AACTA award-winning Mariot Kerr is a leading Australian costume designer, working with such screen talent as Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Judy Davis, Anna Torv, Joel Edgerton, Adam Driver, Hilary Swank, Asher Keddie and Julia Garner over her 20 plus year career.
The in-demand costume designer works across film, television and advertising and was awarded the 2020 Best Costume Design AACTA for her work in the ABC-TV/Netflix acclaimed mini-series STATELESS. From Matchbox Pictures, NBCUniversal and Blanchett’s Dirty Pictures, the series was also recognised by AACTA as Best Telefeature/ Mini-Series.
Mariot’s most recent credit is the Netflix blockbuster six-part neo-western TERRITORY, starring Torv and Michael Dorman, which landed atop Netflix’s Global Top 10 Series after launching in October 2024.
Mariot’s other recent credits include the See-Saw Films/Scarlett Films thriller feature THE ROYAL HOTEL, directed by Kitty Green, and starring Garner, Jessica Henwick and Hugo Weaving.
Mariot also collaborated with See-Saw Films for the feature film THE STRANGER. Directed by Thomas M. Wright and starring Edgerton, THE STRANGER screened at the Cannes Film festival in May 2022 to standing ovations and rave reviews. Sean Harris and Jada Alberts co-starred in the crime feature, also from Anonymous Content and Blue-Tongue Films.
Mariot’s work in anthology series ROAR premiered globally on Apple TV in 2022. From Made Up Stories, Blossom Films and Endeavour Content, and directed by Kim Gehrig, Mariot worked with Kidman, Davis and Simon Baker in the episode entitled “The Woman Who Ate Photographs”.
In the advertising space, Mariot’s recent work includes the Tag Heuer commercial “The Chase For Carrera”, featuring Ryan Gosling and Vanessa Bayer, and directed by Nash Edgerton and David Leitch for Collider and DDB Paris,
She worked again with Cannes Lion award-winning director Gehrig on an Apple iPhone advertising/marketing campaign, produced by Revolver and Somesuch.
In 2021, Mariot’s work featured the smash hit Netflix drama CLICKBAIT, from Tony Ayres Production/ Matchbox Pictures and starring Adrian Grenier, Zoe Kazan and Betty Gabriel.
Mariot was nominated for an Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Award for Best Costume Design for her work on the Netflix sci-fi feature I AM MOTHER, starring Swank and Clara Rugaard and directed by Grant Sputore.
Other credits include the ‘prison escape’ feature film ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA starring Daniel Radcliffe and directed by Francis Annan; WAKE IN FRIGHT, a television adaptation directed by Kriv Stenders and the recipient of seven AACTA nominations, including Best Costume Design for Mariot; HBO’s critically-acclaimed series THE LEFTOVERS, starring Justin Theroux and Liv Tyler; the Matchbox Pictures/NBCUniversal political thriller SECRET CITY, with Torv and Jacki Weaver; Screentime’s ANZAC GIRLS; and DEADLINE GALLIPOLI, from Matchbox Pictures/ NBCUniversal and starring Hugh Dancy, Sam Worthington and Charles Dance.
As well as her 2020 AACTA win, Mariot was nominated for Best Costume Design at the 2008 AACTA Awards for LUCKY COUNTRY and again in 2014 for her work on the feature film TRACKS, from director John Curran and starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver for See-Saw Films.
Mariot’s other commercial work includes the US campaign for Abbott Freestyle’s NOW YOU KNOW, from Anomaly and Exit Films and directed by Mark Malloy. She also collaborated with director Jeffrey Darling on the memorable South Australian Tourism campaigns, including BAROSSA: BE CONSUMED, which won the top honor – The Gold Camera Award – at the US International Film and Video Festival.
