Wendy Stites

Australian costume and production designer

Wendy Stites

Born| 1949 (age 75-76)
Other names| Wendy Weir
Occupations|

* Costume designer
* production designer

Spouse|

Peter Weir

(m. 1966)​

Children| 2

Wendy Stites (born 1949), also known as Wendy Weir, is an Australian retired costume designer and production designer. She is known for her frequent collaborations with her husband, Peter Weir. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Costume Design for the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

## Personal life

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In 1966, Stites married filmmaker Peter Weir. Together they had two children, Ingrid and Julian.

## Partial filmography

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Credited as  | Notes

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Costume Designer  | Production Designer
1975  | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir | Associate  | No  |
1979  | The Plumber | No  | Yes  | Television film
credited as Wendy Weir
1981  | Gallipoli | No  | No  | Design coordinator
credited as Wendy Weir
1982  | The Year of Living Dangerously | No  | No  | Design coordinator
credited as Wendy Weir
1985  | Witness | No  | No  | Associate producer
credited as Wendy Weir
1989  | Dead Poets Society | No  | Yes  |
1990  | Green Card | No  | Yes  |
1993  | Fearless | No  | No  | Special design consultant
1998  | The Truman Show | No  | No  | Special design consultant
2003  | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Yes  | No  |
2010  | The Way Back | Yes  | No  |

## Awards and nominations

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Awards

Year  | Film  | Award / ceremony  | Category  | Result  | Ref.
1981 | Gallipoli | 23rd Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Art Direction (shared with Herbert Pinter) | Won  | [1]
Best Achievement in Costume Design (shared with Terry Ryan) | Nominated
1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously | 25th Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Production Design (shared with Herbert Pinter) | Nominated  | [2]
2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 76th Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated  | [3]
57th British Academy Film Awards | Best Costume Design | Won  | [4]
8th Golden Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Nominated  | [5]

## References

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1. ^ "1981 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
2. ^ "1983 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. ^ "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. ^ "57th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
5. ^ Maldonado, Ryan (17 December 2003). "Satellites pix picked". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

## External links

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* 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)

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* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

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* Germany
* United States
* Norway
* Israel

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