
Person
Ngila Dickson
Costume & Make-Up · Born 1958-01-01 · Dunedin, New Zealand
Biography
Ngila Beryl Dickson ONZM (born 1958) is a costume designer from New Zealand. Her most notable work is in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, both of which were filmed in New Zealand, as well as her years of work on Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She and Richard Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004). Other Academy Award nominations were for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) and The Last Samurai (2004). She received British Film and Television Award nominations for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004). She and Richard Taylor won a BAFTA for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003). She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
Known for

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Costume Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Costume Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Costume Design

Predator: Badlands
Costume Design

Madame Web
Costume Design

The Last Samurai
Costume Design

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Costume Designer

Blood Diamond
Costume Design

Green Lantern
Costume Design

Terminator: Dark Fate
Costume Design
Filmography
- 2025Predator: BadlandsCostume Design
- 2024Long DistanceCostume Design
- 2024Madame WebCostume Design
- 2023Peter Pan & WendyCostume Design
- 2019Terminator: Dark FateCostume Design
- 2018AsuraCostume Design
- 2016Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of DestinyCostume Design
- 2014Dracula UntoldCostume Design
- 2012EmperorCostume Design
- 2012Mr. PipCostume Design
- 2011Green LanternCostume Design
- 2009The InternationalCostume Design
- 2008Fool's GoldCostume Designer
- 2006Blood DiamondCostume Design
- 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'Self
- 2006The IllusionistCostume Design
- 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'Self
- 2004Without a PaddleCostume Design
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingCostume Design
- 2003The Last SamuraiCostume Design
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersCostume Design
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignSelf
- 2002SuperfireCostume Design
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingCostume Design
- 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Self
- 1998Young HerculesCostume Design
- 1997The Rainbow WarriorCostume Design
- 1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysCostume Designer
- 1994Heavenly CreaturesCostume Design
- 1993Jack Be NimbleCostume Design
- 1992My Grandpa Is a VampireCostume Designer
- 1990User FriendlyCostume Designer
- 1981Strange BehaviorDancer at Party
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