# Janty Yates

Janty Yates (born 1950) is a British costume designer for film and television. In 2001, she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gladiator (2000). She has also received nominations for BAFTA Awards, Satellite Awards, and Saturn Awards. She is a frequent collaborator with English director Ridley Scott, having worked with him fourteen times as of 2021.

## Career

Janty Yates worked in the fashion industry prior to her career in film and television. Yates' first credited work was in the wardrobe department on the 1981 film Quest for Fire. Her first credited role as a costume designer was for the 1993 British comedy Bad Behaviour, and she worked on a further six films in that role for the rest of the decade.
In 2000, her work on Ridley Scott's Gladiator earned her her first career awards, including the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society award for Best Costume Design, as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and Satellite Award for Best Costume Design. In 2005, she received Best Costume Design nominations from the Costume Designers Guild and Satellite Awards for the 2004 period film De-Lovely. The following year she received her first Goya Award nomination and her third Satellite award nomination for Best Costume Design for Kingdom of Heaven.
In 2006, Yates was one of 120 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Yates is a frequent collaborator with Scott, having worked on thirteen films with him in addition to Gladiator, including: Hannibal (2001); Kingdom of Heaven (2005); American Gangster (2007); Body of Lies (2008); Robin Hood (2010), for which she received a Saturn Award nomination and her fourth Satellite Award nomination; Prometheus (2012), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), and The Martian (2015). Her most recent films with Scott include the epic historical drama film The Last Duel and the biographical crime drama film House of Gucci, both released in 2021.

## Filmography

Film (all roles are "costume designer" unless otherwise stated) :
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1981 | Quest for Fire | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Wardrobe |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Robert Boris | Wardrobe assistant |
| 1985 | Dance with a Stranger | Mike Newell | Costume supervisor |
| 1988 | Soursweet | Mike Newell | Wardrobe designer |
| 1991 | The Commitments | Alan Parker | Wardrobe supervisor |
| 1993 | Bad Behaviour | Les Blair | |
| 1995 | The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain | Christopher Monger | |
| 1996 | Jude | Michael Winterbottom | |
| 1997 | Welcome to Sarajevo | Michael Winterbottom | |
| 1998 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Jon Amiel | |
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Jake Scott | |
| 1999 | With or Without You | Michael Winterbottom | |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Ridley Scott | |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Gillian Armstrong | |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott | |
| 2004 | De-Lovely | Irwin Winkler | |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | |
| 2006 | Miami Vice | Michael Mann | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Ridley Scott | |
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Ridley Scott | Costumes designed by |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Ridley Scott | |
| 2013 | The Counselor | Ridley Scott | |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Ridley Scott | |
| 2015 | The Martian | Ridley Scott | |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | |
| 2017 | All the Money in the World | Ridley Scott | |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Ridley Scott | |
| 2021 | House of Gucci | Ridley Scott | |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Ridley Scott | with Dave Crossman |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Ridley Scott | |
Television :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1989 | The Endless Game | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | The Glam Metal Detectives | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | Karaoke | 4 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2000 | Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Costume Design | Gladiator | Won |
| 2000 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Sierra Award for Best Costume Design | Gladiator | Won |
| 2000 | British Academy Film Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design | Gladiator | Nominated |
| 2000 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award for Best Costume Design | Gladiator | Nominated |
| 2004 | Costume Designers Guild | Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film | De-Lovely | Nominated |
| 2004 | Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | De-Lovely | Nominated |
| 2005 | Goya Awards | Best Costume Design | Kingdom of Heaven | Nominated |
| 2005 | Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Kingdom of Heaven | Nominated |
| 2010 | Saturn Awards | Saturn Award for Best Costume | Robin Hood | Nominated |
| 2010 | Satellite Awards | Best Costume Design | Robin Hood | Nominated |
| 2021 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Costume Design | House of Gucci | Nominated |
| 2022 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Costumes | House of Gucci | Nominated |
| 2022 | Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Costume Design | House of Gucci | Nominated |
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association | Best Costume Design | House of Gucci | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Costume Design | House of Gucci | Nominated |
| 2024 | Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Costume Design | Napoleon | Nominated |
| 2025 | Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Costume Design | Gladiator II | Nominated |