Janty Yates (born 1950) is a British costume designer for film and television. In 2001, she won the

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for the 2000 film ''

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''. She has also received nominations for BAFTA awards,

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, and

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. She is a frequent collaborator with English director

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, having worked with him fourteen times .

Career

Janty Yates worked in the fashion industry prior to her career in film and television. Yates' first credited work was in the wardrobe department on the 1981 film ''

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''. Her first credited role as a costume designer was for the 1993 British comedy '' Bad Behaviour'', and she worked on a further six films in that role for the rest of the decade. In 2000, her work on

's ''

'' earned her her first career awards, including the

, and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society award for Best Costume Design, as well as nominations for a

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and

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. In 2005, she received Best Costume Design nominations from the Costume Designers Guild and Satellite Awards for the 2004 period film ''

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''. The following year she received her first

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nomination and her third Satellite award nomination for Best Costume Design for ''

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. In 2006, Yates was one of 120 people invited to join the

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. Yates is a frequent collaborator with Scott, having worked on thirteen films with him in addition to ''Gladiator'', including: ''

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'' (2001); ''Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005); '' American Gangster'' (2007); '' Body of Lies'' (2008); ''

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'' (2010), for which she received a

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nomination and her fourth

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nomination; ''

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'' (2012), '' Exodus: Gods and Kings'' (2014), and '' The Martian'' (2015). Her most recent films with Scott include the

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film '' The Last Duel'' and the biographical

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'', both released in 2021.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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