Ngila Dickson

Ngila Beryl Dickson ONZM (born 1958) is a New Zealand costume designer. She is perhaps best known for her collaboration with Richard Taylor on creating the costumes for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

Ngila Dickson ONZM
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Dunedin, New Zealand
Spouse	Hamish Keith

On television, Dickson designed costumes for the fantasy television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999).

Personal life

Dickson is married to artist and writer Hamish Keith.

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Ruby and Rata	Gaylene Preston	Wardrobe supervisor
1992	Crush	Alison Maclean
1993	Jack Be Nimble	Garth Maxwell
1994	Heavenly Creatures	Peter Jackson
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring		Co-designed with Richard Taylor
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003	The Last Samurai	Edward Zwick
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson	Co-designed with Richard Taylor
2004	Without a Paddle	Steven Brill
2006	The Illusionist	Neil Burger
	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick
2008	Fool's Gold	Andy Tennant
2011	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell
2012	Mr. Pip	Andrew Adamson
	Emperor	Peter Webber
2014	Dracula Untold	Gary Shore
2016	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	Yuen Woo-ping
2018	Asura	Peng Zhang
2019	Terminator: Dark Fate	Tim Miller
2023	Peter Pan & Wendy	David Lowery
2024	Madame Web	S. J. Clarkson

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1988	The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy	Television film
1992	The Ray Bradbury Theater	15 episodes
1993	The Rainbow Warrior	Television film
1994–1995	High Tide	3 episodes
1995–1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Unknown episodes
1995	Mysterious Island	5 episodes
1995–1999	Xena: Warrior Princess	90 episodes
1998	Young Hercules	Television film and pilot
2015	Childhood's End	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[1]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[2]
		The Last Samurai	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[3]
2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won	[4]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[5]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Ngila Dickson other awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Title	Result
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2002	Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won
			The Last Samurai	Nominated
	2006	Excellence in Period Film	The Illusionist	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2002	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
	2003		The Last Samurai	Won
			The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won[lower-alpha 1]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated
	2014		Dracula Untold	Won

Other honours

Dickson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to design and the film industry.^[6]

Notes

1. Tied with Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

References

1. "74th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
2. "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. "55th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. "56th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
5. "57th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
6. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

• Ngila Dickson at IMDb