---
name: "Tiny Nicholls"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tiny-nicholls"
fi1m_id: "tiny-nicholls"
imdb_id: "nm0629471"
tmdb_id: 29061
roles: ["Costume supervisor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:50.269075+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."
---

# Tiny Nicholls

## Identity

Tiny Nicholls

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tiny-nicholls
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tiny-nicholls
- **IMDb ID:** nm0629471
- **TMDB ID:** 29061
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29061

Costume supervisor.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume supervisor
- **Active:** 1979–1987
- **Also known as:** Tiny Nichols, G.W. Nicholls, Ti Nicholls
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (1), 1980s 81 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 90 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $865m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29061

## Biography

Tiny Nicholls was a British costume designer and wardrobe supervisor. He worked in the costume and wardrobe departments on numerous British and international films from the late 1960s onwards, often credited as wardrobe supervisor or costume supervisor.

His supervisor credits include *The Omen* (1976), *Alien* (1979), *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), *The Elephant Man* (1980), *Outland* (1981) and *Aliens* (1986). He later took lead costume design roles, including on *The Fourth Protocol* (1987) and several television films and series such as *Doomsday Gun* (1994), *London Suite* (1996) and *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* (1997).

Nicholls received Emmy nominations for his work. He was born in 1922 and died in July 2012.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Fi1m 57, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Fi1m 84, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Fi1m 92, Costume Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Fi1m 92, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Wing Commander* (1999), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* (1997), Costume Design
- *London Suite* (1996), Costume Design
- *The Whipping Boy* (1994), Costume Design
- *Doomsday Gun* (1994), Costume Design
- *The Fourth Protocol* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fourth-protocol.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Outland* (1981), Costume Supervisor
- *The Final Conflict* (1981), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Costume Supervisor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md)
- *Why Not Stay For Breakfast?* (1979), as Wardrobe Master
- *Alien* (1979), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Four Feathers* (1978), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Omen* (1976), Costume Supervisor
- *Spanish Fly* (1976), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Human Factor* (1975), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *That Lucky Touch* (1975), as Wardrobe Master
- *Blue Blood* (1974), Costume Supervisor
- *Juggernaut* (1974), as Wardrobe Master
- *Malachi's Cove* (1973), Costume Supervisor
- *Charley-One-Eye* (1973), Costumer
- *Savage Messiah* (1972), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Devils* (1971), Wardrobe Supervisor

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