Anna Senior

Anna Senior OAM (born 1941) is an Australian retired costume designer. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Costume Design for the film My Brilliant Career (1979).

Anna Senior OAM
Born	1941 (age 83–84) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia[1]
Other names	Anne Senior
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1969–2008

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1977	The Getting of Wisdom	Bruce Beresford
1978	Weekend of Shadows	Tom Jeffrey
	The Night the Prowler	Jim Sharman	Also known as Patrick White's The Night the Prowler
	Money Movers	Bruce Beresford
1979	The Odd Angry Shot	Tom Jeffrey
	My Brilliant Career	Gillian Armstrong
	The Journalist	Michael Thornhill
1980	Breaker Morant	Bruce Beresford	Wardrobe designer
	Maybe This Time	Chris McGill	Also stylized as ...Maybe This Time
1983	Phar Lap	Simon Wincer	Also known as Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation
1985	Robbery Under Arms	Donald Crombie Ken Hannam	Also released in a longer television version
1987	Les Patterson Saves the World	George T. Miller
1998	Hurrah	Frank Shields

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1982	Sara Dane	8 episodes
1983	For the Term of His Natural Life	3 episodes
	Under Capricorn	2 episodes
1984	The Fire in the Stone	Television film
1985	Archer	Television film
1986–1987	The Challenge	Unknown episodes
1988	The First Kangaroos	Television film
	Dadah Is Death	Television film
1990	Flair	2 episodes
	Jackaroo	2 episodes
1992	The Other Side of Paradise	4 episodes

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
AACTA Awards[a]	1978	Best Achievement in Costume Design	The Getting of Wisdom	Nominated	[2]
	1979		My Brilliant Career	Won	[3]
	1980		Breaker Morant	Won	[4]
	1983		Phar Lap	Nominated	[5]
Academy Awards	1980	Best Costume Design	My Brilliant Career	Nominated	[6]

Other honors

Senior was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to the visual arts through costume design.^[7]

Notes

1. formerly known as "Australian Film Institute Awards"

References

1. "Anna Senior interview". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
2. "1978 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
3. "1979 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
4. "1980 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
5. "1983 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
6. "53rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
7. "Medal of the Order of Australia". Australian Government. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

External links

• Anna Senior at IMDb