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Linda Muir

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Linda Muir
NationalityCanadian
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1975–present

Linda Muir is a Canadian costume designer. She is best known for her frequent collaborations with director Robert Eggers.

Muir has received four nominations for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design and has won twice for Exotica (1994) and Lilies (1996). She faced a formidable challenge while working on the latter film, not the least in designing a very excellent ballroom gown for male actor Rémy Girard. Muir said that her approach was "not to dress men in women's clothing but to build [female] costumes for men's bodies."[1]

Muir joined the crew for Robert Eggers' feature film The Witch in December 2013. During the preproduction period, she conducted exhaustive research, which included consulting 35 books from the Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England series provided by Eggers, as well as other books and images on 17th-century fashion. She had also examined photographs of original garments in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fashion Museum, Bath, that she took back in 1984. Muir created authentic-looking film wardrobes made of wool, linen, or hemp for an ensemble of nine principal characters. Operating on a limited budget, she pushed for an increase in order to better meet the screenplay's demands, and the director’s vision was realized.[2]

Selected filmography

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Year Title Director Notes
1989 Cold Comfort Vic Sarin
1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard
1994 Exotica Atom Egoyan
1995 When Night Is Falling Patricia Rozema
1996 Long Day's Journey into Night David Wellington
Lilies John Greyson
1997 The Assistant Daniel Petrie
1998 Dog Park Bruce McCulloch
1999 Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang George Bloomfield
2000 Three Stories from the End of Everything Semi Chellas Short film
The Perfect Son Leonard Farlinger
2003 Foolproof William Phillips
2007 All Hat Leonard Farlinger
2011 Mulroney: The Opera Larry Weinstein
2012 The Secret Disco Revolution Jamie Kastner Documentary
2015 The Witch Robert Eggers aka The Witch: A New-England Folktale
2016 Rupture Steven Shainberg
2019 The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Random Acts of Violence Jay Baruchel
2022 The Northman Robert Eggers
2024 Nosferatu

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards[a] 2024 Best Costume Design Nosferatu Nominated [3]
British Academy Film Awards 2024 Best Costume Design Nosferatu Pending [4]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2022 Best Costume Design The Northman Nominated [5]
2024 Nosferatu Nominated [6]
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2024 Excellence in Period Film Nosferatu Pending [7]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2024 Best Costume Design Nosferatu Pending [8]
Dora Mavor Moore Awards 1982 Best Costume Design Tamara Won [9]
1992 Jump Won
Gemini Awards[b] 2002 Best Costume Design Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story Nominated
Genie Awards[b] 1994 Best Costume Design Exotica Won [10]
1995 When Night Is Falling Nominated [11]
1996 Lilies Won [12]
1999 Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang Nominated [13]
Satellite Awards 2024 Best Costume Design Nosferatu Pending [14]
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2016 Best Costume Design The Witch Nominated [15]
2022 The Northman Nominated [16]
2024 Nosferatu Nominated [17]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2024 Best Costume Design Nosferatu Runner-up [18]

Notes

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  1. ^ formerly known as "Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards" and "Hollywood Critics Association Awards"
  2. ^ a b merged into Canadian Screen Awards in 2012.

References

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  1. ^ Playback Stuff (4 November 1996). "Special Report: The 1996 Genie Awards: Lilies extends men's emotional range". Playback. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Muir, Linda (May 27, 2016). "Dressing The Witch: An Interview with Costume Designer Linda Muir". Bright Lights Film Journal (Interview). Interviewed by Sam Ankenbauer. Oakland, California. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Pond, Steve (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards". TheWrap. Archived from the original on November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Ritman, Alex; Shafer, Ellise (January 15, 2025). "BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'Conclave' and 'Emilia Pérez' Lead While 'Wicked' Shut Out of Best Film". Variety. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  5. ^ Tellerico, Brian (December 12, 2022). "Everything Everywhere All at Once Leads Chicago Film Critics Nominations". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  6. ^ Tellerico, Brian (December 10, 2024). ""The Brutalist" Leads Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  7. ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2024). "Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations Include 'Wicked', 'Nosferatu', 'Shogun', 'Agatha All Along'". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  8. ^ Davis, Clayton (December 12, 2024). "Critics Choice Awards Nominations: 'Conclave' and 'Wicked' Lead With 11 Nods Each". Variety. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  9. ^ Corbeil, Carole (November 16, 1982). "An outstanding night for Tamara". The Globe and Mail.
  10. ^ Cuthbert, Pamela (January 2, 1995). "Egoyan works magic on Genie judges". Playback. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  11. ^ Playback Stuff (November 20, 1995). "Special Report: The Genies: And the nominees are". Playback. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  12. ^ Armstrong, Mary Ellen (December 2, 1996). "Crash, Lilies top Genies". Playback. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  13. ^ Kelly, Brendan (December 13, 1999). "Genies bottle 'Sunshine,' 'Journey' for kudo noms". Variety. Vol. 377, no. 5. p. 8.
  14. ^ Anderson, Erik (December 16, 2024). "2024 International Press Academy Satellite Awards Nominations: 'The Brutalist,' 'Shōgun' Lead". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  15. ^ Stone, Sasha (December 21, 2016). "Seattle Film Critics Nominate 13th As one of the Best Films of the Year". Awards Daily. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  16. ^ Anderson, Erik (January 9, 2023). "2022 Seattle Film Critics Society nominations: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' leads with 14". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  17. ^ Neglia, Matt (December 6, 2024). "The 2024 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on December 6, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  18. ^ Anderson, Erik (December 15, 2024). "2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Winners: 'Dune: Part Two' is Best Film". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
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