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Renée April CM is a Canadian costume designer.
Renée April | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French Canadian[1] |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
April is from Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec,[2] and her workshop is in Montreal.[3] She designed costumes for approximately 40 productions in Canadian television and film by 2012.[4] She won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design for Grey Owl (1999), a Gemini Award for Million Dollar Babies and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Costume Design for The Red Violin (1998).[5]
In her work, she cites influences in paintings and the environment, as well as books and catalogs for stories set in the past.[4] She ran costume design for The Neverending Story at Muse Entertainment in Montreal.[5]
She was featured in Musée de l'Amérique francophone in the exhibit De film en aiguille in 2012.[3] April also contributed costumes for a Cirque du Soleil performance in Tokyo.[4] For Blade Runner 2049 (2017), she designed costumes featuring inauthentic fur, painted cotton disguised as shearling, and breathing masks.[1] She became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019.[6]
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