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Wendy Partridge

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Wendy Partridge (born September 20, 1954) is a British–Canadian costume designer in film and television.

Partridge was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on the 2006 two-part AMC series Broken Trail.[1] She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design for the 2014 film Pompeii and Genie Awards for Best Costume Design for Passchendaele (2008) and Loyalties (1986).[2] She was nominated three times in one year at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards for Resident Evil: Retribution, Silent Hill: Revelation, and Hannah's Law.[3] Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: The Dark World and Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy have earned her Saturn Award nominations.[4]

Partridge got her first dressmaking job at 14 years old whilst still in England.[5] She moved to Edmonton in the 1970s and to Calgary in 1986.[3] She designed the costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics.[6] She also designed the World War I-style uniforms that were worn at the First inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 as well as the costume of Abraham Lincoln.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Notes
1979 Fast Company
1980 The Hounds of Notre Dame
1981 The High Country
1981 Firebird 2015 AD
1982 Latitude 55°
1983 Running Brave
1984 Isaac Littlefeathers
1984 Change of Heart
1986 Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986 Loyalties
1987 The Big Town
1987 Prairie Women
1990 The Comic Book Christmas Caper
1998 Heart of the Sun
2000 Snow Day
2000 Highlander: Endgame
2001 Texas Rangers
2002 Blade II
2003 The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting Direct-to-video
2003 Underworld
2004 Hellboy
2005 Fantastic Four
2005 The Cave
2006 Underworld: Evolution
2006 Silent Hill
2007 Resurrecting the Champ
2008 Passchendaele
2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009 Whiteout
2010 Legion
2010 The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2011 Conan the Barbarian
2011 Western Confidential
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution
2012 Silent Hill: Revelation
2013 Thor: The Dark World
2014 Pompeii
2018 Knuckleball
2019 Togo

Television

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Year Title Notes
1984 Draw! Television film
1985 Bridge to Terabithia Television film
1985 Murder in Space Television film
1986 The Park is Mine Television film
1986 Vanishing Act Television film
1986 Popeye Doyle Television film
1986 Easy Prey Television film
1990–1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater
1992 Call of the Wild Television film
1993 Ordeal in the Arctic Television film
1994 How the West Was Fun Television film
1995 Children of the Dust Miniseries
1995 Convict Cowboy Television film
1995 Black Fox Miniseries
1995–1996 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995 The Song Spinner Television film
1996 In Cold Blood Miniseries
1997 Heart Full of Rain Television film
1997 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Episode: "Honey, I Shrunk the Science Dude"
1999 You Know My Name Television film
2000 A Father's Choice Television film
2000 High Noon Television film
2001 Anatomy of a Hate Crime Television film
2001 Almost America Television film
2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss Television film
2006 Broken Trail Part 2
2006 Ultra Television film
2007 The Secret of the Nutcracker Television film
2008 The Other Woman Television film
2009 Prayers for Bobby Docudrama
2011–2012 Hell on Wheels Season 1
2012 Hannah's Law Television film
2013 When Calls the Heart Television film
2016 Timeless Pilot
2016 Van Helsing Season 1
2020 Shadow and Bone

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
1983 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Latitude 55° Nominated
1985 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Isaac Littlefeathers Nominated
1987 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Loyalties Won
2002 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Almost America Nominated
2005 Saturn Awards Best Costume Hellboy Nominated
2007 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Broken Trail (with Kathleen Morley) Nominated
2008 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Passchendaele Won
2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Resident Evil: Retribution Nominated
2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Silent Hill: Revelation Nominated
2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Hannah's Law Nominated
2014 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Pompeii Won
2014 Saturn Awards Best Costume Thor: The Dark World Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Wendy Partridge: Awards & Nominations". Emmys. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ^ Volmers, Eric (2 March 2015). "Calgary's Patrick McLaughlin, Wendy Partridge reflect on Canadian Screen Award wins". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Costume designer Wendy Partridge up for three CSAs". The Star. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. ^ Volmers, Eric (19 December 2019). "Togo's costume designer met challenge of creating 1925-era fur parkas without fur". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ Volmers, Eric (6 November 2013). "Comic Clothier". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Conan's Canadian threads". CBC. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Calgary connection to US Inauguration Parade". CTV News. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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