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Patricia Norris Biography

Birth Name:Patricia Norris

Birth Place:California, United States

Profession Costume designer, Production designer, Costume department, Art director, Art department

Fast Facts

  • Was the only person to receive lifetime achievement awards from the Costume Designers Guild and the Art Directors Guild, in 2007 and 2011 respectively
  • Won a Costume Designers Guild Award for excellence in period film in 2014
  • Quote: "[on working with eccentric director David Lynch] "My mind is odd, too, so we fit nicely․ I don't find him strange so there you go․""
  • Worked on projects with director David Lynch as both a costume designer and a production designer for more than 20 years, including the pilot episode of "Twin Peaks․"
  • Best known as a costume designer who worked on "12 Years a Slave" and "Scarface․"

Awards

  • 1979Oscar-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 1979Saturn Award-Best Costumes: nominated
  • 1981Oscar-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 1983Oscar-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 1985Oscar-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 1985Saturn Award-Best Costumes: nominated
  • 1989Oscar-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Art Direction for a Series: nominated
  • 1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Costume Design for a Series: winner
  • 2007Satellite Award-Best Art Direction & Production Design: nominated
  • 2008OFTA Film Award-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2008OFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2013ACCA-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2013Sierra Award-Best Costume Design: winner
  • 2013PFCS Award-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014Oscar-Best Achievement in Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014CDG Award-Excellence in Period Film: winner
  • 2014Critics Choice Award-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014Gold Derby Film Award-Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014INOCA-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014IOMA-Best Costume Design (Migliori costumi): nominated
  • 2014OFTA Film Award-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014Satellite Award-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2014Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Costume Design: nominated
  • 2015Cinema Bloggers Award-Best Costume Design - International Competition: nominated
  • 2015Cinema Bloggers Award-Best Costume Design - International Competition: nominated
  • 2015INOCA-Best Costume Design: nominated