Michael O'Connor (costume designer)
{{Short description|British costume designer (born 1965)}}
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Michael O'Connor (born 27 October 1965) is a British costume designer. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Duchess (2008).
Life and career
O'Connor was born in London, England. He began his training as a dresser at the Old Vic
and then spent six years in a costume house before deciding to go freelance.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090206183434/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/3365404/Costume-design-The-Duchess-and-Brideshead-Revisited.html The Daily Telegraph]
In the 1990s, O'Connor went into the film industry. His early works as a wardrobe supervisor was on such films as The House of the Spirits (1993) and Emma (1996). Then he was elevated to an assistant costume designer and worked in this role on several notable films, these include Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), and Quills (2000). In addition, he was an associate costume designer on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).
After working as costume designer on several minor British films, he came to prominence with his work on Tom Brown's Schooldays, a TV movie for ITV. He then worked on his most high-profile film up until then, the film version of Giles Foden's bestselling novel, The Last King of Scotland. He then worked on Brick Lane as well as Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.
He came to the attention of the film industry in 2009, when he received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design,{{cite web | title=1981 | website=Oscars.org {{pipe}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date=31 March 1981 | url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981 | access-date=20 December 2017}} the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/costume-design-in-2008,356,BA.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717044742/http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/costume-design-in-2008,356,BA.html |archivedate=2009-07-17 }} as well as the Satellite Award for Best Costume Design{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2008.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117163101/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2008.shtml |archivedate=2011-11-17 }} for The Duchess.
In 2014, he started working on costumes for Tulip Fever.{{cite web|title=Tulip Fever|url=http://www.cathedral.org.uk/news/tulip-fever-in-production.aspx|publisher=cathedral.org.uk (Norwich Cathedral)|accessdate=20 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716205148/http://www.cathedral.org.uk/news/tulip-fever-in-production.aspx|archivedate=16 July 2014}}
In 2021, he was nominated for another BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for his work on Ammonite.{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/film/awards/2021-nominations-winners|title=2021 EE British Academy Film Awards: The Nominations|work=British Academy Film Awards|date=9 March 2021 |access-date=12 March 2021}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur |
| 2005 | Nomad: The Warrior |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland |
| 2007 | Brick Lane |
| rowspan="2"| 2008 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
| The Duchess | |
| rowspan="2"| 2011 | The Eagle |
| Jane Eyre | |
| 2012 | Dredd |
| 2013 | The Invisible Woman |
| rowspan="2"| 2015 | Suite Française |
| Muhammad: The Messenger of God | |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever |
| rowspan="2"| 2018 | A Private War |
| All is True | |
| 2020 | Ammonite |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain |
| 2022 | Emily |
Awards and nominations
=Major associations=
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| scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category ! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result ! Ref. |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008
| rowspan="3" | Best Costume Design | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009 |title=81st Academy Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=August 15, 2023}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| {{nom}} |style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012 |title=84th Academy Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=August 15, 2023}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| {{nom}} |style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |title=86th Academy Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=August 15, 2023}} |
===Miscellaneous awards===
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0640445|Michael O'Connor}}
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Category:Best Costume Design Academy Award winners
Category:Best Costume Design BAFTA Award winners
Category:Designers from London
Category:English costume designers