Joanne Thompson |Costume Designer

Joanne has worked in TV/ Film for twenty-five years in the U.K. and Australia. Training as a Fashion Designer and working in London/Sydney before moving into Costume. Joanne joined the BBC Costume Department as a Costumier where she pulled outfits for period, modern dramas, children’s, light entertainment, documentaries and TVC’s. This is where Joanne’s love for creating characters was formed.

TV

BRASSIC 
Season 6
Costume Designer 
Calamity Films for Hulu | Directed by John Hardwick, Ben McGregor & Richard Signy
Executive Produced by David Livingstone
THE FAMILY PILE Costume Designer 
Hat Trick Productions for ITVX | Directed by Fergal Costello
Produced by Philip Leach
LAGGING Costume Designer 
CBBC | Directed by Theresa Varga, Sami Abusamra, Kirsty Hines-Mackay
Produced by Jon Macqueen & Helen Burt
4 O'CLOCK CLUB
Special
Costume Designer 
CBBC | Directed by John Piper
Produced by John Piper
4 O'CLOCK CLUB
Season 9
Costume Designer 
CBBC | Directed by Tim Hopewell, Christine Lalla & Ian Aryeh
Produced by Gert Thomas
SUNNY D Costume Designer
BBC 3 | Directed by Rebecca Rycroft
Produced by Lucy Armitage
THE DUMPING GROUND
Season 4
Costume Designer
CBBC | Directed by Sarah Walker & Noreen Kershaw
Produced by Philip Leach
ROCKET'S ISLAND
Season 3
Costume Designer
Lime Pictures for CBBC | Directed by Paul Cotter & Dirk Campbell
Produced by Lucy Martin
EVERMOOR Costume Designer / Costume Supervisor
Lime Pictures for Disney | Directed by Chris Cotton
NEIGHBOURS Costume Supervisor / Buyer
Fremantle Media for CH 10 
TERRA NOVA Assistant Costume Designer / Costume Supervisor
Amblin Television for Fox Network | Directed by Jon Cassar, Karen Gaviola, Alex Graces, Nelson McCormick & Bryan Spicer
Designed by Amanda Friedland
K9  Costume Designer
Film Finance for Shout! Factory | Directed by Mark Defriest & David Caesar
Produced by Penny Wall
THIS CITY IS OURS Crowd Costume Supervisor
BBC Studios for Sony Pictures Television | Directed by Saul Dibb, John Hayes, Eshref Reybrouck
Produced by Nathan Juckes & Simon Maloney 
Costume Designer: Orla Smyth-Mill
CRONGTON
Season 1
Costume Supervisor 
BBC | Directed by Ethosheia Hylton 
Produced by Joanna Hanley
Costume Designer: Lisa Philips
EMMERDALE Costume Supervisor (2022)
Yorkshire Televison for ITV 
Costume Designer: Ian Holmes
THE TOWER
Season 1
Costume Supervisor 
ITV | Directed by Jim Loach
Produced by Andy Mosse
Costume Designer: Gergina Napier
WATCHMEN
Mini Series
Set Supervisor
DC Comics for HBO | Directed by Nicole Kassell, Stephen Williams, Steph Green, Andrij Parekh, David Semel & Drederick E.O Toye
Produced by John Blair 
Costume Designer: Charlotte Walter
TIMEWASTERS
Season 1
Costume Supervisor 
Big Talk Productions for Amazon Freevee | Directed by George Kane
Produced by Josh Cole
Costume Designer: Claire Finlay
THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Mini Series
Crowd Supervisor
Mammoth Screen for Acorn TV | Directed by Julian Jarrold
Produced by Colin Wratten 
Costume Designer: Claire Anderson
OUR GIRL 
Season 2 
Costume Supervisor 
BBC Drama Productions | Directed by Luke Snellin & Jan Matthys
Produced by Eric Coulter
Costume Designer: Andrew Cox
SILK 
Season 3
Costume Supervisor
BBC for AXN Mystery | Directed by Marc Jobst, Michael Keillor & Cilla Ware
Produced by Cameron Roach, Richard Stokes & Matt Stevens
Costume Designer: Ray Holman 
LAW & ORDER: UK 
Season 6 & 7
Costume Supervisor 
Kudos Film & Television for BBC America | Directed by Mat King 
Costume Designer: Darren Finch

TV Movie

ANTHONY Assistant Costume Designer 
BBC | Directed by Terry McDonough 
Produced by Colin McKeown & DonnaMolloy

Feature Films

DALILAND Costume Supervisor 
Zephyr Films for Magnolia Pictures | Directed by Mary Harron
Produced by Daniel Brunt, Chris Curling, Edward R. Pressman, Sam Presman & David O. Sacks
Costume Designer: Hannah Edwards
THE TREE Costume Supervisor
Les Films du Poisson for Zeitgeist Films | Directed by Julie Bertuccelli 
Produced by Sue Taylor, Laetitia Gonzalez, Yaël Fogiel
COstume Designer: Joanna Park

Short Films

BAG FOR LIFE Costume Designer 
Produced by Jaynie Miller
THE TWELVE STEP PROGRAMME Costume Designer
Directed by Aaron Warwrick

Commercials

NUROFEN
TVC
Costume Designer
Produced by Rachael Ford Davies
VODAFONE / CRICKET ASHES 
TVC
Costume Designer
Produced by Catherine Anderson

Other Credits

TEACHING  
SCREENSKILLS HETV Trainee Interview Panel
Costume Designer (2022-23)
CREATIVE MEDIA SKILLS INSTITUTE UAL Media Founation 
Costume Standby Course (2022) 
ACTION / SCREEN ALLIANCE NORTH Intro to Costume (2022)

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