Wendy Stites

Australian production and costume designer

Wendy Stites

Born| 1949 (age 74-75)
Other names| Wendy Weir
Occupation(s)| Production designer
Costume designer
Spouse|

Peter Weir

(m. 1966)​

Children| 2

Wendy Stites (born 1949), also known as Wendy Weir, is an Australian retired production and costume designer. She is best known for her work on the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a BAFTA Award.

## Personal life[edit]

She has been married to Peter Weir since 1966. They have two children: a daughter Ingrid and a son Julian.

## Partial filmography[edit]

### As production designer[edit]

* The Plumber (1979)
* Dead Poets Society (1989)
* Green Card (1990)

### As costume designer[edit]

* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
* The Way Back (2010)

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominated work  | Result  | Ref.

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1981  | 23rd Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Art Direction (shared with Herbert Pinter) |

Gallipoli

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Best Achievement in Costume Design (shared with Terry Ryan) | Nominated  |
1983  | 25th Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Production Design (shared with Herbert Pinter) |

The Year of Living Dangerously

| Nominated  |
2004  | 4th Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards  | Best Costume Design  |

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

| Nominated  |
8th Online Film & Television Association Awards  | Best Costume Design  | Nominated  |
57th British Academy Film Awards | Best Costume Design | Won  |

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8th Golden Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated  |
76th Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated  |

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2nd International Online Cinema Awards  | Best Costume Design  | Nominated  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bafta awards 2004: The winners". BBC News. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
2. ^ "Oscars 2004: The winners". BBC News. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Wendy Stites at IMDb

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BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design

1964–1967|

| Black and White|

* Motley (1964)
* No Award (1965)
* No Award (1966)
* Jocelyn Rickards (1967)

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Colour|

* Margaret Furse (1964)
* Osbert Lancaster and Dinah Greet (1965)
* Julie Harris (1966)
* Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge (1967)

1968–present|

* Danilo Donati (1968)
* Anthony Mendleson (1969)
* Maria De Matteis (1970)
* Piero Tosi (1971)
* Anthony Mendleson (1972)
* Phyllis Dalton (1973)
* Theoni V. Aldredge (1974)
* Ann Roth (1975)
* Moidele Bickel (1976)
* Danilo Donati (1977)
* Anthony Powell (1978)
* Shirley Ann Russell (1979)
* Seiichiro Momosawa (1980)
* Milena Canonero (1981)
* Michael Kaplan and Charles Knode (1982)
* Piero Tosi (1983)
* Gabriella Pescucci (1984)
* Milena Canonero (1985)
* Jenny Beavan and John Bright (1986)
* Jeffrey Kurland (1987)
* James Acheson (1988)
* Gabriella Pescucci (1989)
* Richard Bruno (1990)
* Franca Squarciapino (1991)
* Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (1992)
* Janet Patterson (1993)
* Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner (1994)
* Charles Knode (1995)
* Shuna Harwood (1996)
* Deirdre Clancy (1997)
* Sandy Powell (1998)
* Colleen Atwood (1999)
* Timmy Yip (2000)
* Jenny Beavan (2001)
* Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor (2002)
* Wendy Stites (2003)
* Jacqueline Durran (2004)
* Colleen Atwood (2005)
* Lala Huete (2006)
* Marit Allen (2007)
* Michael O'Connor (2008)
* Sandy Powell (2009)
* Colleen Atwood (2010)
* Mark Bridges (2011)
* Jacqueline Durran (2012)
* Catherine Martin (2013)
* Milena Canonero (2014)
* Jenny Beavan (2015)
* Madeline Fontaine (2016)
* Mark Bridges (2017)
* Sandy Powell (2018)
* Jacqueline Durran (2019)
* Ann Roth (2020)
* Jenny Beavan (2021)
* Catherine Martin (2022)
* Holly Waddington (2023)

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Norway
* Germany
* Israel
* United States

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