Joey Attawia is a British costume designer, film and television producer. Joey is best known for

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and

An Englishman in New York "An Englishman in New York" is a song by Godley & Creme, from their 1979 album '' Freeze Frame''. It is memorable for an innovative self-produced music video which involved Godley singing in front of Creme, as Creme conducted mannequins dresse ...

Career

Attawia began his career in 1995 as a costume designer of the English television film 3 Steps to Heaven. After that, he worked on numerous television series including

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, Murphy's Law, Damilola, Our Loved Boy,

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and Shameless. In 2006, in collaboration with James Burstall, Attawia co-produced his first television film,

Mysterious Creatures ''Mysterious Creatures'' is a 2006 British indie drama, directed by David Evans, and starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn and Rebekah Staton. It is a true story of a married couple struggling to cope with the demands of their daughter with Aspe ...

. In 2007, Attawia worked as a costume designer on six episodes of the ITV science-fiction drama Primeval. In 2009, Attawia was the executive producer and costume designer for the biographical film An Englishman in New York. In 2009 and 2010, he produced all episodes of the daytime television crime drama Missing that aired on BBC One. In 2011, Attawia was the co-executive producer of the thriller film The Holding. He is the founding director of international group

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, and the executive producer and strategic advisor of Leopard Pictures.

Awards and nominations

During Attawia's career, he received the Royal Television Society Award for Best Costume Design – Drama for his work in the 1998 film ''

'', and nominated for the BAFTA TV Award as well as nominated for Royal Television Society Award for Best Costume Design – Drama for ''An Englishman in New York''.

References

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