---
name: "Dien van Straalen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dien-van-straalen"
fi1m_id: "dien-van-straalen"
imdb_id: "nm0833009"
tmdb_id: 33447
wikidata_id: "Q22062094"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1947"
died: "9 July 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T22:47:16.362073+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."
---

# Dien van Straalen

## Identity

Dien van Straalen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dien-van-straalen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dien-van-straalen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0833009
- **TMDB ID:** 33447
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22062094
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22062094, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833009/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33447

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1947 in Zoetermeer. Died 9 July 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1947, Zoetermeer
- **Died:** 9 July 2010
- **Active:** 1988–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Kees Kasander](https://film.one/person/kees-kasander.md), [Peter Greenaway](https://film.one/person/peter-greenaway.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (2), 2000s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $16m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22062094, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833009/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33447

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Pillow Book*](https://film.one/film/the-pillow-book.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Libertine*](https://film.one/film/the-libertine.md) (56)

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

## Biography

Dien van Straalen (1947–2010) was a Dutch costume designer. She was born in Zoetermeer and died in The Hague.

She worked frequently with director Peter Greenaway on films including *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), *Drowning by Numbers* (1988) and *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989). Other credits include *Orlando* (1992), *The Baby of Mâcon* (1993), *The Pillow Book* (1995), *Girl with a Pearl Earring* (2003) and *The Libertine* (2004). She received an Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA nomination for her work on *Girl with a Pearl Earring*.

*Sources: m.imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, rkd.nl.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Libertine* (2004), Fi1m 56, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-libertine.md)
- *The Pillow Book* (1995), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pillow-book.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Libertine* (2004), Costume Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-libertine.md)
- *Girl with a Pearl Earring* (2003), Costume Design
- *Max* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Gambler* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Pillow Book* (1995), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pillow-book.md)
- *The Baby of Mâcon* (1993), Costume Design
- *Orlando* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *A Walk Through Prospero's Library* (1992), Costume Design
- *Drowning by Numbers* (1988), Costume Design
- *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Design
- *A Strange Love Affair* (1985), Costume Design, Costumer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2004: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Girl with a Pearl Earring*

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

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