{{short description|Australian costume and production designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person |name = Fiona Crombie |birth_date = {{birth year|1973}} |occupation = Costume and production designer }}
'''Fiona Crombie''' (born {{circa}} 1973)<ref name=tele /> is an Australian [[costume designer|costume]] and [[production designer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/how-an-australian-created-the-oscar-nominated-look-of-the-favourite-20190217-p50yd2.html|title=How an Australian created the Oscar-nominated look of ''The Favourite''|first=Garry|last=Maddox|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=22 February 2019|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-favourite-oscar-nominated-production-designer-fiona-crombie-biggest-challenges-1202539245/|title=''The Favourite''{{'}}s Oscar Nominated Production Designer Fiona Crombie on the Biggest Challenges|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anita|last=Busch|date=January 22, 2019|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47255196|title=Meet ''The Favourite''{{'}}s Bafta-winning working mums|work=[[BBC News]]|first=Annabel|last=Rackham|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref> She was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] for the films ''[[The Favourite (2018 film)|The Favourite]]'' and ''[[Hamnet (film)|Hamnet]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|title=The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners|work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2026|title=The 98th Academy Awards (2026) Nominees and Winners|work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=January 22, 2026}}</ref>
Crombie was born in Adelaide; when she was two, her family moved to Sydney where she attended [[Turramurra]] Public School.<ref name=tele>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/from-turramurra-public-school-to-oscar-nominee-fiona-crombies-north-shore-beginnings/news-story/8d90755a57f00b85e1b132524ecb1212|title=From Turramurra Public School to Oscar nominee, Fiona Crombie's North Shore beginnings|author=Alison Stephenson|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|date=25 February 2019|access-date=6 November 2021}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Crombie graduated in 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nida.edu.au/news/nida-alumni-aacta-awards|title=NIDA alumni sweep up AACTA awards nominations|website=[[National Institute of Dramatic Art]]|location=Australia|date=25 October 2019|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> from the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] (NIDA) and then became the resident designer at the [[Sydney Theatre Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australian-fiona-crombie-marches-toward-oscar/c2d5823c-5fc4-4f35-819b-912ddb6179a6|title=Australian Fiona Crombie marches toward Oscar|website=[[SBS News]]|location=Australia|date=4 February 2019|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>
Crombie is the daughter of film director [[Donald Crombie]].<ref name=tele /> She is married to Peter Knowles; they have two children.
==Theatre== * ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'', [[Sydney Theatre Company]], 2001 * ''[[The Shape of Things]]'', Sydney Theatre Company, January 2003 * ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', Sydney Theatre Company, July 2004; [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]], New York, February 2006 * ''[[Journal of the Plague Year]]'', [[Malthouse Theatre]], April 2005 * ''[[The Ham Funeral]]'', Malthouse Theatre Company, April 2005 * ''[[King Lear]]'', [[Melbourne Theatre Company]], July 2005 * ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'', Sydney Theatre Company, December 2005 * ''Moving Target'' (by [[Marius von Mayenburg]]), [[Adelaide Festival]], February 2008; [[Malthouse Theatre]], March 2008 * ''[[Hamlet]]'', [[Bell Shakespeare]], July 2008 * ''The Great'' (by [[Tony McNamara (writer)|Tony McNamara]]), Sydney Theatre Company, May 2008 * ''The City'' (by [[Clyde Fitch]]), Sydney Theatre Company, June 2009 * ''[[The Seven Stages of Grieving]]'', Sydney Theatre Company, 2021
==Filmography== *2011: ''[[Snowtown (film)|Snowtown]]'' *2012: ''[[Beaconsfield (film)|Beaconsfield]]'' *2012: ''[[Dead Europe]]'' *2013: ''[[Top of the Lake]]'' *2014: ''[[Son of a Gun (film)|Son of a Gun]]'' *2015: ''[[Macbeth (2015 film)|Macbeth]]'' *2015: ''[[Truth (2015 film)|Truth]]'' *2016: ''[[Una (film)|Una]]'' *2018: ''[[Mary Magdalene (2018 film)|Mary Magdalene]]'' *2018: ''[[The Favourite (2018 film)|The Favourite]]'' *2019: ''[[The King (2019 film)|The King]]'' *2021: ''[[Cruella (film)|Cruella]]'' *2023: ''[[Beau Is Afraid]]'' *2025: ''[[Mickey 17]]'' *2025: ''[[Hamnet (film)|Hamnet]]''
== References == {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/two-of-us-costume-designer-and-oscar-nominee-fiona-crombie-dad-recognised-the-creative-spirit-in-me-20190304-p511l5.html|title=Two of Us: Costume designer and Oscar nominee Fiona Crombie – Dad recognised the creative spirit in me|author=Jane Cornwell|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=9 March 2019|access-date=6 November 2021|ref=none}}
== External links == * {{AusStage|contributor/203441}} * {{IMDb name|2356249}} * [https://www.hlamgt.com.au/client/fiona-crombie/ Fiona Crombie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104003719/https://www.hlamgt.com.au/client/fiona-crombie/ |date=4 November 2021 }} at HLA Management Australia
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