# Fiona Crombie

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Australian costume and production designer

Fiona Crombie Born 1973 (1973) Occupations Costume and production designer

**Fiona Crombie** (born c. 1973)[1] is an Australian [costume](/source/Costume_designer) and [production designer](/source/Production_designer).[2][3][4] She was nominated for two [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) in the category [Best Production Design](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design) for the films *[The Favourite](/source/The_Favourite_(2018_film))* and *[Hamnet](/source/Hamnet_(film))*.[5][6]

Crombie was born in Adelaide; when she was two, her family moved to Sydney where she attended [Turramurra](/source/Turramurra) Public School.[1] Crombie graduated in 1988[7] from the [National Institute of Dramatic Art](/source/National_Institute_of_Dramatic_Art) (NIDA) and then became the resident designer at the [Sydney Theatre Company](/source/Sydney_Theatre_Company).[8]

Crombie is the daughter of film director [Donald Crombie](/source/Donald_Crombie).[1] She is married to Peter Knowles; they have two children.

## Theatre

- *[Three Sisters](/source/Three_Sisters_(play))*, [Sydney Theatre Company](/source/Sydney_Theatre_Company), 2001

- *[The Shape of Things](/source/The_Shape_of_Things)*, Sydney Theatre Company, January 2003

- *[Hedda Gabler](/source/Hedda_Gabler)*, Sydney Theatre Company, July 2004; [Brooklyn Academy of Music](/source/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music), New York, February 2006

- *[Journal of the Plague Year](/source/Journal_of_the_Plague_Year)*, [Malthouse Theatre](/source/Malthouse_Theatre), April 2005

- *[The Ham Funeral](/source/The_Ham_Funeral)*, Malthouse Theatre Company, April 2005

- *[King Lear](/source/King_Lear)*, [Melbourne Theatre Company](/source/Melbourne_Theatre_Company), July 2005

- *[The Cherry Orchard](/source/The_Cherry_Orchard)*, Sydney Theatre Company, December 2005

- *Moving Target* (by [Marius von Mayenburg](/source/Marius_von_Mayenburg)), [Adelaide Festival](/source/Adelaide_Festival), February 2008; [Malthouse Theatre](/source/Malthouse_Theatre), March 2008

- *[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)*, [Bell Shakespeare](/source/Bell_Shakespeare), July 2008

- *The Great* (by [Tony McNamara](/source/Tony_McNamara_(writer))), Sydney Theatre Company, May 2008

- *The City* (by [Clyde Fitch](/source/Clyde_Fitch)), Sydney Theatre Company, June 2009

- *[The Seven Stages of Grieving](/source/The_Seven_Stages_of_Grieving)*, Sydney Theatre Company, 2021

## Filmography

- 2011: *[Snowtown](/source/Snowtown_(film))*

- 2012: *[Beaconsfield](/source/Beaconsfield_(film))*

- 2012: *[Dead Europe](/source/Dead_Europe)*

- 2013: *[Top of the Lake](/source/Top_of_the_Lake)*

- 2014: *[Son of a Gun](/source/Son_of_a_Gun_(film))*

- 2015: *[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth_(2015_film))*

- 2015: *[Truth](/source/Truth_(2015_film))*

- 2016: *[Una](/source/Una_(film))*

- 2018: *[Mary Magdalene](/source/Mary_Magdalene_(2018_film))*

- 2018: *[The Favourite](/source/The_Favourite_(2018_film))*

- 2019: *[The King](/source/The_King_(2019_film))*

- 2021: *[Cruella](/source/Cruella_(film))*

- 2023: *[Beau Is Afraid](/source/Beau_Is_Afraid)*

- 2025: *[Mickey 17](/source/Mickey_17)*

- 2025: *[Hamnet](/source/Hamnet_(film))*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tele_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tele_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-tele_1-2) Alison Stephenson (25 February 2019). ["From Turramurra Public School to Oscar nominee, Fiona Crombie's North Shore beginnings"](https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/from-turramurra-public-school-to-oscar-nominee-fiona-crombies-north-shore-beginnings/news-story/8d90755a57f00b85e1b132524ecb1212). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney))*. Sydney. Retrieved 6 November 2021.(subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Maddox, Garry (22 February 2019). ["How an Australian created the Oscar-nominated look of *The Favourite*"](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/how-an-australian-created-the-oscar-nominated-look-of-the-favourite-20190217-p50yd2.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Busch, Anita (22 January 2019). ["*The Favourite*'s Oscar Nominated Production Designer Fiona Crombie on the Biggest Challenges"](https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-favourite-oscar-nominated-production-designer-fiona-crombie-biggest-challenges-1202539245/). *[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)*. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rackham, Annabel (16 February 2019). ["Meet *The Favourite*'s Bafta-winning working mums"](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47255196). *[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)*. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners"](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019). *[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences)*. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The 98th Academy Awards (2026) Nominees and Winners"](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2026). *[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences)*. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["NIDA alumni sweep up AACTA awards nominations"](https://www.nida.edu.au/news/nida-alumni-aacta-awards). *[National Institute of Dramatic Art](/source/National_Institute_of_Dramatic_Art)*. Australia. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Australian Fiona Crombie marches toward Oscar"](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australian-fiona-crombie-marches-toward-oscar/c2d5823c-5fc4-4f35-819b-912ddb6179a6). *[SBS News](/source/SBS_News)*. Australia. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

