---
name: "Charles Knode"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-knode"
fi1m_id: "charles-knode"
imdb_id: "nm0461262"
tmdb_id: 606
wikidata_id: "Q2959526"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "14 July 1942"
died: "16 February 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T19:19:52.199767+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."
---

# Charles Knode

## Identity

Charles Knode

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-knode
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-knode
- **IMDb ID:** nm0461262
- **TMDB ID:** 606
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2959526
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knode, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959526, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/606

Costume designer. Born 14 July 1942 in Alcester. Died 16 February 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 14 July 1942, Alcester
- **Died:** 16 February 2023
- **Active:** 1979–1995
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 crew, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (2), 1980s 70 (3), 1990s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $451m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Knode, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959526, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/606

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Life of Brian*](https://film.one/film/life-of-brian.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Braveheart*](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Knode (1942–2023) was a British costume designer for film, television, stage and music videos. He trained at Wimbledon School of Art and began his career at the BBC, where he designed costumes for the 1972 adaptation of *War and Peace*.

After leaving the BBC he worked on Monty Python’s *Life of Brian* (1979) and collaborated extensively with director Ridley Scott. His designs for *Blade Runner* (1982) earned a BAFTA Award; he received a second BAFTA for *Braveheart* (1995) and an Oscar nomination for the same film. Other credits include *Jabberwocky* (1977), *Legend* (1985), *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992) and the television film *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), for which he won an Emmy Award. He also appeared as an extra in several Monty Python productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Crew (5) — the average rests on these

- *Braveheart* (1995), Fi1m 68, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *Legend* (1985), Fi1m 61, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/legend.md)
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *Life of Brian* (1979), Fi1m 88, as Passer-by (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-brian.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Fi1m 87, as Camp Guard / Robin's Minstrel (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Don Quixote* (2000), Costume Design
- *A Christmas Carol* (1999), Costume Design
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Costume Design
- *Frenchman's Creek* (1998), Costume Design
- *Snow White: A Tale of Terror* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Odyssey* (1997), series, Costume Design
- *Braveheart* (1995), Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), Costume Design
- *The Secret Life of Ian Fleming* (1990), Costume Design
- *A Dry White Season* (1989), Costume Design
- *Love Potion* (1987), Costume Design
- *Legend* (1985), Costume Designer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/legend.md)
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *Black Angel* (1980), Costume Design
- *Life of Brian* (1979), as Passer-by (uncredited) · Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-brian.md)
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1978), Costume Design
- *Jabberwocky* (1977), Costume Design
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), as Camp Guard / Robin's Minstrel (uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)
- *War & Peace* (1972), series, Costume Design
- *Owen Wingrave* (1971), Costume Design
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1971), series, Costume Design
- *The Rivals* (1970), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Braveheart*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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