DIANA CILLIERS
COSTUME DESIGNER
www.dianacilliers.com Tertiary Education:
Bachelor of Arts Degree 1977 in Costume Design, Drama, History of Art ,Psychology – University of Pretoria *Registered for a MAFA Master of Fine Arts Michaelis School of Art – University of Cape Town –in 2014/2015 subject was entitled ‘The Emotional Language of Clothing in Africa and the Diaspora’ I did not complete this MAFA due to external work pressure and lack of time to be a ‘full time’ student. I am continuing to work on this thesis. My Supervisor at Michaelis was Andrew Lampbrecht.
Awards:
2017:SAFTA Nomination 2017 Best Costume Design on a Feature Film for ‘Sheperds and Butchers’
2016:Primetime Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Costume Design for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie (Roots) Night 1 with Ruth Carter and others
2015 Robert Award Nomination Best Costume Design (Arets kostumier) The Salvation (2014)
2015 SAFTA Nomination Best Costume Design ‘Faan se Trein’ with Leonie Roberts
2014 SAFTA (South African Film and Television Academy) Award for Best Costume Design for ‘Mandela Long Walk to Freedom) with Ruy Filipe
2013 Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for a Movie,Miniseries or Special for HBO’s ‘The Girl’ with Melissa Moritz
2013 Womens International Television and Film Showcase Award for Outstanding Costume Design
2011 SAFTA Nomination for Best Costume Design for movie ‘Themba’
2007 SAFTA Award Best Costume Design for ‘Colour of Freedom’ (Goodbye Bafana)
2004 Award Nomination (Canada) for Best Costume Design Gemini for award winning series ‘Human Cargo’
Known for :Roots, Mandela Long Walk to Freedom, District 9, Chronicle, The Giver, America the Story of US,The Girl
After completin g her degree in Costume/Set Design at the University of Pretoria, Diana started out her career with three years in Theatre- CAPAB and PACT- Working on various operas, ballets and dramas. Between 1981 and 2017, she has worked as Costume Designer on Features and TV Dramas as well as styling numerous commercials. Having worked extensively on location in Czech Republic South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Morocco, Ghana ,Mozambique, Himba culture Epupa Falls, Tunisia, Luxemburg and preparing pictures in London, Madrid and Rome, Diana has built up a long and very good working relationship with Angels Costumers in London Costumi De Arte and Tirelli’s in Rome and Cornejo in Madrid, as well as solid contacts in numerous other countries worldwide. Diana started Theatre and Film Costume Workshop in 1987 in Johannesburg and runs this costume hiring and fully comprehensive back-up service to the industry in Maitland Cape Town
FEATURES and TV SERIES 2017 Currently Shooting: TROY – Fall of a City – BBC – Kudus London Production House:Filmafrika Producers: Dianne Beatty, Meryl Schutte Position:Costume Designer
2016
Knightfall Series A&E Studios – History Channel Production House: Stillking Prague Directors:Douglas Mc Kinnon 3 Blocks Metin Huseyin and David Petrarca Showrunner/Producer : Dominic Minghella Position:Costume Designer Cast: TomCullen, Simon Merrels,Olivia Ross, Ed Stoppard,Gina McKee
2015
Tutankhamen ITV Director Peter Webber Producer Simon J Lewis Line Producers Trevor Ingman Dianne Beatty Position Costume Designer Cast:Max Irons, Sam Neill, Amy Wren, Jonathan Aris
Roots Night 1 A&E – History Channel Director : Phillip Noyce Producer: Mark Wolper Position: Costume Designer Night 1(First Episode) African part Cast: Malachi Kirby
Sheperds and Butchers Production house: Videovision Producers: Anant Singh, Brian Cox Director: Oliver Schmitz Position :Costume Designer Cast: Steve Coogan, Andrea Risenbourgh Wallander Series 1 Episode Out of Africa Productions Producers:Sanne Wollenburg, Sam Putter Cast:Kenneth Branagh, Bonnie Mbuli
2014
The Last Face Production House: Rive Road Entertainment/Moonlighting Producer: Bill Pohlad, Matt Palmieri, William Gerber Director: Sean Penn Position: Costume Designer Cast: Javier Bardem, Charlise Theron, Jean Reno
Name of Production: The Red Tent Production House:Kasbah Film Tanger, Sony Pictures Producer : Paula Weinstein, Peter Macaleese Director: Roger Young Position: Costume Designer Cast: Ian Glen, Minnie Driver,Morena Baccarin,Debrah Winger
Name of Production: Chappie Production House: Sony Pictures Entertainment / Media Rights Capital Producer: James Bitonti / Victoria Burkhart / Simon Kinberg Director: Neill Blomkamp Position: Costume Designer Cast: Sharlto Copley / Dev Patel / Hugh Jackman Sigourney Weaver
