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KristinSeth

  • Costume designer
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Kristin Seth cut her teeth working costume on short films and television series, before taking on the role of costume designer on some of New Zealand's biggest films of the 2010s. Since her award-nominated work on The Dark Horse in 2014, Seth has led the costume team on such features as smash-hit Hunt for the Wilderpeople, action flick Shadow in the Cloud and historical biopic Whina. She has also worked on a number of advertising campaigns for brands like Genesis and Spark, often through production company The Sweetshop. Kristin Seth lives in Auckland, where she co-owns vintage store The Fabulist with her husband.  

Screenography

2022 Costume Designer Film
Georgie's Place - Genesis Energy
2022 Costume Designer Commercial
2021 Costume Designer, Actor Film
We Fly For You - Air New Zealand
2021 Costume Designer Commercial
2018 Costume Designer Film

Awards

2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Costume Design: for Hunt for the Wilderpeople

2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards 
Nominated for Best Costume Design: for The Dark Horse

“I was a theatre child and my first film experience was in Garth Maxwell's Jack Be Nimble — playing an evil sister in a cult horror classic, alongside acting legends Bruno Lawrence and Tony Barry. I was hooked and determined to be part of the circus!”

Kristin Seth on how she began in film

Related images

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The terrifying stepsisters from movie Jack Be Nimble: left to right, Tracey Brown, future Dark Horse costume designer Kristin Seth, Amber Woolston and Wendy Adams.
Photo by Pierre Vinet