---
name: "Bruce Finlayson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-finlayson"
fi1m_id: "bruce-finlayson"
imdb_id: "nm0278003"
tmdb_id: 29790
wikidata_id: "Q25352802"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:25:20.333733+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."
---

# Bruce Finlayson

## Identity

Bruce Finlayson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-finlayson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-finlayson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0278003
- **TMDB ID:** 29790
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25352802
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25352802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29790

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1978–1998
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25352802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29790

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gods and Monsters*](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md) (82), [*The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith*](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) (80)

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## Biography

Bruce Finlayson is a costume designer whose credits span feature films and television from the mid-1970s onward. He worked on Australian productions including *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978) and *Careful, He Might Hear You* (1983) before contributing to US films such as *Gods and Monsters* (1998), *The Rookie* (2002) and *Kinsey* (2004).

His other credits include *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995), *Mr. Baseball* (1992) and *The Oh in Ohio* (2006). Finlayson has received two wins and one nomination for his costume design work.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Oh in Ohio* (2006), Costume Designer
- *The Rookie* (2002), Costume Design
- *A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story* (2000), Costume Design
- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *Firestorm* (1998), Costume Design
- *Monster Mash: The Movie* (1995), Set Designer, Costume Design, Production Design
- *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995), Costume Designer
- *Rubdown* (1993), Costume Design
- *Deadly Relations* (1993), Costume Design
- *Mr. Baseball* (1992), Costume Designer
- *Ladykiller* (1992), Costume Design
- *The Delinquents* (1989), Costume Designer
- *Evil Angels* (1988), Costume Design
- *Sister, Sister* (1987), Costume Design
- *Second Time Lucky* (1984), Costume Design
- *Strange Behavior* (1981), Costume Design
- *Water Under the Bridge* (1980), series, Costume Designer
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)
- *Summer of Secrets* (1976), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Man from Hong Kong* (1975), Wardrobe Supervisor

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