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Renée April

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Renée April
NationalityFrench Canadian[1]
OccupationCostume designer

Renée April CM is a Canadian costume designer.

April is from Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec,[2] and her workshop is in Montreal.[3] She designed costumes for approximately 40 productions in Canadian television and film by 2012.[4] She won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design for Grey Owl (1999), a Gemini Award for Million Dollar Babies and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Costume Design for The Red Violin (1998).[5]

In her work, she cites influences in paintings and the environment, as well as books and catalogs for stories set in the past.[4] She ran costume design for The Neverending Story at Muse Entertainment in Montreal.[5]

She was featured in Musée de l'Amérique francophone in the exhibit De film en aiguille in 2012.[3] April also contributed costumes for a Cirque du Soleil performance in Tokyo.[4] For Blade Runner 2049 (2017), she designed costumes featuring inauthentic fur, painted cotton disguised as shearling, and breathing masks.[1] She became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Page, Thomas (4 October 2017). "'Blade Runner' influenced 35 years of fashion. Can its sequel do the same?". CNN. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Une Québécoise conçoit les costumes de films d'Hollywood". Radio-Canada. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Boisvert, Richard (21 September 2012). "De film en aiguille: les créations hollywoodiennes de Renée April". La Presse. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Dans l'univers de la costumière Renée April". Radio-Canada. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b Playback Staff (23 July 2001). "Costumes: from tripe to chain mail". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ^ Lapierre, Matthew (27 June 2019). "2019 Order of Canada appointees have made their mark on all aspects of Canadian society". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 July 2019.


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