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Lesley Burkes-Harding

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Special Effects
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Lesley Burkes-Harding is known for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), Avatar (2009) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
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      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    7.8
    • Costume Department
    • 2013
    Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
    7.9
    • Costume Department
    • 2009
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    8.9
    • Special Effects(as Lesley Bourkes-Harding, Weta Workshop)
    • 2001
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    9.0
    • Special Effects(Weta Workshop)
    • 2003

    Credits

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    Costume Designer

    • Sister Josephine
      • Costume Designer
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Holy Days
      • Costume Designer
      • Post-production
    • Head South (2024)
      Head South
      6.8
      • Costume Designer
      • 2024
    • The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
      The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Costume Designer (2017)
      • 2018
    • The Dead Room (2015)
      The Dead Room
      4.8
      • Costume Designer
      • 2015
    • Hope and Wire (2014)
      Hope and Wire
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Costume Designer
      • 2014
    • Andy Whitfield in Spartacus (2010)
      Spartacus
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Costume Designer
      • 2012
    • Jamie Bell and Joe Starr in The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
      The Adventures of Tintin
      7.3
      • vfx costume designer
      • 2011
    • Predicament (2010)
      Predicament
      5.3
      • Costume Designer
      • 2010
    • Home by Christmas (2010)
      Home by Christmas
      7.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 2010
    • Until Proven Innocent (2009)
      Until Proven Innocent
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Costume Designer
      • 2009
    • Out of the Blue (2006)
      Out of the Blue
      7.1
      • Costume Designer
      • 2006
    • Dead Letters
      7.0
      Short
      • Costume Designer
      • 2006
    • Kidnapped (2005)
      Kidnapped
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Costume Designer
      • 2005
    • Tom Selleck in Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
      Ike: Countdown to D-Day
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Costume Designer
      • 2004
    • Marlo Thomas and Vondie Curtis-Hall in Deceit (2004)
      Deceit
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Costume Designer
      • 2004
    • The Locals (2003)
      The Locals
      5.5
      • Costume Designer (as Lesley Bourkes-Harding)
      • 2003

    Costume Department

    • Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
      The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
      7.8
      • additional costume design
      • 2013
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • costume design assistant
      • 2009
    • Al Lewis in My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992)
      My Grandpa Is a Vampire
      4.7
      • costume supervisor (as Lesley Burkes)
      • 1992
    • Ruby and Rata (1990)
      Ruby and Rata
      6.0
      • wardrobe assistant (as Lesley Burkes)
      • 1990
    • An Angel at My Table (1990)
      An Angel at My Table
      7.4
      • assistant costume designer (as Lesley Burkes)
      • 1990

    Special Effects

    • Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      9.0
      • armour weapons/standby: Weta Workshop
      • 2003
    • Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
      The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
      8.8
      • armour weapons/standby: Weta Workshop (as Lesley Bourkes-Harding)
      • 2002
    • Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
      The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
      8.9
      • standby armour & weapons technician: Weta Workshop (as Lesley Bourkes-Harding)
      • 2001
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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