2013 Name of Production: The Giver Production House: The Weinstein Company / Moonlighting Producer: Jeff Bridges / Neil Koenigsberg / Nikki Silver Director: Phillip Noyce Position: Costume Designer Cast: Jeff Bridges / Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Alexander Skarsgaard
Name of Production: The Salvation Production House: Zentropa Denmark / Spier Films Producer: Peter Garde / Sisse Graum Jorgensen Director: Kristian Levring Position: Costume Designer Cast: Mads Mikkelson / Eva Green / Jonathan Pryce / Douglas Henshall / Jeoffrey Dean Morgan
Name of Production: Young One’s Production House: Quickfire Films / Spier Films Producer: Michael Auret / Tristan Lynch Director: Jake Paltrow Position: Costume Designer Cast: Nicholas Holt / Elle Fanning, Michael Shannon
2012 Name of Production: Long Walk to Freedom Production House: Film Afrika Producer: Anant Singh / David Thompson / Brain Cox Director: Justin Chadwick Position: Co-Costume Designer Cast: Idris Elba / Naomie Harris
Name of Production: New Family Production House: Two Oceans Productions Producer: Norbert Walter / Karl Schaefer / Gishelher Wenzke Director: Stephanie Sycholt Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Young Leonardo Production House: Kindle Entertainment / Out of Africa Producer: Lucy Martin Director: Robert Evans Position: Costume Designer
2011 Name of Production: The Girl Production House: BBC / Moonlighting Producer: Amanda Jenks / Genevieve Hofmeyr Director: Julian Jarrold Position: Costume Designer Cast: Sienna Miller/ Toby Jones / Imelda Staunton / Penelope Wilton
Name of Production: Chronicle Production House: 20th Century Fox / Film Afrika Producer: John Davis / Adam Schroeder Director: Josh Trank Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Dredd Production House: IM Global / Kalahari Pictures Producer: Andrew MacDonald / Michael Murphey Director: Pete Travis Cast: Lena Headey Position: SA Costume Designer
2010 Name of Production: The Young Leonardo Production House: Kindle Entertainment / Out of Africa Producer: Melanie Stokes Director: Beryl Richards Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Lost Future Production House: Tandem Communications / Film Afrika Worldwide Producer: Jonas Bauer Director: Mikael Salomon Position: Costume Designer Cast: Sean Bean
Name of Production: Women in Love Production House: Company Pictures / BBC / Moonlighting Films Producer: Mark Pybus Director: Miranda Bowen Cast: Rosamund Pike Position: Costume Designer 2009 Name of Production: Themba Production House: Ufa Fernseh Produktion / DO Productions Producer: Brigid Olen Director: Stefanie Sycholt Cast: Simphiwe Dana Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: America: The Story of Us Production House: Nutopia / Film Afrika Producer: Eamon Fitzpatrick Directors: Nick Green / Renny Bartlett Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Justice for Nathalee Holloway Production House: Sony Pictures Television / Moonlighting Producer: Judith Verno Director: Mikael Salomon Cast: Tracy Pollan
Position: Costume Designer Name of Production: Silent Witness Production House: BBC / Out of Africa Producer: Phillippa Giles Director: Paul Wilmshurst Position: Costume Designer
2008 Name of Production: District 9 Production House: TriStar Pictures / Kalahari Pictures Producer: Peter Jackson / Michael Murphey Director: Neill Blomkamp Cast: Sharlto Copley Positon: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Crusoe Production House: Power Television / Moonlighting Producer: Justin Bodle Directors: Duane Clark, Jeff Woolnough, Michael Robison Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Rooibos with Milk Production House: Ufa Fernseh Produktion / DO Productions Producer: Marlow de Mardt Director: Rainer Kaufmann Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Lost City Raiders Production House: Tandem Communications Producer: Tim Halkin Director: Jean de Segonzac Cast: James Brolin Position: Costume Designer
2007 Name of Production: Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Production House: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Film Afrika Producer: David Lancaster Director: Ed Neumeier Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior Production House: Universal Pictires / Film Afrika Producer: Glenn Ross Director: Russell Mulcahy Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Disgrace Production House: Sherman Pictures / DO Productions Producer: Anna-Maria Monticelli Director: Steve Jacobs Cast: John Malkovich, Jessica Heyns Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Deal Production House: Berk/Lane Entertainment / Moonlighting Producer: William H Macy Director: Steven Schachter Cast: Meg Ryan, William H Macy Position: Costume Designer
