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Wendy Partridge

b. 1954

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Born 1954. Wendy Partridge is a costume designer.

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. 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). 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.

Partridge got her first dressmaking job at 14 years old whilst still in England. She moved to Edmonton in the 1970s and to Calgary in 1986. She designed the costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics. 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.

Filmography Film Year Title Notes 1979 Fast Company 1980 The Hounds of Notre Dame 1981 The High Country 1981 Firebird 2015 AD 1982 Latitude 55° 1983 Running Brave 1984 Isaac Littlefeathers 1984 Change of Heart 1986 Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star 1986 Loyalties 1987 The Big Town 1987 Prairie Women 1990 The Comic Book Christmas Caper 1998 Heart of the Sun 2000 Snow Day 2000 Highlander: Endgame 2001 Texas Rangers 2002 Blade II 2003 The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting Direct-to-video 2003 Underworld 2004 Hellboy 2005 Fantastic Four 2005 The Cave 2006 Underworld: Evolution 2006 Silent Hill 2007 Resurrecting the Champ 2008 Passchendaele 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 2009 Whiteout 2010 Legion 2010 The Last Rites of Ransom Pride 2011 Conan the Barbarian 2011 Western Confidential 2012 Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 Silent Hill: Revelation 2013 Thor: The Dark World 2014 Pompeii 2018 Knuckleball 2019 Togo

Television Year Title Notes 1984 Draw! Television film 1985 Bridge to Terabithia Television film 1985 Murder in Space Television film 1986 The Park is Mine Television film 1986 Vanishing Act Television film 1986 Popeye Doyle Television film 1986 Easy Prey Television film 1990–1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater 1992 Call of the Wild Television film 1993 Ordeal in the Arctic Television film 1994 How the West Was Fun Television film 1995 Children of the Dust Miniseries 1995 Convict Cowboy Television film 1995 Black Fox Miniseries 1995–1996 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years 1995 The Song Spinner Television film 1996 In Cold Blood Miniseries 1997 Heart Full of Rain Television film 1997 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Episode: "Honey, I Shrunk the Science Dude" 1999 You Know My Name Television film 2000 A Father's Choice Television film 2000 High Noon Television film 2001 Anatomy of a Hate Crime Television film 2001 Almost America Television film 2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss Television film 2006 Broken Trail Part 2 2006 Ultra Television film 2007 The Secret of the Nutcracker Television film 2008 The Other Woman Television film 2009 Prayers for Bobby Docudrama 2011–2012 Hell on Wheels Season 1 2012 Hannah's Law Television film 2013 When Calls the Heart Television film 2016 Timeless Pilot 2016 Van Helsing Season 1 2020 Shadow and Bone

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 1983 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Latitude 55° 1985 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Isaac Littlefeathers 1987 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Loyalties 2002 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Almost America 2005 Saturn Awards Best Costume Hellboy 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Broken Trail (with Kathleen Morley) 2008 Genie Awards Best Costume Design Passchendaele 2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Silent Hill: Revelation 2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Hannah's Law 2014 Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Pompeii 2014 Saturn Awards Best Costume Thor: The Dark World

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