## Further reading

- Jane Cornwell (9 March 2019). ["Two of Us: Costume designer and Oscar nominee Fiona Crombie – Dad recognised the creative spirit in me"](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). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

## External links

- [Fiona Crombie](https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/203441) at [AusStage](/source/AusStage)

- [Fiona Crombie](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2356249/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Fiona Crombie](https://www.hlamgt.com.au/client/fiona-crombie/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211104003719/https://www.hlamgt.com.au/client/fiona-crombie/) 4 November 2021 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) at HLA Management Australia

v t e Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film Feature Film (1996–1999) Stuart Craig (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Eugenio Zanetti (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999) Period or Fantasy (2000–2005) Arthur Max (2000) Catherine Martin (2001) Grant Major (2002) Grant Major (2003) Rick Heinrichs (2004) John Myhre (2005) Contemporary (2000–present) David Gropman (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Jeannine Oppewall (2002) Henry Bumstead (2003) Alex McDowell (2004) David J. Bomba (2005) Peter Lamont (2006) Jess Gonchor (2007) Mark Digby (2008) Karl Júlíusson (2009) Thérèse DePrez (2010) Donald Graham Burt (2011) Dennis Gassner (2012) K. K. Barrett (2013) Kevin Thompson (2014) Arthur Max (2015) David Wasco (2016) François Audouy (2017) Nelson Coates (2018) Lee Ha-jun (2019) Wynn Thomas (2020) Mark Tildesley (2021) Rick Heinrichs (2022) Suzie Davies (2023) Suzie Davies (2024) Florencia Martin (2025) Fantasy (2006–present) Eugenio Caballero (2006) Dennis Gassner (2007) Nathan Crowley (2008) Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2010) Stuart Craig (2011) David Gropman (2012) Andy Nicholson (2013) Charles Wood (2014) Colin Gibson (2015) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2016) Dennis Gassner (2017) Hannah Beachler (2018) Charles Wood (2019) Nathan Crowley (2020) Patrice Vermette (2021) Jason Kisvarday (2022) James Price and Shona Heath (2023) Nathan Crowley (2024) Kasra Farahani (2025) Period (2006–present) Tingxiao Huo (2006) Jack Fisk (2007) Donald Graham Burt (2008) Sarah Greenwood (2009) Eve Stewart (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Sarah Greenwood (2012) Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen (2014) Jack Fisk (2015) Wynn Thomas (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) Fiona Crombie (2018) Barbara Ling (2019) Donald Graham Burt (2020) Tamara Deverell (2021) Florencia Martin (2022) Ruth De Jong (2023) Craig Lathrop (2024) Tamara Deverell (2025) Animated (2017–present) Harley Jessup (2017) Adam Stockhausen and Paul Harrod (2018) Bob Pauley (2019) Steve Pilcher (2020) Ian Gooding and Lorelay Bové (2021) Guy Davis and Curt Enderle (2022) Patrick O'Keefe (2023) Raymond Zibach (2024) Mingjue Helen Chen and Dave Bleich (2025)

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Production Design 1964–1967 Black and White Ken Adam (1964) Ray Simm (1965) Tambi Larsen (1966) No Award (1967) Colour John Bryan (1964) Ken Adam (1965) Wilfred Shingleton (1966) John Box (1967) 1968–present Ernest Archer, Harry Lange, and Anthony Masters (1968) Donald M. Ashton (1969) Mario Garbuglia (1970) Ferdinando Scarfiotti (1971) Rolf Zehetbauer (1972) Natasha Kroll (1973) John Box (1974) John Box (1975) Geoffrey Kirkland (1976) Danilo Donati and Federico Fellini (1977) Joe Alves (1978) Michael Seymour (1979) Stuart Craig (1980) Norman Reynolds (1981) Lawrence G. Paull (1982) Gianni Quaranta and Franco Zeffirelli (1983) Roy Walker (1984) Norman Garwood (1985) Brian Ackland-Snow and Gianni Quaranta (1986) Santo Loquasto (1987) Dean Tavoularis (1988) Dante Ferretti (1989) Richard Sylbert (1990) Bo Welch (1991) Catherine Martin (1992) Andrew McAlpine (1993) Dante Ferretti (1994) Michael Corenblith (1995) Tony Burrough (1996) Catherine Martin (1997) Dennis Gassner (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999) Arthur Max (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Dennis Gassner (2002) William Sandell (2003) Dante Ferretti (2004) Stuart Craig (2005) Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland, and Jennifer Williams (2006) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2007) Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo (2008) Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat (2010) Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011) Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson (2012) Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn (2013) Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014) Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015) Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock (2016) Paul D. Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, and Shane Vieau (2017) Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (2018) Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales (2019) Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020) Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022) Shona Heath, James Price, and Zsuzsa Mihalek (2023) Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales (2024) Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau (2025)

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