---
name: "Bob Buck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-buck"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T15:36:31.419862+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bob Buck

Costume designer. Born in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2013–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Ann Maskrey](https://film.one/person/ann-maskrey.md), [Carolynne Cunningham](https://film.one/person/carolynne-cunningham.md), [Fran Walsh](https://film.one/person/fran-walsh.md), [Guillermo del Toro](https://film.one/person/guillermo-del-toro.md), [Ian McKellen](https://film.one/person/ian-mckellen.md), [Martin Freeman](https://film.one/person/martin-freeman.md), [Orlando Bloom](https://film.one/person/orlando-bloom.md), [Peter Jackson](https://film.one/person/peter-jackson.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1396964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1310930

## Coming up

- *The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum* (2027-12-15), Costume Design

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md) (65), [*The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md) (54)

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## Biography

Bob Buck is a New Zealand costume designer. He graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts with a BFA in painting and drama, and began his career in props at Auckland's Mercury Theatre before moving into costume work.

He worked as one of the costume designers on Peter Jackson's *The Hobbit* trilogy (2012–2014), contributing to the design of the dwarves and the world of Erebor. His other credits include *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), *Mortal Engines* (2018), *Krampus* (2015) and *Z for Zachariah* (2015). He has also designed for the television series *Time Bandits* (2024).

Buck has received nominations from the Costume Designers Guild Awards for his work on the *Hobbit* films and from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards for *Tracker* (2010).

*Sources: bbuckcostume.com, imdb.com, screenguild.co.nz.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Fi1m 65, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum* (2027), Costume Design
- *Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires* (2025), Costume Designer
- *Time Bandits* (2024), series, Costume Design
- *Savage* (2019), Costume Design
- *Mortal Engines* (2018), Costume Design
- *Krampus* (2015), Costume Design
- *Z for Zachariah* (2015), Costume Design
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Costume Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), Costume Designer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *Tracker* (2010), Costume Design
- *Rain of the Children* (2008), Costume Design
- *The Water Horse* (2007), Costume Supervisor
- *The Last Samurai* (2003), Costume Coordinator

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