Ruy Filipe

Job Designation: Costume Designer | Wardrobe Stylist

Home Base: Cape Town

OVERVIEW

Ruy Filipe is a Cape Town–based costume designer with over three decades of experience across international feature films, television series, documentaries and commercials. Filipe holds an Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema diploma from Lisbon and founded the costume house Ikaya of Costumes, which he leads as CEO. Recognised as one of South Africa's most accomplished costume designers, his credits include Terry George's Hotel Rwanda, Darrell Roodt's Dangerous Ground and Cry, the Beloved Country, Gavin Hood's A Reasonable Man, and Justin Chadwick's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. His work has earned a Canadian Gemini Award for Best Costume Design, a SAFTA Award for Mandela: Long Road to Freedom, and multiple further SAFTA nominations and wins, most recently for Silverton Siege in 2023.    REQUEST CV

COSTUME DESIGNER

Feature Film

Drama/Series

Miniseries

TV Movie

Documentary

Theatre

Short Film

Commercial

WARDROBE STYLIST

Feature Film

Commercial

DIRECTORS WORKED WITH

Alex Gibney

Bronwen Hughes

Darrell Roodt

Gavin Hood

George Mihalka

Julian Jarrold

Justin Chadwick

Mandla Dube

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Ralph Ziman

Richie Smyth

Ruba Nadda

Sara Blacher

Steven Silver

Terry George

AWARDS & SPECIAL MENTIONS

• SAFTA Award (2023) – Best Costume Design, Silverton Siege.
• CICLOPE Award (2020) – Best Costume Design/Stylist, Chicken Licken.
• Golden Horn Award, SAFTA (2018) – Best Achievement in Costume Design, Kalushi.
• SAFTA Nomination (2016) – Best Costume Designer, Kite.
• SAFTA Award (2014) – Best Costume Designer, Mandela: Long Road to Freedom.
• SAFTA Nomination (2012) – Best Costume Designer, Otelo Burning.
• Naledi Award Nomination (2005) – Best Costume Designer, Street Woman.
• Gemini Award (2000) – Best Costume Design, Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story.