---
name: "Ruy Filipe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruy-filipe"
fi1m_id: "ruy-filipe"
imdb_id: "nm0277030"
tmdb_id: 959982
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-11T23:18:47.839733+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."
---

# Ruy Filipe

## Identity

Ruy Filipe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ruy-filipe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ruy-filipe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0277030
- **TMDB ID:** 959982
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959982

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2004–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Fana Mokoena](https://film.one/person/fana-mokoena.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, War 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $85m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959982

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Eye in the Sky*](https://film.one/film/eye-in-the-sky.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Ruy Filipe is a South African costume designer working in film, television and stage. His credits include *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), *Eye in the Sky* (2015), *Silverton Siege* (2022) and *Deep Blue Sea 3* (2020).

He has also designed costumes for earlier productions such as *Dust Devil* (1992) and *Cyborg Cop* (1993), and for television series including *Wild at Heart* and the mini-series *The Looming Tower* (2018). Filipe has received four wins and two nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, esat.sun.ac.za.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Eye in the Sky* (2015), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/eye-in-the-sky.md)
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island* (2023), Costume Designer
- *Silverton Siege* (2022), Costume Design
- *Deep Blue Sea 3* (2020), Costume Designer
- *Farewell Ella Bella* (2018), Costume Supervisor
- *The Journey Is the Destination* (2016), Costume Design
- *Eye in the Sky* (2015), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/eye-in-the-sky.md)
- *Kite* (2014), Costume Design
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *Otelo Burning* (2011), Costume Designer
- *The Bang Bang Club* (2011), Costume Design
- *Blood And Oil* (2010), series, Costume Design
- *Mrs Mandela* (2010), Costume Designer
- *Mercenary for Justice* (2006), Costume Design
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Sumuru* (2003), Costume Design
- *Fools* (1997), Costume Design
- *Dangerous Ground* (1997), Costume Design
- *Live Wire: Human Timebomb* (1996), Costume Design
- *Cry, the Beloved Country* (1995), Costume Designer
- *Lunar Cop* (1995), Costume Design
- *Cyborg Cop* (1993), Costume Design
- *Dust Devil* (1992), Costume Design

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