2006 Name of Production: Sinking of the Lusitania Production House: BBC Discovery / DO Productions Producers: Johaan Infanally Director: Chris Spencer Cast: John Hannah Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: To Be First Production House: Wall to Wall / DO Productions Producers: Sias Wilson/Simon Chinn Director: Patrick Ream Cast: Rupert Graves Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Bird Can’t Fly Production House: Razor Sharp Productions Producers: Rachel Young/Anton Schoop Director: Threes Ana Cast: Barbara Hershey, John Kani Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Primeval Production House: ITV Productions / Film Afrika Worldwide Director: Michael Cattleman Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Goodbye Bafana Production House: Banana Films / Film Afrika Worldwide Producer: Jean Luc van Damme Director: Bille August Cast: Diane Kruger, Joseph Fiennes Position: Costume Designer
2005 Name of Production: Krakatoa Production House: BBC / Richard Green & Associates Producer: Richard Green/Alan Eyers Director: Sam Miller Cast: Rupert Penry Jones, Olivia Williams Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Breed Production House: Apollo Media / Film Afrika Worldwide Producer: Wes Craven, David Lancaster Director: Nick Mastandrea Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Librarian: Quest for the Spear Production House: Electric Entertainment UK / Kalahari Pictures Producer: Dean Devlin / Michael Murphey Director: Jonathan Frakes Cast: Bob Newhart, Noah Wylie Position: Costume Designer
2004 Name of Production: The Poseidon Adventure Production House: Larry Levinson Productions / Film Afrika Producer: Mary Church/Nina Heyns Director: John Putch Cast: Rutger Hauer Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Trail (Namibia) Production House: Les Films du Daiphin / Made in Africa Producer: Jean-Baptiste Dupont Director: Eric Valli Position: SA Costume Designer
Name of Production: Charlie Jade Production House: The Imaginarium Producer: Chris Roland DOPs: Buster Reynolds/Trevor Brown Position: Costume Designer For episodes 1-12
2003 Name of Production: Red Dust Production House: BBC / Videovision Producer: Anant Singh Director: Tom Hooper Cast: Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Zenon Production House: DePasse Entertainment / Film Afrika Worldwide Producer: David Wicht Director: Steve Rash Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Story of an African Farm Production House: Karoo Horizon Pictures Producer: Bonnie Rodini Director: David Lister Cast: Richard E. Grant Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Human Cargo Production House: Force Four Entertainment Directors: Brad Turner Producers: Dianne Beatty, Brian McKeown Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: King Solomon’s Mines Production House: larry Levinson Productions / Argus Films Producer: Russ Markowitz Director: Steven Boyum Cast: Patrick Swayze Position: Costume Designer
2002 Name of Production: Proteus Production House: Big World Cinema / Film Afrika Worldwide Director: John Greyson Producers: Steven Markowitz Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Charlie Production House: Enigma Pictures Director: Malcolm Needs Producer: Greig Buckle Cast: Luke Goss Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Pavement Production House: Apollo ProMedia GmbH / Film Afrika Worldwide Directors: Darrell Roodt Producers: Nina Heyns Cast: Lauren Holly Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Borderline Production House: Film Afrika Directors: Evelyn Purcell Producer: David Lancaster / David Wicht Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: African Story Production House: Moonlighting Filmmakers Director: Jason Xenopolous Producer: Phillip Key Position: Costume Designer
2001 Name of Production: The Piano Player Production House: Bauer Martinez Studios / Film Afrika Director: Jean-Pierre Roux Producer: David Wicht Cast: Diane Kruger, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Lambert Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Promised Land Production House: Film Afrika Directors: Jason Xenopoulos Producers: David Wicht Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Ali Production House: Columbia Pictures Corporation / Moonlighting Director: Michael Mann Producer: James Lassiter, John Peters, Genevieve Hofmeyer Position: S.A. Wardrobe Supervisor
