---
name: "Janet Patterson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janet-patterson"
fi1m_id: "janet-patterson"
imdb_id: "nm0666253"
tmdb_id: 75479
wikidata_id: "Q1682667"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "12 August 1956"
died: "21 October 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:28:11.957335+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."
---

# Janet Patterson

## Identity

Janet Patterson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janet-patterson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janet-patterson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0666253
- **TMDB ID:** 75479
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1682667
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Patterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1682667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75479

Costume designer. Born 12 August 1956 in Sydney. Died 21 October 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 12 August 1956, Sydney
- **Died:** 21 October 2016
- **Active:** 1993–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Jane Campion](https://film.one/person/jane-campion.md), [Jan Chapman](https://film.one/person/jan-chapman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $75m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Patterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1682667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75479

## Biography

Janet Patterson (12 August 1956 – 21 October 2016) was an Australian costume designer and production designer. She trained at East Sydney Technical College and Sydney College of the Arts, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design and a diploma in Textile Studies and Costume Design. She also held a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust scholarship to study architecture in Switzerland. Patterson began her career in the 1980s with production, costume and set design for ABC Television before moving into feature films.

She is best known for her long collaborations with directors Jane Campion and Gillian Armstrong. Her credits include costume design on *The Piano* (1993), *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), *Oscar and Lucinda* (1997), *Holy Smoke* (1999), *Bright Star* (2009) and *Far from the Madding Crowd* (2015), as well as *Peter Pan* (2003). She frequently served as both costume and production designer. Patterson received four Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, a BAFTA Award for *The Piano*, and multiple AACTA Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Bright Star* (2009), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bright-star.md)
- *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), Fi1m 68, Costume design, Costume Design, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-portrait-of-a-lady.md)
- *The Piano* (1993), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (2015), Costume Design
- *Bright Star* (2009), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bright-star.md)
- *Peter Pan* (2003), Costume Design
- *Holy Smoke* (1999), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Oscar and Lucinda* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-portrait-of-a-lady.md)
- *The Piano* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)
- *The Last Days of Chez Nous* (1992), Costume Design, Production Design
- *The Lizard King* (1988), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Two Friends* (1986), Costume Design, Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- 2010: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Bright Star*
- 1998: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Oscar and Lucinda*
- 1997: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Portrait of a Lady*
- 1994: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Piano*

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

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