Costume Designer

Kathy Strachan

Selected credits

  • The Doll Factory (Paramount+)Directors: Sacha Polak, Cathy Brady
  • Witness No 3 (Channel 5)Director: Diarmuid Goggins
  • Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale Directors: Justin Molotnikov | Lisa Mulcahy
  • Aisha (Sky) Director: Frank Berry
  • Clean Sweep (RTÉ)Director: Ronan Burke
  • Deadly Cuts (Feature) IFTA Best Costume DesignDirector: Rachel Carey
  • Modern Love (Series 2/'Second Embrace'- Amazon))Director: John Carney
  • Extra Ordinary (Blinder Films)Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman

About

Kathy is a two time winner of the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Costume Design. She has extensive experience across both film and TV.

Recent TV credits include The Doll Factory (Buccaneer/Paramount+), Clean Sweep (ShinAwil/RTÉ), The Heist Before Christmas featuring Timothy Spall (Sky), Witness No 3 (Story Films/Channel 5),  Sanctuary (Monumental/AMC) and Modern Love (Series 2, Ep ‘Second Embrace’) for Amazon.

Her feature work includes Aisha (Sky/ Subotica) for which she received an IFTA nomination, Joyride starring Olivia Colman, Deadly Cuts & Spin The Bottle both winners of IFTA for Best Costume Design. Kathy designed the costumes for Death of a Superhero, which was official selection at Toronto International Film Festival, featuring Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

As a Theatre Designer, Kathy has  also won Best Costume Design, Irish Times Theatre Awards for Improbable Frequency (Rough Magic) and The Playboy of the Western World (Druid).

Featured work

The Doll Factory

Production Company
Shinawil/Buccaneer/Paramount+

Producer
Suzanne McAuley

Directors
Sacha Polak, Cathy Brady

Writer
Charlie Miles

Aisha

IFTA Nomination Best Costume Design

Production Company
Subotica/ Sky

Producers
Sam Bisbee, Donna Eperon, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan

Director
Frank Berry

Writer
Frank Berry

Witness No. 3

Production Company
Story Films/ Channel 5

Producers
Sam Tipper-Hale, David Collins

Director
Diarmuid Goggins

Writer
Thomas Eccleshare

Clean Sweep

Production Company
RTÉ/ ShinAwil

Producers
Mary Callery, Gary Evans

Directors
Ronan Burke, Yves Christian Fournier

Writer
Gary Tieche

Joyride

Production Company
Embankment Films

Producers
Tristan Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan

Director
Emer Reynolds

Writer
Ailbhe Keogan

Modern Love

Episode: Second Embrace

Production Company
Amazon Studios

Showrunner
John Carney

Director
John Carney

Cast
Tobias Menzies, Sophie Okonedo, Aislín McGuckin

Dead Still

Production Company
Deadpan Pictures

Producer
Suzanne McAuley

Directors
Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace

Cast
Michael Smiley, Kerr Logan, Eileen O’Higgins

Extra Ordinary

Best Irish Feature - Galway Film Fleadh

Production Company
Blinder Films

Producers
Katie Holly

Directors
Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern

Cast
Will Forte, Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward

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