Wendy Stites

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Wendy Stites also Wendy Weir (* 1949 ) is an Australian costume designer . She became known through working for the films of her husband, director Peter Weir . Including for films like Green Card - Sham marriage with obstacles , Master & Commander - To the end of the world or The Way Back - The long way .

life and career

Wendy Stites, born in 1949, met her future husband, the film director Peter Weir, on a ship passage to Europe. Back in Australia, the couple married in 1966. The daughter Ingrid Weir was born in 1973. Wendy Stites and Peter Weir have worked together on numerous cinema projects since the mid-1970s. Wendy supported her husband on set in numerous functions, including as production designer and later also as a costume designer. The couple celebrated a great success when Wendy Stites provided the costumes for the adventure film Master & Commander - Until the End of the World , starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany . She received an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Costume Design for her husband's film, who served as director, screenwriter and producer . Also in the film The Way Back - The Long Way with Jim Sturgess , Ed Harris and Colin Farrell in 2010, she played a key role in the success of the film with her work as a costume designer.

After 50 years of marriage, in 2016, Peter Weir and Wendy Stites separated without ever getting divorced. The two have a daughter and a son together.

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Filmography (selection)

movie theater

as a costume designer
as a production designer or set designer

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wendy Stites . in: Ben Goldsmith, Geoffrey Lealand Australia and New Zealand. , Intellect Books, 2010, p. 37
  2. ↑ Peter Weir and his wife, Wendy Stites, who have been married since 1966 getting divorced? ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. hubmesh.com, accessed January 17, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hubmesh.com
personal data
SURNAME Stites, Wendy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weir, Wendy (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian costume designer for a film
DATE OF BIRTH 1949