Lindy Hemming
Born (1948-08-21) 21 August 1948
Wales
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1975–present

Lindy Hemming (born 21 August 1948) is a Welsh costume designer. She won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work in Topsy-Turvy (1999). Hemming's name is an example of an aptronym.

Career

A costume from Tomorrow Never Dies on display at the Dezer Collection in Miami, designed by Hemming.

Hemming enrolled at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, initially intending to study stage management, but soon afterward she switched her major to design. She started her professional career working extensively on the British stage. She designed for many notable companies, including those of the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the West End.

Hemming also created the costumes for several high-profile film productions, including designs for a series of James Bond films, from GoldenEye (1995) through Casino Royale (2006).

Other films she has worked on include The Krays (1990), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), Christopher Nolan's Batman films Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Wonder Woman (2017).

Two of Hemming's costumes from the movie Tomorrow Never Dies can be found in the Dezer Collection currently on display in Miami.[1]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Academy Awards 1999 Best Costume Design Topsy-Turvy Won [2]
British Academy Film Awards 1994 Best Costume Design Four Weddings and a Funeral Nominated [3]
2008 The Dark Knight Nominated [4]
British Academy Television Craft Awards 1988 Best Costume Design Porterhouse Blue Nominated [5]
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005 Excellence in Fantasy Film Batman Begins Nominated
2006 Excellence in Contemporary Film Casino Royale Nominated
2008 Excellence in Fantasy Film The Dark Knight Won
2017 Wonder Woman Won
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2017 Best Costume Design Wonder Woman Nominated
2023 Wonka Pending
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2018 Best Costume Design Paddington 2 Runner-up
Saturn Awards 2002 Best Costume Design Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Nominated
2005 Batman Begins Nominated
2008 The Dark Knight Nominated
2017 Wonder Woman Nominated
Tony Awards 1983 Best Costume Design All's Well That Ends Well Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Inside the Dezer Museum – The Biggest James Bond Collection in the World". Human Research. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "The 48th British Academy Film Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "The 62nd British Academy Film Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "The 34th British Academy Television Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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