Janet Patterson

Janet Patterson (12 August 1956 – 21 October 2016) was an Australian costume designer and production designer. She is best known for her collaborations with directors Gillian Armstrong and Jane Campion. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design four times.

Janet Patterson
Born	(1956-08-12)12 August 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 October 2016(2016-10-21) (aged 60) Australia
Occupations	Costume designer production designer
Years active	1984–2015
Spouse	Al[1]
Children	Nina[1]

Early life and education

Patterson attended North Sydney Girls High and later attended East Sydney Technical College and Sydney College of the Arts, 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 scholarship to study under architect Luigi Snozzi in Switzerland. She began her career in the 1980s working in production design, costume design, and set design for ABC Television.^[2][3]

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 revealed she had died on 21 October 2016.^[4][5][6]

Filmography

Patterson's film and television credits include:^[7]

Film

List of Janet Patterson film credits

Year	Title	Director	Credited as		Notes
			Costume Designer	Production Designer
1992	The Last Days of Chez Nous	Gillian Armstrong	Yes	Yes
1993	The Piano	Jane Campion	Yes	No
1996	The Portrait of a Lady		Yes	Yes
1997	Oscar and Lucinda	Gillian Armstrong	Yes	No
1999	Holy Smoke!	Jane Campion	Yes	Yes
2003	Peter Pan	P. J. Hogan	Yes	No
2009	Bright Star	Jane Campion	Yes	Yes
2015	Far from the Madding Crowd	Thomas Vinterberg	Yes	No

Television

List of Janet Patterson television credits

Year	Title	Contribution		Notes
		Costume Designer	Production Designer
1984	Sweet and Sour	Yes	No	20 episodes
1985	Palace of Dreams	Yes	No	10 episodes
	Displaced Persons	Yes	No	Television film
1986	Dancing Daze	No	Yes	6 episodes
	Two Friends	Yes	Yes	Television film
1988	The Lizard King	Yes	Yes	Television film
1989	Edens Lost	No	Yes	3 episodes
	Bodysurfer	No	Yes	2 episodes
1990	Come in Spinner	No	Yes	4 episodes

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1993	Best Costume Design	The Piano	Nominated	[8]
1996		The Portrait of a Lady	Nominated	[9]
1997		Oscar and Lucinda	Nominated	[10]
2009		Bright Star	Nominated	[11]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1993	Best Costume Design	The Piano	Won	[12]
2009		Bright Star	Nominated	[13]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Lindy Hemming other awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Title	Result
AACTA Awards[a]	1992	Best Production Design	The Last Days of Chez Nous	Nominated
	1993	Best Costume Design	The Piano	Won
	1998		Oscar and Lucinda	Won
	2010		Bright Star	Won
		Best Production Design		Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2009	Best Costume Design	Bright Star	Nominated
Inside Film Awards	2010	Best Production Design	Bright Star	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	1996	Best Production Design	The Portrait of a Lady	Won[b]
Satellite Awards	1996	Best Art Direction & Production Design	The Portrait of a Lady	Nominated
		Best Costume Design		Nominated
	2015		Far from the Madding Crowd	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2003	Best Costume Design	Peter Pan	Nominated

Notes

1. formerly known as "Australian Film Institute Awards"
2. Tied with Brian Morris for Evita

References

1. "Janet Patterson, a tribute from Jane Campion and Jan Chapman". smh.com.au. 10 November 2016. Janet was a wonder, a woman who worked internationally but who also cooked brilliantly, innovatively, loved gardens and most of all loved her family, her partner Al and her 18-year-old daughter Nina.
2. "Now nominating". TMZ. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
3. "Janet Patterson- Biography". Hollywood.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
4. Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Janet Patterson Dies
5. Pedersen, Erik (25 October 2016). "Janet Patterson Dies: Costume Designer & Jane Campion Regular Was Four-Time Oscar Nominee". Deadline. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
6. "Janet Patterson, the Sydney-born, four-time Academy Award-nominated costume designer, whom Kidman said had passed away on Friday."
7. "Janet Patterson- Designer" (PDF). Sandra Marsh Agency. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
8. "66th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
9. "69th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
10. "69th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
11. "82nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
12. "47th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
13. "63rd BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 4 February 2023.

External links

• Janet Patterson at IMDb