Ngila Dickson

Ngila Beryl Dickson ONZM (born 1958) is a New Zealand costume designer. Her accolades include an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Dickson received the Laureate Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2008. In 2004, she was appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to design and the film industry.

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Dickson came to prominence 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).

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

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Ruby and Rata	Gaylene Preston	Wardrobe supervisor only
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		with Richard Taylor
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers		with Richard Taylor
2003	The Last Samurai	Edward Zwick
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson	with Richard Taylor
2004	Without a Paddle	Steven Brill
2006	The Illusionist	Neil Burger
2006	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick
2008	Fool's Gold	Andy Tennant
2011	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell
2012	Mr. Pip	Andrew Adamson
2012	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

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

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]
2003		The Last Samurai	Nominated	^[2]

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]

Award	Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2002	Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	^[6]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	^[7]
	2003		The Last Samurai	Nominated	^[8]
	2006	Excellence in Period Film	The Illusionist	Nominated	^[9]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	^[10]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won	^[11]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	^[12]
New Zealand Film Awards	2013	Rodney Wayne Best Costume Design	Mr. Pip	Won	^[13]
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2002	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	^[14]
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2003	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	^[12]
Satellite Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	^[15]
	2003		The Last Samurai	Won
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	^[16]
Saturn Awards	2001	Best Costume Design	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	^[17]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won^[a]	^[18]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	^[19]
	2014		Dracula Untold	Won	^[20]

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