---
name: "Stewart Meachem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stewart-meachem"
fi1m_id: "stewart-meachem"
imdb_id: "nm0574865"
tmdb_id: 1422976
wikidata_id: "Q95899934"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:13:57.671927+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."
---

# Stewart Meachem

## Identity

Stewart Meachem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stewart-meachem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stewart-meachem
- **IMDb ID:** nm0574865
- **TMDB ID:** 1422976
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95899934
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95899934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1422976

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $111m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95899934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1422976

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. Burton*](https://film.one/film/mr-burton.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Stewart Meachem is a British costume designer. He has worked in film and television since the 1980s, with early credits including wardrobe master on *Paperhouse* (1988) and *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992).

Meachem's film credits as costume designer include *Bent* (1997), *RKO 281* (1999), *Billy Elliot* (2000), *Octane* (2003) and *Dough* (2015). He has also designed costumes for television series such as *Doc Martin* (2019–2022).

For *Billy Elliot*, he researched documentary footage and photographs to achieve an authentic 1980s look for the mining community and ballet sequences.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com, cinema.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Mr. Burton* (2025), Fi1m 71, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-burton.md)
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), Fi1m 66, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Mr. Burton* (2025), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-burton.md)
- *Safe House* (2015), series, Costume Design
- *Dough* (2015), Costume Design
- *Hunky Dory* (2011), Costume Design
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Guy X* (2005), Costume Design
- *The Rocket Post* (2004), Costume Design
- *Octane* (2003), Costume Design
- *LD 50 Lethal Dose* (2003), Costume Design
- *Global Heresy* (2002), Costume Designer
- *Deserter* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Martins* (2001), Costume Design
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *RKO 281* (1999), Costume Designer
- *Fanny & Elvis* (1999), Costume Design
- *Bent* (1997), Costume Design
- *Snow White: A Tale of Terror* (1997), Assistant Costume Designer
- *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), as Wardrobe Master
- *Paperhouse* (1988), as Wardrobe Master

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