1999 Name of Production: Peaceful World Production House: Two Oceans / Nova Film Directors: Michael Zens Producer: Giselher Venzke Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Boesman & Lena Production House: Primedia Pictures Directors: John Berry Producer: John Stodel Producers: Francois Ivernel Cast: Danny Glover, Angela Bassett Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Kin Production House: Moonlighting Directors: Elaine Proctor Producers: Margaret Matheson Cast: Isaiah Washington, Miranda Otto Position: Costume Designer
1998 Name of Production: Streets Of Berlin Production House: Film Afrika Worldwide Directors: Werner Masten Producers: Otto Meissner / David Wicht Head of Department: Anna Schmidbauer Position: SA Costume Supervisor
Name of Production: After The Rain Production House: DO Productions Directors: Ross Kettle Producer: Brigid Olen / Paige Simpson Cast: Paul Bettany Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Chase The Wind Production House: Film Afrika Directors: Nina Companeez Producer: David Wicht / Alain Bessaudou Position: Costume Designer
1997 Name of Production: Maigret - Liberty Bar Production House: Philo Films Directors: Michel Favart Producers: Philo Pieterse OS Producer; Eve Vercel Position: SA Costume Supervisor
Name of Production: Up On The Roof Production House: Granada Film / Cape Direct Directors: Simon Moore Producers: Jane Prowse Position: SA Costume Supervisor
1996 Name of Production: One Man One Vote Mandela/ De Klerk Period Film 1964 - 1994 Production House: Film Afrika Directors: Joseph Sargeant Producers: David Wicht Cast: Sidney Poitier, Michael Cane Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Paljas Period Film - 1961 Production House: Sonneblom Films Directors: Katinka Heyns Producers: Katinka Heyns / Anant Singh Position: Costume Designer
1995 Name of Production: The One That Got Away Production House: LWT / Riverstone Productions Directors: Paul Greengrass Producers: Dianne Beatty / Simon Shaps Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Making of a Mahatma Production House: Video Vision Directors: Shyam Benegal (India) Producers: Anant Singh / Shan Moodley Position: Costume Designer 1994 Name of Production: Acts Production House: Video Bible Directors: Reghardt van den Bergh Producers: Rob Marcarelli / Charles Robertson Position: Costume Designer
1993 Name of Production: Freefall Production House: Nu World Pictures Directors: John Irvin (UK) Producers: Dani Lerner Cast: Eric Roberts Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Cyborg Cop II Production House: Nu World Pictures Directors: Sam Firstenberg (USA) Producers: Dani Lerner Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Running Wild Production House: Londolozi Productions Directors: Duncan Machlachlan Producers: Debi Nethersole / John Varty Cast: Brooke Shields Position: Costume Designer
1992 Name of Production: Bopha Production House: Paramount Directors: Morgan Freeman (USA) Producers: Arsenio Hall / Lori McCreary Cast: Danny Glover, Alfre Woodward, Malcolm McDowell Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Matthew Biblical - Circa 30AD Production House: Video Bible Directors: Reghardt van denBergh Producers: Charles Robertson / Johan Posthumus Position: Costume Designer
1991 Name of Production: Die Storie van Klara Viljee Production House: Toron Directors: Katinka Heyns Producers: Edgar Bold Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: The Lost World Production House: Harmony Gold Productions / LA Films Directors: Timothy Bond (Canada) Producers: Norman Siderow Cast: John Rhys Davies, David Warner Position: Costume Designer 1990 Name of Production: Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady Drama - 1910 Production House: Harmony Gold Productions / LA Films Directors: Peter Sasdy (UK) Producers: Norman Siderow Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Ipi Tombi Production House: Tommie Meyer Films Directors: Koos Roets Producers: Brigid Olen Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Sherlock Holmes Production House: Harmony Gold Productions / LA Films Directors: Bill Corcoran (Canada) Producers: Norman Siderow Position: Costume Designer
