Renée April

Renée April
Nationality	French Canadian[1]
Occupation	Costume 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. 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. Boisvert, Richard (21 September 2012). "De film en aiguille: les créations hollywoodiennes de Renée April". La Presse. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
4. "Dans l'univers de la costumière Renée April". Radio-Canada. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
5. 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.

External links

• Renée April at IMDb