April Ferry
| April Ferry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April Cecilia Gaskins October 31, 1932 North Carolina, USA |
| Occupation | costume designer |
| Years active | 1979-present |
April Ferry (born October 31, 1932) is a costume designer. She was nominated at the 67th Academy Awards for the film Maverick in the category of Best Costumes. [1]
She won an Emmy Award for the costumes in the TV show Rome. [2] She was also nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for the Hallmark movie My Name Is Bill W..
In 2014 April received the Career Achievement Award at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. [3]
In 2016, starting with season 6 of HBO's epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, she took over Michele Clapton's duties as the new costume designer for a majority of the season.[4] Clapton will return to the show as costume designer for the seventh season.[5]
She has over 45 credits, including a couple of films from the TV show The Rockford Files.
Selected Filmography
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Robocop (2014)
- Elysium (2013)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- U-571 (2000)
- Don King: Only in America (1997)
- Flubber (1997)
- Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
- Maverick (1994)
- Little Giants (1994)
- Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
- Free Willy (1993)
- The Babe (1992)
- Radio Flyer (1992)
- Almost an Angel (1990)
- Leviathan (1989)
- Three Fugitives (1989)
- Made in Heaven (1988)
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Mask (1985)
- The Jerk (1979)
References
- ↑ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "2006 Emmys". emmys.org. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 CDGA Honorees". http://costumedesignersguild.com/. Retrieved March 20, 2014. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ Ginsberg, Merle (June 19, 2015). "'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Adds New Costume Designer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ↑ Miller, Julie (June 28, 2016). "Game of Thrones Finale: the Secret Symbolism in Cersei's Badass Gown". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.