Cast & creator
Ngila Dickson
Best known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Predator: Badlands
Ngila Beryl Dickson ONZM (born 1958) is a costume designer from New Zealand. Her most notable work is in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, both of which were filmed in New Zealand, as well as her years of work on Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She and Richard Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004). Other Academy Award nominations were for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) and The Last Samurai (2004). She received British Film and Television Award nominations for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004). She and Richard Taylor won a BAFTA for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003). She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
32
film credits
1
television credits
5
1981–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 8.4The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Costume Design · 2001
★ 8.5The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Costume Design · 2003
★ 7.8Predator: Badlands
Costume Design · 2025
★ 8.4The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Costume Design · 2002
★ 6.9Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Costume Designer · 1995
Across film & television
Filmography (33)
Showing 33 of 33 credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Costume Design
2001The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Costume Design
2003Predator: Badlands
Costume Design
2025The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Costume Design
2002Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Costume Designer
1995
Terminator: Dark Fate
Costume Design
2019
The Last Samurai
Costume Design
2003
Green Lantern
Costume Design
2011
Blood Diamond
Costume Design
2006
Madame Web
Costume Design
2024
Peter Pan & Wendy
Costume Design
2023
The International
Costume Design
2009
Dracula Untold
Costume Design
2014
Fool's Gold
Costume Designer
2008
The Illusionist
Costume Design
2006
Long Distance
Costume Design
2024
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Costume Design
2016
Without a Paddle
Costume Design
2004
Heavenly Creatures
Costume Design
1994
Emperor
Costume Design
2012
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
2001
Mr. Pip
Costume Design
2012
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Self
2006
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
2004
Strange Behavior
Dancer at Party
1981
Superfire
Costume Design
2002
Young Hercules
Costume Design
1998
My Grandpa Is a Vampire
Costume Designer
1992
User Friendly
Costume Designer
1990
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
Self
2002
The Rainbow Warrior
Costume Design
1997
Asura
Costume Design
2018
Jack Be Nimble
Costume Design
1993