---
name: "Dianna Cilliers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diana-cilliers"
fi1m_id: "diana-cilliers"
imdb_id: "nm0162305"
tmdb_id: 19692
wikidata_id: "Q3706779"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T16:23:26.271604+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."
---

# Dianna Cilliers

## Identity

Dianna Cilliers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diana-cilliers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diana-cilliers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0162305
- **TMDB ID:** 19692
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3706779
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3706779, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19692

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1959 in Cape Town.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1959, Cape Town
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Diana Cilliers, Diana Celliers, Diana Cillers, Dianna Cillers
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 65 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Science Fiction 2, History 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $472m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3706779, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19692

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*District 9*](https://film.one/film/district-9.md) (81), [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Girl*](https://film.one/film/the-girl.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Diana Cilliers is a South African costume designer. She studied theatre design at the University of Pretoria and began her career working in theatre before transitioning to film. In 1985 she founded the Theatre and Film Costume Workshop in Johannesburg, which she relocated to Cape Town in 1992.

She has designed costumes for numerous films and television productions, including *District 9* (2009), *Chronicle* (2012), *Dredd* (2012), *The Giver* (2014), *Chappie* (2015), *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013) and the series *One Piece* (2023). She received Primetime Emmy nominations for *The Girl* (2012) and *Roots* (2016), along with several SAFTA/Golden Horn awards and nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, dianacilliers.co.za, gemsagency.co.uk, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *Chronicle* (2012), Fi1m 72, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle.md)
- *The Girl* (2012), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl.md)
- *District 9* (2009), Fi1m 81, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/district-9.md)
- *Ali* (2001), Fi1m 68, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *ONE PIECE* (2023), series, Costume Design
- *The Last Face* (2017), Costume Design
- *Die Ontwaking* (2016), Costume Design
- *Chappie* (2015), Costume Design
- *The Giver* (2014), Costume Design
- *Young Ones* (2014), Costume Design
- *The Salvation* (2014), Costume Design
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *The Girl* (2012), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl.md)
- *Dredd* (2012), Costume Design
- *Chronicle* (2012), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle.md)
- *The Lost Future* (2010), Costume Design
- *A boy called Hope* (2010), Costume Design
- *District 9* (2009), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/district-9.md)
- *Natalee Holloway* (2009), Costume Design
- *The Deal* (2008), Costume Design
- *Lost City Raiders* (2008), Costume Design
- *Starship Troopers 3: Marauder* (2008), Costume Design
- *Goodbye Bafana* (2007), Costume Design
- *Primeval* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines* (2006), Costume Design
- *Krakatoa: The Last Days* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Breed* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Trail* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Poseidon Adventure* (2005), Costume Design
- *The Story of an African Farm* (2004), Costume Design
- *King Solomon's Mines* (2004), series, Costume Design
- *Zenon: Z3* (2004), Costume Designer
- *Red Dust* (2004), Costume Design
- *Pavement* (2002), Costume Design
- *Borderline* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Piano Player* (2002), Costume Design
- *Ali* (2001), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *Boesman and Lena* (2000), Costume Design
- *The One That Got Away* (1996), Costume Design
- *The Visual Bible: Acts* (1994), Costume Designer
- *Cyborg Cop II* (1994), Costume Design
- *The Visual Bible: Matthew* (1993), Costume Design
- *Ten Little Indians* (1989), Costume Design
- *The House of Usher* (1989), Wardrobe Designer
- *Jake Speed* (1986), Costume Design
- *My Friend Angelo* (1986), Costume Designer
- *RoboCop Returns*, Costume Designer

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