Fiona Crombie

Fiona Crombie (born c. 1973)[1] is an Australian costume and production designer.[2][3][4] She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Production Design for the period film The Favourite.[5]

Crombie was born in Adelaide; when she was two, her family moved to Sydney where she attended Turramurra Public School.[1] Crombie graduated in 1988[6] from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and then became the resident designer at the Sydney Theatre Company.[7]

Crombie is the daughter of film director Donald Crombie.[1] She is married to Peter Knowles and the couple has two children.

  1. ^ a b c Alison Stephenson (25 February 2019). "From Turramurra Public School to Oscar nominee, Fiona Crombie's North Shore beginnings". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 6 November 2021.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Maddox, Garry (22 February 2019). "How an Australian created the Oscar-nominated look of The Favourite". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ Busch, Anita (22 January 2019). "The Favourite's Oscar Nominated Production Designer Fiona Crombie on the Biggest Challenges". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. ^ Rackham, Annabel (16 February 2019). "Meet The Favourite's Bafta-winning working mums". BBC News. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. ^ "The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. ^ "NIDA alumni sweep up AACTA awards nominations". National Institute of Dramatic Art. Australia. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Australian Fiona Crombie marches toward Oscar". SBS News. Australia. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.