Janty Yates (born 1950) is a British costume designer for film and television. In 2001, she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gladiator (2000). She has also received nominations for BAFTA Awards, Satellite Awards, and Saturn Awards. She is a frequent collaborator with English director Ridley Scott, having worked with him fourteen times .
Career Janty Yates worked in the fashion industry prior to her career in film and television. Yates' first credited work was in the wardrobe department on the 1981 film Quest for Fire. Her first credited role as a costume designer was for the 1993 British comedy Bad Behaviour, and she worked on a further six films in that role for the rest of the decade.
In 2000, her work on Ridley Scott's Gladiator earned her her first career awards, including the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society award for Best Costume Design, as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and Satellite Award for Best Costume Design. In 2005, she received Best Costume Design nominations from the Costume Designers Guild and Satellite Awards for the 2004 period film De-Lovely. The following year she received her first Goya Award nomination and her third Satellite award nomination for Best Costume Design for Kingdom of Heaven.
In 2006, Yates was one of 120 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Yates is a frequent collaborator with Scott, having worked on thirteen films with him in addition to Gladiator, including: Hannibal (2001); Kingdom of Heaven (2005); American Gangster (2007); Body of Lies (2008); Robin Hood (2010), for which she received a Saturn Award nomination and her fourth Satellite Award nomination; Prometheus (2012), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), and The Martian (2015). Her most recent films with Scott include the epic historical drama film The Last Duel and the biographical crime drama film House of Gucci, both released in 2021.
Filmography + Film (all roles are "costume designer" unless otherwise stated) Year Title Director Notes 1981 Quest for Fire Jean-Jacques Annaud Wardrobe 1984 Oxford Blues Robert Boris Wardrobe assistant 1985 Dance with a Stranger Mike Newell Costume supervisor 1988 Soursweet Wardrobe designer 1991 The Commitments Alan Parker Wardrobe supervisor 1993 Bad Behaviour Les Blair 1995 The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain Christopher Monger 1996 Jude Michael Winterbottom 1997 Welcome to Sarajevo 1998 The Man Who Knew Too Little Jon Amiel 1999 Plunkett & Macleane Jake Scott With or Without You Michael Winterbottom 2000 Gladiator Ridley Scott 2001 Charlotte Gray Gillian Armstrong Enemy at the Gates Jean-Jacques Annaud Hannibal Ridley Scott 2004 De-Lovely Irwin Winkler 2005 Kingdom of Heaven Ridley Scott 2006 Miami Vice Michael Mann with Michael Kaplan 2007 American Gangster Ridley Scott 2008 Body of Lies Costumes designed by 2010 Robin Hood 2012 Prometheus 2013 The Counselor 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings 2015 The Martian 2017 Alien: Covenant All the Money in the World 2021 The Last Duel House of Gucci 2023 Napoleon with Dave Crossman 2024 Gladiator II 2026 The Dog Stars
+ Television Year Title Notes 1989 The Endless Game 2 episodes 1995 The Glam Metal Detectives 5 episodes 1996 Karaoke 4 episodes
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2000 Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Costume Design Gladiator Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Award for Best Costume Design British Academy Film Awards BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design Satellite Awards Satellite Award for Best Costume Design 2004 Costume Designers Guild Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film De-Lovely Satellite Awards Best Costume Design 2005 Goya Awards Best Costume Design Kingdom of Heaven Satellite Awards Best Costume Design 2010 Saturn Awards Saturn Award for Best Costume Robin Hood Satellite Awards Best Costume Design 2021 St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Costume Design House of Gucci 2022 San Diego Film Critics Society Best Costumes Seattle Film Critics Society Best Costume Design Hollywood Critics Association Best Costume Design Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Costume Design 2024Academy AwardsAcademy Award for Best Costume Design Napoleon 2025 Gladiator II
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