Excellence in Fantasy Film
Outstanding Period/Fantasy TV Series
THE DARK KNIGHT
MAD MEN
Any surprises? How my concept for the Joker leapt from the drawing board due to the brilliance of Heath Ledger … so exciting a moment! Hardest thing to accomplish? The new batsuit. We made it just in time, due to the great team led by Graham Churchyard. Can’t live without? Italy. Biggest career challenge to date? Our work in general—it keeps us mentally active, young, and for the most part, happy.
Any surprises? The fashion craze of Mad Men! Hardest? Peggy’s fat suits for season one. The padding happened in small increments and had to seem natural and real. I was very stressed every time Elisabeth Moss wore a new costume with a new pad! Stressful! Career challenge? When I moved to L.A. after designing in NYC, I couldn’t get a job! It was two years before I was hired on a feature in L.A. The challenge was keeping the faith that something would come along that I loved designing. David Milch hired me to design Deadwood, and I decided to stay in the film business.
Costume Designer: LINDY HEMMING Assistant Designers: GRAHAM CHURCHYARD, ANDREA CRIPPS & GUY SPERANZA Illustrator: JAMIE RAMA
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN Costume Designer: ISIS MUSSENDEN Assistant Designer: KIMBERLY ADAMS GALLIGAN Illustrator: OKSANA NEDAVNIAYA
Any surprises? The wonder of being in the center of Europe and having so many amazing sources from so many countries. Hardest to accomplish? Miraz’ coat proved to be quite the puzzle. Getting just the right scale, movement, and gradation of the printed velvet swirl trim was tricky. Easiest thing? They all seem easy now that they are long done. What I couldn’t live without? Light. Biggest career challenge to date? Balancing work and health, mental and physical. Oh, and manufacturing for 300 soldiers all made by people who only speak Czech.
Costume Designer: KATHERINE JANE BRYANT Assistant Designer: ALLISON LEACH
PUSHING DAISIES
Costume Designer: ROBERT BLACKMAN Any surprises? I didn’t really have a total comprehension of how complicated and difficult this little series was. Hardest? Our six principal players, sometimes have six or eight changes per episode. It is highly conceptual so a lot of the stuff has to be made. Career challenge? For all of us … to find enough projects to keep working. You feel terrible when your series is cancelled and is replaced with a reality show—which puts us all out of work. Can’t live without? I don’t know how I did without it but at this point, the Internet.
THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
THE TUDORS
Any surprises? The combined talent of the artists and craftsmen in Los Angeles, Montreal, and China. Hardest thing to accomplish? Making Michelle Yeoh’s pleated skirt open in a full circle like a fan for the final fight with Jet. Easiest thing? The jade armor for Jet Li. Once we committed to constructing it in L.A., Russ Shinkle created a masterpiece, light and with a full range of movement that looked like regal armor. Can’t live without? MacBook Pro. Biggest career challenge? The Mummy because of the number of the costumes, action sequences and volume of extras. The workshops and sets were in the three different countries and with actors from all over the world.
Hardest thing to accomplish? You start to feel like you know the principals, so the hardest part would be the secondary characters in mere scale alone. They don’t appear in every episode but they are very historically significant. Career challenge? An Irish movie called Reign of Fire. All of the dragons had eaten and destroyed everything. So all of the costumes were made of found objects, half a pair of pants, part of a jacket, buttons were made of spoons. Can’t live without? My lunch hour when I read the society papers of the day and biographies, searching for those unusual details that set each character of The Tudors apart.
Costume Designer: SANJA M. HAYS Assistant Designer: IRENA STEPIC-RENDULIC Illustrators: PHILLIP BOUTTE JR. & CHRISTIAN CORDELLA
Costume Designer: JOAN BERGIN Supervisor: SUSAN O’CONNOR CAVE Assistant Designer: GABRIEL O’BRIEN Illustrators: KELVIN FEENEY & NATALIE CONATY