---
name: "Emma Porteous"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emma-porteous"
fi1m_id: "emma-porteous"
imdb_id: "nm0692364"
tmdb_id: 10198
wikidata_id: "Q3052473"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "26 June 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T20:43:35.060249+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."
---

# Emma Porteous

## Identity

Emma Porteous

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emma-porteous
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emma-porteous
- **IMDb ID:** nm0692364
- **TMDB ID:** 10198
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3052473
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Porteous, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10198

Costume designer. Born 26 June 1936 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 26 June 1936, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
- **Active:** 1970–1988
- **Also known as:** Emma Porteus
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [John Glen](https://film.one/person/john-glen.md), [Michael G. Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-wilson.md), [Richard Maibaum](https://film.one/person/richard-maibaum.md), [Tom Pevsner](https://film.one/person/tom-pevsner.md), [Roger Moore](https://film.one/person/roger-moore.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 81 (1), 1980s 65 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 4, Thriller 4, Comedy 3, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $840m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Porteous, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10198

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Aliens*](https://film.one/film/aliens.md) (91), [*High Spirits*](https://film.one/film/high-spirits.md) (52)

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## Biography

Emma Porteous is a costume designer. Born on 26 June 1936 in Calcutta, India, she began her career in fashion, working in Paris as a sketch artist before moving into television design for companies including ATV, Rediffusion and London Weekend Television.

Her first film credit was *Performance* (1970). She went on to design costumes for the television series *Space: 1999* and numerous feature films, including *Octopussy* (1983), *A View to a Kill* (1985), *Aliens* (1986), *The Living Daylights* (1987), *Clash of the Titans* (1981) and *Judge Dredd* (1995). She has more than fifty credits in film and television; her final credit was on *Lover's Prayer* (2001).

Porteous has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Saturn Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *High Spirits* (1988), Fi1m 52, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/high-spirits.md)
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Fi1m 46, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Octopussy* (1983), Fi1m 64, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)
- *Performance.* (1970), Fi1m 81, Wardrobe Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/performance.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *All Forgotten* (2001), Costume Design
- *My Life So Far* (1999), Costume Design
- *Judge Dredd* (1995), Costume Design
- *Son of the Pink Panther* (1993), Costume Design
- *The Gravy Train Goes East* (1991), series, Costume Design
- *Robin Hood* (1991), Costume Design
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1989), series, Costume Designer
- *High Spirits* (1988), Costume Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/high-spirits.md)
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Costume Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Costume Design — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *Nineteen Eighty-Four* (1984), Costume Design
- *Supergirl* (1984), Costume Design
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Octopussy* (1983), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)
- *Five Days One Summer* (1982), Costume Design
- *Elton John: Visions* (1981), Actor
- *Clash of the Titans* (1981), Costume Design
- *The Search for Alexander the Great* (1981), series, Costume Design
- *The Dogs of War* (1980), Costume Design
- *The Watcher in the Woods* (1980), Costume Design
- *A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square* (1980), Costume Design
- *The Lady Vanishes* (1979), Costume Design
- *Force 10 from Navarone* (1978), Costume Designer
- *Sky Riders* (1976), Costume Design
- *Brannigan* (1975), Costume Design
- *Swallows and Amazons* (1974), Costume Design
- *Mousey* (1974), Costume Design
- *Steptoe & Son Ride Again* (1973), Costume Supervisor
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1973), Costume Design
- *The Lovers!* (1973), Costume Design
- *Percy* (1971), Costume Design
- *Performance.* (1970), Wardrobe Designer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/performance.md)

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