Janet Patterson (12 August 1956 – 21 October 2016) was an Australian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

and production designer. She won one BAFTA award and four

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awards, and was nominated for four Academy awards.

Early life and education

Patterson attended North Sydney Girls High and later attended

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and

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, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design and a diploma in Textile Studies and Costume Design. In addition to her studies in Sydney, Patterson received a

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts (WCMT) are three independent but related living memorials to Sir Winston Churchill, based in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. They exist for the purpose of administering Churchill Fellowships, a ...

scholarship to study under architect

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in Switzerland. She began her career in the 1980s working in production design, costume design, and set design for

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Death

Patterson's death was announced by her agency, who had stated Patterson's family did not wish to disclose her age or date of death, however actress

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

revealed she had died on 21 October 2016."Janet Patterson, the Sydney-born, four-time Academy Award-nominated costume designer, whom Kidman said had passed away on Friday. "
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Awards

Oscar Nominations

All four were in Best Costumes *

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– Nominated for ''

The Piano ''The Piano'' is a 1993 historical drama, period drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first major acting role, the film focuses on a Elective mutism, mute Scott ...

''. Lost to ''

The Age of Innocence ''The Age of Innocence'' is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine ''Pictorial Review''. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Apple ...

''. *

69th Academy Awards The 69th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 24, 1997, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremo ...

– Nominated for ''

The Portrait of a Lady ''The Portrait of a Lady'' is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' and ''Macmillan's Magazine'' in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by cri ...

''. Lost to ''

The English Patient ''The English Patient'' is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. The four main characters are: an unrecognisably burne ...

''. *

70th Academy Awards The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the show ...

– Nominated for ''

Oscar and Lucinda ''Oscar and Lucinda'' is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker. Plot introduction It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, th ...

''. Lost to ''

Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...

''. *

82nd Academy Awards The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m ...

– Nominated for '' Bright Star''. Lost to ''

The Young Victoria ''The Young Victoria'' is a 2009 British period drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Julian Fellowes, based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria, and her marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Produced by ...

''.

BAFTA Awards

Both are in costumes. *''

'' – Won *'' Bright Star'' – nominated.

Australian Film Institute

*''

The Last Days of Chez Nous ''The Last Days of Chez Nous'' is a 1992 Australian drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Helen Garner. Made in a style that emphasizes naturalism over melodrama, the film centres on what happens after Vicki arrives at the hou ...

'' – nominated (production design) *''

'' – Won (costumes) *''

– Won (costumes) *'' Bright Star'' – Won (for both costumes and production design)

Filmography

Costume Design

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'' (2015) *'' Bright Star'' (2009) *''

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'' (2003) *''

Holy Smoke! ''Holy Smoke!'' is a 1999 independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel. Its plot follows an American exit counselor (Keitel) who attempts to deprogram a young Australian woman ( ...

'' (1999) *''

'' (1997) *''

'' (1996) *''

'' (1993) *''

'' (1992) *'' The Lizard King'' (1988) *'' Two Friends'' (1986) *''

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'' (1985) *''

Palace of Dreams ''Palace of Dreams'' is a 1985 Australian fictional mini series about a Jewish family running a hotel in working class inner city of Sydney in the 1930s.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p221 S ...

'' (1985) *''

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'' (1984)

Production Design

*'' Bright Star'' (2009) *''

'' (1999) *''

'' (1996) *''

'' (1992) *'' Come In Spinner'' (1990) *'' Bodysurfer'' (1989) *''

Edens Lost ''Edens Lost'' is a 1989 Australian mini-series based on the novel of the same title by Sumner Locke Elliott, produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Central Independent Television. Gillian Armstrong and Margaret Fink had ...

'' (1989) *'' The Lizard King'' (1988) *'' Two Friends'' (1986) *''

Dancing Daze ''Dancing Daze'' is a 1986 Australian mini series about two sisters from Wagga Wagga who leave their family pig farm to make it as dancers in the big city.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p186 ...

'' (1986)

Other

*Set design for ''

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'' in the mid-80s.

References

External links

* 1956 births 2016 deaths Australian costume designers Best Costume Design BAFTA Award winners Women costume designers Best Production Design AACTA Award winners Women production designers {{Australia-film-bio-stub