1989 Name of Production: Saxman Directors: Cedric Sundstrom Producers: Jonathan Vangar Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Oddball Hall Production House: Nu Metro Directors: Jackson Honziger (USA) Producers: Avi Lerner Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: American Ninja 4 Production House: Nu Metro Directors: Cedric Sundstrom Position: Costume Designer
1988 Name of Production: Ten Little Indians Production House: Nu Metro Directors: Alan Birkenshaw (UK) Producers: Avi Lerner Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: In Harm's Way Production House: L & O Leisure Company Directors: Gray Hofmeyr Producers: Ian Walters Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Rutanga Tapes Production House: Toron Directors: David Lister Producers: Edgar Bold Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Fall of the House of Usher Period Victorian Fantasy Production House: Nu Metro Directors: Alan Birkenshaw (UK) Producers: John Stodel Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Masque of Red Death Fantasy Production House: Nu Metro Directors: Alan Birkenshaw (UK) Producers: John Stodel Position: Costume Designer
1987 Name of Production: Circles in the Forest Period - 1902 Production House: Philo Films Directors: Reghardt van den Bergh Producers: Philo Pieterse Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: A Private Life Production House: BBC / Totem Productions Directors: Francis Gerard (UK) Producers: Moira Tuck Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Chameleon Production House: Toron Directors: Michael Mc Carthy Producers: Edgar Bold Position: Costume Designer
1986 Name of Production: Gor Futuristic Production House: Cannon Directors: Fritz Kiersch (USA) Producers: John Stodel Position: Wardrobe
Name of Production: Dragonard Period - 18th Century Production House: Cannon Directors: Gerard Kikoine (France) Producers: John Stodel Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Fiela se Kind Production House: Toron / Sonneblom Directors: Katinka Heyns Producers: Ian Ross Position: Costume Designer Name of Production: Red Dawn Directors: Joe Zito Producers: David Anderson Position: Design Asst to Richard Bruno
Name of Production: Jake Speed Production House: Crawford Lane Productions Directors: Andy Lane (USA) Producers: Debi Nethersole Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Sanna (Torn Allegiance) Production House: SABC Directors: Alan Nathanson Producers: Raymond Bark Position: Wardrobe
Name of Production: The Diamond Hunters Production House: de Angelis Group / Film Afrika Directors: Dennis Berry Producers: Dawid Wicht / Steven North Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Sinbad - Season 2 Production House: Riverstone Productions Directors: Various Producers: Di Beatty / Gordon Mark Position: Costume Designer
1990 Name of Production: Sea Tiger Production House: Independent Film Centre Directors: David Lister Producers: Carl Fisher Position: Costume Designer
1985 Name of Production: Rosie Production House: Brigadiers Directors: Bromley Cawood Producers: Dave Laughton Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Jollers Production House: Brigadiers Directors: Peter Goldsmid Producers: Dave Laughton Position: Costume Designer
1984 Name of Production: Kwa Zindwezama Production House: Independent Film Centre Directors: Peter Grosset Producers: Di Hyslop Position: Costume Designer Name of Production: A Man No Less Production House: Heyns Films Directors: Heinrich Dahms Producers: Michael Games Position: Costume Designer
1983 Name of Production: My Friend Angelo Production House: Independent Film Centre Directors: David Lister Producers: Judy Norwood Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Hoekie vir Eensames Production House: Elmo de Witt Films Directors: Michael Mc Carthy Producers: Anne Strimling Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: U'Deliwe Production House: Heyns Films Directors: Bernard Buys Producers: Michael Games Position: Costume Designer
1982 Name of Production: City People Production House: Elmo de Witt Films Directors: Gray Hofmeyr Producers: John Rodgers Position: Costume Designer
Name of Production: Mr Abner Production House: Elmo de Witt Films Directors: Richard Green Producers: Amy Wright Position: Costume Designer
Documentary
2000 Name of Production: "Empires" Production House: Blue Banana Productions Producers: Paula Pierce Position: Wardrobe
1999 Name of Production: Dawn Of Man Series Production House: Zed-a-Films / BBC Directors: Dirk Van Dooren Producers: Phillip Martin OS Producer: Chiara Menagel DOP: Nick Sawyer Position: Costume Designer