Lindy hemming biography

Lindy Hemming (Costume Designer)

Datastream
Name: Lindy Hemming
Date of Birth: 21st August 1948
Place of Birth: Wales, UK
Years active: 1984-present
Profession: Costume designer, costume supervisor
Bond films: 5
Also famous for: The Dark Knight (2008)

Biography
Born in Carmarthenshire, Wales, Lindy Hemming attended Britain's famous drama school RADA - The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts - initially specialising in stage management before transferring to design. Out of school she worked extensively on stage productions, mostly fringe and festival performances at the Open Space Theatre, slowly refining her trade. She worked her way through the ranks before being picked up by the Royal Shakespeare Company to design costumes for one of their highly acclaimed productions, and from there: the West End.

Right: Lindy Hemming, five-time 007 costume designer...

 

Her first film credit came in the mid-1980s onboard the Ian Holm comedy "Laughterhouse". For 10 years Hemming had a steady run of employment on British film and television, designing primarily for contemporary, local productions. She came to Hollywood attention after her work on "Four Weddings and a Funeral", the memorable Hugh Grant romantic comedy, before being picked up for James Bond's return to the screen in 1995's "GoldenEye". Hemming signed on to Oliver Platt noir/comedy project "Funny Bones", released the same year as "GoldenEye" and then jumped back to Victorian times for "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), the semi-factual Gilbert and Sullivan drama. For her work on this lavish production, Lindy Hemming was rewarded with an Oscar.

Since "Casino Royale" (2006), Hemming has gone on to work with director Martin Campbell once more on 2010's "Edge of Darkness", a cinematic adaptation of Campbell's '80s miniseries. She has also contributed to the first two Harry Potter adventures and the Batman reboot ("Batman Begins") and its followup "The Dark Knight" which earned her many prestigious award nominations.

Bondography


Above: Lindy Hemming works with the crew and extras of the Uganda sequence for Casino Royale - actually only a few miles from Pinewood Studios...

Extended Filmography

  • Clash of the Titans (2010)
  • Edge of Darkness (2010)
  • The Dark Knight (2008) - Buy USA
  • Batman Begins (2005) - Buy USA
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - Buy USA
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) - Buy USA
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Buy USA
  • Little Voice (1998) - Buy USA
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Buy USA
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) - Buy USA

Awards

  • Academy Award: Best Costume Design for "Topsy-Turvy" (1999)

  • Costume Designers Guild: Excellence in Costume Design for Fantasy "The Dark Knight" (2008)

Frequently Works With
Jennifer Alford, Dan Grace, David Crossman, John Scott, Jenny Hawkins

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