Wendy Partridge

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]

  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.