Lindy Hemming (born 21 August 1948) is a Welsh costume designer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Costume Designers Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two BAFTA Film Awards, a BAFTA Television Award, and a Tony Award.

Early life and education

Hemming was born on 21 August 1948, in Haverfordwest, Wales. She is the eldest of five children in the family. Her mother was a teacher who could draw, design, and make clothes, mostly converting children's hand-me-downs. Her father was a salesman and often worked as a woodcarver. She was brought up bilingually from an early age, speaking Welsh at school and English at home.

Hemming never considered design a profession nor even attended art school because her father convinced her that she should pursue a "worthwhile" job for a living. Having trained as an orthopaedic nurse instead, she later discovered that this experience was helpful in her career because it required working closely with people and observing and listening to them.

She eventually enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), being encouraged by the example of friends. Hemming initially intended to study stage management; however, she switched her major to design soon afterward.

Career

Hemming began her professional career at London's Open Space Theatre, where she performed multitask duties and often operated on a limited budget, a commitment that lasted for over a decade. She also worked for several years at the Hampstead Theatre Club. During that time, Hemming met many prominent directors, such as Michael Rudman, Alan Ayckbourn, Trevor Nunn, Richard Eyre, Howard Davies, and Nancy Meckler, who frequently asked her about collaboration on bigger-scale productions. She consequently made various designs for some of the biggest companies on the British stage and, at one point, had five London shows running simultaneously; those include productions for the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the West End. She also worked on Broadway and received a Tony Award for Best Costume Design nomination for the 1983 production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well.

Beside her theater career, Hemming is known for her work on several high-profile film productions across independent films and blockbusters. In particular, she has had frequent collaborations with English auteur Mike Leigh. She garnered praise and won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her recreation of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 production of The Mikado in Leigh's period musical Topsy-Turvy (1999). Hemming has also enjoyed a long-standing association with the James Bond film series, as she has designed the franchise's attire for more than a decade, starting from GoldenEye (1995) through Casino Royale (2006). Two of these pieces, which were featured in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), have been presented among other memorabilia in a special Bond-related exhibition at the Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection.

Hemming achieved further critical acclaim for providing the costumes in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012). She earned the CDG Award as well as a BAFTA Award nomination for her work in the series' second installment, The Dark Knight (2008).

Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1984 Comfort and Joy Bill Forsyth 1985 Loose Connections Richard Eyre Wetherby David Hare My Beautiful Laundrette Stephen Frears 1986 Heavenly Pursuits Charles Gormley 1988 High Hopes Mike Leigh 1989 When the Whales Came Clive Rees Queen of Hearts Jon Amiel 1990 The Krays Peter Medak Life Is Sweet Mike Leigh 1991 Hear My Song Peter Chelsom 1992 Waterland Stephen Gyllenhaal 1993 The Innocent John Schlesinger Costume consultant Naked Mike Leigh 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral Mike Newell Sister My Sister Nancy Meckler 1995 Funny Bones Peter Chelsom GoldenEye Martin Campbell 1996 Blood and Wine Bob Rafelson 1997 The Brave Gregory Mcdonald Prince Valiant Anthony Hickox Tomorrow Never Dies Roger Spottiswoode 1998 Little Voice Mark Herman 1999 Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh The Trench William Boyd with David Crossman The World Is Not Enough Michael Apted 2000 The Man Who Cried Sally Potter 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Simon West 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Chris Columbus Die Another Day Lee Tamahori 2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life Jan de Bont 2005 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan 2006 Casino Royale Martin Campbell 2008 The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan 2010 Edge of Darkness Martin Campbell Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier 2012 The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan 2014 Hector and the Search for Happiness Peter Chelsom Costume consultant Paddington Paul King 2017 Wonder Woman Patty Jenkins Paddington 2 Paul King 2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Patty Jenkins 2023 Wonka Paul King

Television YearTitleNotes 1983 Meantime Television film 1987 Porterhouse Blue 4 episodes The Short and Curlies Television short film 1992Screen OneEpisode: "Running Late" 1994Screen TwoEpisode: "All Things Bright and Beautiful"

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2000 Best Costume Design Topsy-Turvy

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1995 Best Costume Design Four Weddings and a Funeral 2009 The Dark Knight British Academy Television Craft Awards 1988 Best Costume Design Porterhouse Blue BAFTA Cymru 2018 Siân Phillips Award

Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1983 Best Costume Design All's Well That Ends Well

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Costume Designers Guild Awards 2006 Excellence in Fantasy Film Batman Begins 2007 Excellence in Contemporary Film Casino Royale 2009 Excellence in Fantasy Film The Dark Knight 2018 Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Wonder Woman 2021 Wonder Woman 1984 Critics' Choice Awards 2018 Best Costume Design Wonder Woman 2024 Wonka Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2017 Wonder Woman San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2018 Best Costume Design Paddington 2 Saturn Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2006 Batman Begins 2009 The Dark Knight 2018 Wonder Woman 2025 Wonka

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