what can I offer?
fantastic costume solutions tailored to your brief.
I am passionate about the creative industry I work in. I'm experienced in several areas of design, product and fashion manufacture. My passion for colour and textile is applied sensitively, with script and character empathy. Whether it's a film, fantasy tv series, a tv commercial, tv drama, historical docudrama. I can help realise your vision.
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Experience
work so far
1995 - 2020
Costume Designer
• The Tender Trap - 90 minute feature film Greenstone TV - Director Sima Urale, DOP Alun Bollinger - 2019
• Only Cloud Knows - 132 minute feature film Mayla Media/Curious Films - NZ Costume Stylist - Director Feng Xiaogang - 2019
• Falling Inn Love - 98 minute feature film - Ground Control Films Ltd/Marvista Entertainment – Netflix, Director Roger Kumble - 2019
• The Dead Lands - The Sacrifice of Innocence Season 1, 8 Episodes - Randolph TDL Ltd – TV Series AMC Shudder
Directors Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger & Michael Hurst - 2018
• The Other Side of Heaven 2 – Feature Film, KoliPoki Pictures, Fiji Islands, Director Mitch Davis - 2018
• Murder Is Forever - James Patterson – TV Series, Stephen David Entertainment, Director Colin Teague - 2017
• Roman Empire 2, Master of Rome - Stephen David Entertainment, TV Series, Netflix, Director John Ealer - 2017
• American Playboy - The Hugh Hefner Story, Stephen David Entertainment, Director Richard Lopez - 2016
• Filthy Rich 2 - Filthy Productions Ltd, Directors Michael Hurst, Chris Dudman, Oliver Driver - 2016/2017
• Roman Empire 1, Reign of Blood - Stephen David Entertainment, TV Series, Director Richard Lopez - 2015/2016
• Filthy Rich 1, Filthy Productions - TV Series - TV2, Directors Peter Burger, Oliver Driver, Michael Duignan - 2015
• Treasure Island Kids, Daybreak Pacific/Aria Films, Director Michael Hurst - 2004
• Cave In, Daybreak Pacific Ltd, Director Rex Piano - 2003
• Terror Peak, Daybreak Pacific, Director Dale G Bradley - 2002
• Street Legal series 2 & 3, Screenworks TVNZ, Director Chris Bailey - 2000-2002
• Shortland Street, South Pacific Pictures - Series 2-6 TVNZ, Directors various - 1995-2000
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2010 - 2020
Costume Stylist - TV Commercials
Trademe - Motors and Gallery - Clemenger BBDO/Good Oil Films - Director Dave Wood 2019
Part Time Rangers Shark Watch - Pitch Black Partners/Reel Factory - Director Sam Deane 2019
AA Insurance - Live a Little Freer "Dinosaur vs Unicorn" & "Reverse" - Good Oil Films, Director Adam Gunser, 2019
ASB - All Blacks - Finch, Director Abigail Greenwood, 2019
KFC - Oglivy/Film 360 inc Tomayo & Travelator. Director Tom Spark, 2018
Home Goods series of USA TVC's, The Sweet Shop, Director Mark Albiston, 2018
Bud Knight Pep Talk, Tapping and Bud Knight series for USA Super Bowl, O Positive -Director Jim Jenkins 2018
Kiwi Plates, Thick as Thieves, Director Sean Wallace 2017
MasterCard USA, Miles Make Memories Director Ben Quinn: 2017
Suntory Craft Select, TUTU Company, Director Genki Ito: 2016
McDonald's Create Your Taste, Robbers Dog Film Co, Director Adam Stevens: 2016
Costume Co-Ord/Buyer - Samsung-Ruskin Film Ltd, CDes Barbara Darragh, Director Nathan Price, 2014
Toyota Hilux, Thick as Thieves - Director Alex Sutherland, 2014
Dettol 'Glen 20' - The Sweet Shop, Director Mark Levers, 2014
Costume Co-Ord/Buyer - Jim Beam-Ruskin Film Ltd, CDes Bob Buck, Director Nathan Price, 2013
Treasures-Plaza Film Ltd, Director David Wood, 2013
Vodafone Christmas-Flying Fish Ltd, Director Greg Page, 2013
Jetstar for Map Productions, Creative Director Ted Horton, 2013
Cadbury Dreams for Thick as Thieves, Director Zoe McIntosh 2013
Costume Buyer-Sony Bravia. 1900's/contemporary. Exit Films, Dir Garth Davies, 2013
Costume Buyer-Nissin Globalisation, 'Survive' - Large scale military uniforms 300 extras. Line Production, Film Construction, Director Akira Nagai, 2013
Tui Gnomes 'Distraction' and 'Sneak' - The Sweet Shop, Director Stuart McDonald, 2012
2009 - 2017
Costume Buyer
Mortal Engines - Media Rights Capital (MRC), Universal Pictures, WingNut Films - 2017
The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, WingNut Films - 2012
Avalon High, Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Disney - 2010
Spartacus - War of The Damned, Starz 2012
Spartacus Vengeance, Starz 2011
Spartacus - Gods of the Arena, Starz 2010
Spartacus - Blood and Sand​ , Starz 2009
design work
costume design, fashion styling and buying.
I am experienced in a wide variety of projects. Television drama and commercials, film, theatre. I am widely connected in the supplier industry both here and offshore. I can work on small, one person projects or manage a team of many. I'm calm under pressure, flexible to change and can stick to your bottom line.
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Proficiencies
What I Do
Script/Character Analysis
collaborative technique
I break down scripts, listen to your ideas, suggest some of my own, discuss and trial character concepts.
Conceptual Design Approach
ideas
Colour palettes, mood boards, research, sourcing, make, fit, alter, distress/age
Manufacturing Savvy
solutions focussed
I know how and where to find it and if it can't be readily sourced, we can make it.
Complete management of digital rendering
Manufacture
Mood Boards
Bud Knight King
Vector based spec sheets for design manufacture
Concepts/mock up's/swatches
Let's Connect
Auckland, New Zealand
+6421991300
