Margot Wilson APDG

Costume Designer

Working across international film and television projects with some of the industry’s most respected filmmakers, with numerous nominations and awards to her name, Margot is one of Australia’s most sought-after costume designers.

This year Margot wrapped on the upcoming Netflix feature Apex (Chernin Entertainment), directed by Baltasar Kormakur and stars Erica Bana, Taron Egerton and Charlize Theron. Margot’s other recent feature credits include David Michôd’s Wizards! (SeeSaw Films/ Plan B Entertainment/ A24), and Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb (AI-Films).

Margot was designed for Terrence Malick’s Oscar-nominated WWII epic, The Thin Red Line (Fox 2000 Pictures, 1998) starring John Cusack, George Clooney, Adrian Brody and James Caviezel. She production and costume designed the acclaimed feature film Jindabyne (dir. Ray Lawrence/ April Films, 2006) and was costume designer for the multi-award-winning Lantana (dir. Ray Lawrence/ Jan Chapman Productions, 2001), for which she received an AFI Award nomination. Margot’s other credits include Japanese Story (dir. Sue Brooks/ Gecko Films, 2003) starring Toni Collette, La Spagnola (dir. Steve Jacobs/ Wild Starwberries, 2001) for which she was nominated for an AFI Award, Risk (dir. Alan White/ Macgowan and Beneficiary Films, 2000), Hunt Angels (dir. Alec Morgan/ Palace Films, 2006), and Bran Nue Dae (dir. Rachel Perkins/ Robyn Kershaw Productions, 2009), which earned Margot another AFI nomination.

Margot continues to work with her frequent collaborator, filmmaker John Hillcoat, most recently on the star-studded crime thriller Triple Nine (Anonymous Content, 2016), starring Kate Winslet, Casey Affleck, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Her other features with Hillcoat include The Proposition (Jackie O’ Productions, 2005) starring Guy Pearce, Emily Watson and Ray Winstone, for which she won an AFI Award in 2006; The Road (2929 Productions, 2009) starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce; and Lawless (Red Wagon Productions, 2012) starring Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy and Mia Wasikowska.

Margot designed the critically lauded The Daughter (dir. Simon Stone/ Wildflower Films, 2015), and Jocelyn Moorhouse’s hit The Dressmaker (Film Art Media,2015) for which she specifically worked across Kate Winslet’s costumes. Margot won an AACTA Award and was nominated for a prestigious CDG Award for her work on the film. Margot was also nominated for an APDG and AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in a Feature Film for her work on Jasper Jones (dir. Rachel Perkins/ Porchlight, 2017). Margot worked with Jennifer Kent on The Nightingale (Causeway Films, 2019) which screened as part of the official selection for the 75th Venice Film Festival and went onto win the Special Jury Prize. The Nightingale was awarded Best Feature Film at the 2019 AACTA Awards and Margot received an AACTA Award nomination in Best Costume Design.

Margot’s other recent credits include Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (dir. Tony Tilse, 2020) for Every Cloud Productions and Rachel Perkin’s mini-series Total Control (2019) for Blackfella Films and ABC which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and took home the AACTA Award for Best Drama Series. Margot also designed visual artist, Del Kathryn Barton’s debut feature film, Blaze (Causeway Films, 2022), and the adaptation of Shantaram for Anonymous Content and Apple TV Plus.

For enquiries regarding Margot please contact us via email or on (02) 9319 7199.