Wendy Partridge
Wendy Partridge (born September 20, 1954) is a British–Canadian costume designer in film and television.
Partridge was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on the 2006 two-part AMC series Broken Trail.[1] She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design for the 2014 film Pompeii and Genie Awards for Best Costume Design for Passchendaele (2008) and Loyalties (1986).[2] She was nominated three times in one year at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards for Resident Evil: Retribution, Silent Hill: Revelation, and Hannah's Law.[3] Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: The Dark World and Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy have earned her Saturn Award nominations.[4]
Partridge got her first dressmaking job at 14 years old whilst still in England.[5] She moved to Edmonton in the 1970s and to Calgary in 1986.[3] She designed the costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics.[6] She also designed the World War I-style uniforms that were worn at the First inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 as well as the costume of Abraham Lincoln.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Fast Company | |
| 1980 | The Hounds of Notre Dame | |
| 1981 | The High Country | |
| 1981 | Firebird 2015 AD | |
| 1982 | Latitude 55° | |
| 1983 | Running Brave | |
| 1984 | Isaac Littlefeathers | |
| 1984 | Change of Heart | |
| 1986 | Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star | |
| 1986 | Loyalties | |
| 1987 | The Big Town | |
| 1987 | Prairie Women | |
| 1990 | The Comic Book Christmas Caper | |
| 1998 | Heart of the Sun | |
| 2000 | Snow Day | |
| 2000 | Highlander: Endgame | |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers | |
| 2002 | Blade II | |
| 2003 | The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting | Direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Underworld | |
| 2004 | Hellboy | |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | |
| 2005 | The Cave | |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | |
| 2006 | Silent Hill | |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | |
| 2008 | Passchendaele | |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | |
| 2009 | Whiteout | |
| 2010 | Legion | |
| 2010 | The Last Rites of Ransom Pride | |
| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian | |
| 2011 | Western Confidential | |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation | |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | |
| 2014 | Pompeii | |
| 2018 | Knuckleball | |
| 2019 | Togo |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Draw! | Television film |
| 1985 | Bridge to Terabithia | Television film |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Television film |
| 1986 | The Park is Mine | Television film |
| 1986 | Vanishing Act | Television film |
| 1986 | Popeye Doyle | Television film |
| 1986 | Easy Prey | Television film |
| 1990–1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | |
| 1992 | Call of the Wild | Television film |
| 1993 | Ordeal in the Arctic | Television film |
| 1994 | How the West Was Fun | Television film |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | Miniseries |
| 1995 | Convict Cowboy | Television film |
| 1995 | Black Fox | Miniseries |
| 1995–1996 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | |
| 1995 | The Song Spinner | Television film |
| 1996 | In Cold Blood | Miniseries |
| 1997 | Heart Full of Rain | Television film |
| 1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Episode: "Honey, I Shrunk the Science Dude" |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Television film |
| 2000 | A Father's Choice | Television film |
| 2000 | High Noon | Television film |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Hate Crime | Television film |
| 2001 | Almost America | Television film |
| 2004 | Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Television film |
| 2006 | Broken Trail | Part 2 |
| 2006 | Ultra | Television film |
| 2007 | The Secret of the Nutcracker | Television film |
| 2008 | The Other Woman | Television film |
| 2009 | Prayers for Bobby | Docudrama |
| 2011–2012 | Hell on Wheels | Season 1 |
| 2012 | Hannah's Law | Television film |
| 2013 | When Calls the Heart | Television film |
| 2016 | Timeless | Pilot |
| 2016 | Van Helsing | Season 1 |
| 2020 | Shadow and Bone |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Genie Awards | Best Costume Design | Latitude 55° | Nominated |
| 1985 | Genie Awards | Best Costume Design | Isaac Littlefeathers | Nominated |
| 1987 | Genie Awards | Best Costume Design | Loyalties | Won |
| 2002 | Genie Awards | Best Costume Design | Almost America | Nominated |
| 2005 | Saturn Awards | Best Costume | Hellboy | Nominated |
| 2007 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special | Broken Trail (with Kathleen Morley) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Genie Awards | Best Costume Design | Passchendaele | Won |
| 2012 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Costume Design | Resident Evil: Retribution | Nominated |
| 2012 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Costume Design | Silent Hill: Revelation | Nominated |
| 2012 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Costume Design | Hannah's Law | Nominated |
| 2014 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Costume Design | Pompeii | Won |
| 2014 | Saturn Awards | Best Costume | Thor: The Dark World | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Wendy Partridge: Awards & Nominations". Emmys. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Volmers, Eric (2 March 2015). "Calgary's Patrick McLaughlin, Wendy Partridge reflect on Canadian Screen Award wins". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Costume designer Wendy Partridge up for three CSAs". The Star. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Volmers, Eric (19 December 2019). "Togo's costume designer met challenge of creating 1925-era fur parkas without fur". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Volmers, Eric (6 November 2013). "Comic Clothier". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Conan's Canadian threads". CBC. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Calgary connection to US Inauguration Parade". CTV News. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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