---
name: "Tim Chappel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-chappel"
fi1m_id: "tim-chappel"
imdb_id: "nm0152579"
tmdb_id: 1249772
wikidata_id: "Q1679721"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "15 December 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:02:05.173602+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."
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# Tim Chappel

## Identity

Tim Chappel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-chappel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-chappel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0152579
- **TMDB ID:** 1249772
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1679721
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Chappel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1679721, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1249772

Costume designer. Born 15 December 1967 in New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 15 December 1967, New South Wales, Australia
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Chappel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1679721, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1249772

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Tim Chappel is an Australian costume designer. He studied fashion design at Sydney College of the Arts before leaving to work in television.

Chappel is best known for his work on the 1994 film *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert*, for which he shared an Academy Award for Best Costume Design with Lizzy Gardiner. The pair also received BAFTA and AFI awards. He later designed costumes for the stage musical adaptation, winning a Tony Award and other honours.

His credits include feature films such as *Miss Congeniality* (2000), *Mental* (2012) and *The Dressmaker* (2015), as well as television work on series including *The Masked Singer* and *Dancing with the Stars*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Seriously Red* (2022), Costume Design
- *Mental* (2012), Costume Design
- *Red Riding Hood* (2006), Costume Design
- *Into the Sun* (2005), Costume Design
- *Love Wrecked* (2005), Costume Designer
- *Today You Die* (2005), Costume Design
- *Boat Trip* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Simian Line* (2001), Costume Design
- *The Velocity of Gary* (1999), Costume Designer
- *Brave New World* (1998), Costume Design
- *Mojave Moon* (1996), Costume Design
- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Best Costume Design (won), for *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 2011: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (won)

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

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