---
name: "Nilo Rodis-Jamero"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nilo-rodis-jamero"
fi1m_id: "nilo-rodis-jamero"
imdb_id: "nm0734890"
tmdb_id: 2025
wikidata_id: "Q134589484"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "15 March 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T12:23:21.763570+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."
---

# Nilo Rodis-Jamero

## Identity

Nilo Rodis-Jamero

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nilo-rodis-jamero
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nilo-rodis-jamero
- **IMDb ID:** nm0734890
- **TMDB ID:** 2025
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134589484
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134589484, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734890/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2025

Costume designer. Born 15 March 1950 in Cebu, Philippines.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 15 March 1950, Cebu, Philippines
- **Active:** 1983–1991
- **Also known as:** Nilo Rodis, Nilo Rodis Jamero
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 66 (3), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $866m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134589484, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734890/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2025

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Return of the Jedi*](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md) (75)
- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek V: The Final Frontier*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier.md) (45)

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

## Biography

Nilo Rodis-Jamero is a Filipino production designer, art director, costume designer and producer. Born on 15 March 1950 in Cebu, Philippines, he trained as an industrial designer before being hired by George Lucas to work at Industrial Light & Magic.

He served as assistant art director on the miniature and optical effects unit for *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980) and as costume designer on *Return of the Jedi* (1983), for which he received the 1984 Saturn Award for Best Costume Designer. His credits also include assistant art director on *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981) and art direction or visual effects art direction on several *Star Trek* films, including *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986) and *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991).

Rodis-Jamero later worked as production designer on *Johnny Mnemonic* (1995) and *Virtuosity* (1995), and as associate or co-producer on films including *Fire in the Sky* (1993), *Home Alone 3* (1997) and *Flubber* (1997).

*Sources: imdb.com, positivelyfilipino.com, starwars.fandom.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier* (1989), Fi1m 45, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), Fi1m 75, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Home Alone 3* (1997), Associate Producer
- *Virtuosity* (1995), Production Design
- *Johnny Mnemonic* (1995), Production Design
- *Fire in the Sky* (1993), Co-Producer
- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier* (1989), Costume Design — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), Costume Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design 1996: Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design (nominated)

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

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