Costume Designer | Stylist
For 20+ years, Jill has designed costumes for feature films, short films, television, theatre, circus, dance and music. She’s also worked on dozens of film and stills commercials, as both a costume designer and stylist. Jill’s personal styling work includes image makeovers for a number of high profile Australians.
We created a strong visual website to showcase Jill's extraordinary work in Costume Design. The website is fully responsive, so it works equally well on tablet and mobile. It incorporates a blog and links to all social media, so Jill can keep everyone up to date with her latest work.
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For 20+ years, Jill has designed costumes for feature films, short films, television, theatre, circus, dance and music. She's also worked on dozens of films and stills commercials as a costume designer and stylist. Her personal styling work includes image makeovers for a number of high-profile Australians.
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For 20+ years Jill Johanson has designed costumes for feature films, short films, television, theatre, circus, dance and music. Beginning her career as an Apprentice Costume Cutter with Victoria State Opera and the Melbourne College of Textiles, Jill was later named Apprentice of the Year. Completing her training in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama, she returned to Australia in the early nineties with a Diploma in Advanced Costume Design stashed proudly in her hand luggage.
Television
Jill’s extensive television work includes Winners & Losers, It's A Date, City Homicide, John Safran's Race Relations, Judith Lucy Is All Woman, Call Me Mum, Legacy of the Silver Shadow, Crash Zone II and Around the Twist.
Theatre
Jill's theatre work includes Costume Design for (MTC) Melbourne Theatre Company productions, Disgraced, Glengarry Glen Ross and Red. She's designed costumes for (NICA) National Institute of Circus Arts productions; Circa Nica Roadshow, High Voltage and On Edge. She's also costumed for Choreographer Lucy Gueren (Plasticine Park, Stravinsky Dances) and for Chamber Made Opera (The Two Executioners and Wide Sargasso Sea).
Feature Films
Jill’s Costume Design for Feature Films includes The Kings of Mykonos, 10 Terrorists, The Independent, The Jammed, Em 4 Jay, Tom White and Yolngu Boy. Jill received an award nomination from the (AFI) Australian Film Institute for her work on Tom White. Tom White was also chosen for the 2006 International Festival of Cinema Costumes and Fashion in Paris.