Ngila Dickson

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1958 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar1 won · 1 nominated

Born

1 January 1958, Dunedin, New Zealand

Active

1994–present

Frequently works with

Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Philippa Boyens, Richard Taylor, Sean Astin

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

74Fi1m

70Critics

We rate Ngila’s work 3 points above the press, across 8 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 793

Under 601

Of 8 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 8 films
Screen time: 20 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $3.9bn across 8 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won · 1 nominated
Active: 1994–present

Genres

Action7
Adventure5
Fantasy5
Drama2
Science Fiction2
Thriller1

Best and worst on Fi1m

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring poster

90BestThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001

38WorstMadame Web2024

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11980s

71990s

102000s

72010s

42020s

Awards

Academy Awards1 won · 1 nominated

Won2004Best Costume Design · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Nominated2002Best Costume Design · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Other awards1 won

Won2004Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.