
Colleen Atwood (1999)
Rita Ryack (2000)
Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (2001)
Julie Weiss (2002)
Ngila Dickson (2003)
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor (2004)
Jacqueline Durran (2005)
Patricia Field (2006)
Alexandra Byrne (2007)
Michael O'Connor (2008)
Monique Prudhomme (2009)
Colleen Atwood (2010)
Jacqueline West (2011)
Manon Rasmussen (2012)
Michael O’Connor (2013)
Milena Canonero (2014)
Wen-Ying Huang (2015)
Madeline Fontaine (2016)
Mark Bridges (2017)
Sandy Powell (2018)
Ruth E. Carter (2019)
Suzie Harman and Robert Worley (2020)
Massimo Cantini Parrini (2021)
Mary Zophres (2022)
David Crossman and Janty Yates (2023)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Costume Design
1970s	Bill Thomas (1976) John Mollo (1977) Theoni V. Aldredge (1978) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1979)
1980s	Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1980) Bob Ringwood (1981) Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton (1982) Aggie Guerard Rodgers and Nilo Rodis-Jamero (1983) Bob Ringwood (1984) Nanà Cecchi (1985) Robert Fletcher (1986) Phyllis Dalton (1987) Barbara Lane (1988) Erica Edell Phillips (1989/90)
1990s	Marilyn Vance (1991) Eiko Ishioka (1992) Mary E. Vogt (1993) Sandy Powell (1994) Julie Weiss (1995) Deborah Everton (1996) Ellen Mirojnick (1997) Jenny Beavan (1998) Trisha Biggar (1999)
2000s	Louise Mingenbach (2000) Judianna Makovsky (2001) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor / Trisha Biggar (2002) Penny Rose (2003) Kevin Conran (2004) Isis Mussenden (2005) Yee Chung-man (2006) Colleen Atwood (2007) Mary Zophres (2008) Michael Wilkinson (2009)
2010s	Colleen Atwood (2010) Alexandra Byrne (2011) Paco Delgado (2012) Trish Summerville (2013) Ngila Dickson (2014) Alexandra Byrne (2015) Colleen Atwood (2016) Jacqueline Durran (2017) Michael Wilkinson (2018/19) Bina Daigeler (2019/20)
2020s	Jacqueline Durran, David Crossman and Glyn Dillon (2021/22) Jacqueline Durran (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

v t e Arts Foundation laureates
2000	Briar Grace-Smith Elizabeth Knox Peter Peryer Gillian Whitehead Douglas Wright
2001	Phil Dadson Kate De Goldi Michael Parekōwhai Gaylene Preston
2002	Warwick Freeman Shona McCullagh Don McGlashan Helen Medlyn Jacob Rajan
2003	Jenny Bornholdt Neil Dawson Michael Hurst Humphrey Ikin John Psathas
2004	Barry Barclay Jack Body Derek Lardelli John Pule Ann Robinson
2005	Neil Ieremia Bill Manhire Julia Morison Simon O'Neill Ronnie van Hout
2006	Alun Bollinger Alastair Galbraith Oscar Kightley John Reynolds Ian Wedde
2007	Michael Houstoun Sarah-Jayne Howard Colin McColl Moana Maniapoto Merilyn Wiseman
2008	Shane Cotton Ngila Dickson George Henare Lloyd Jones Teddy Tahu Rhodes
2009	Lyonel Grant Witi Ihimaera Chris Knox Richard Nunns Anne Noble
2010	Stuart Devenie Michael Parmenter Leon Narbey Gareth Farr John Parker
2011	Whirimako Black Fiona Pardington Emily Perkins Lemi Ponifasio Leanne Pooley
2012	Ruia Aperahama Tony de Lautour Rachel House Gregory O'Brien Fiona Samuel
2013	Laurence Aberhart Jane Campion Dean Parker Damien Wilkins Megan Wraight
2014	Cliff Curtis Lisa Reihana Geoff Cochrane Ross Harris Charles Koroneho
2015	Delaney Davidson Sara Brodie Wetini Mitai-Ngatai Daniel Belton Lisa Walker
2016	Eleanor Catton Lyell Cresswell Dylan Horrocks Peter Robinson Taika Waititi
2017	Niki Caro Jemaine Clement Ross McCormack Rob Ruha Robin White
2018	no awards granted
2019	Pietra Brettkelly Laurence Fearnley Solomon Mortimer Ruth Paul Louise Potiki Bryant Val Smith Coco Solid Kris Sowersby Yvonne Todd Sima Urale
2020	Tusiata Avia Shayne Carter FAFSWAG Ahilan Karunaharan Yuki Kihara Moss Te Ururangi Patterson Ariana Tikao
2021	Shane Bosher Harry Culy Brett Graham Florian Habicht Rangi Kipa Nina Nawalowalo Maisey Rika Vasanti Unka
2022	Tāme Iti Hone Kouka Maureen Lander Lindah Lepou Mata Aho Collective Paula Morris Areta Wilkinson
2023	Peter Black Fiona Clark Giselle Clarkson Annie Goldson Bob Jahnke Sean MacDonald Ladi6 Taiaroa Royal Filipe Tohi