2025 Bojana nikitovic, kostimografkinja: beograd je svet, u inat svima i uprkos svemu

Široko je poznata po kostimima koje je radila za HBO-ovu seriju “Dina: Proročanstvo” i film “Marija Antoaneta,” koji je za kostime nagrađen Oskarom. Za svoj rad na seriji “Dina” osvojila je u februaru prestižnu nagradu holivudskog Udruženja kostimografa.

Ipak, pre toga, Bojana Nikitovic je završila Fakultet primenjenih umetnosti. Dizajnirala je mnoge kostime za predstave, opere, balete i filmove u Beogradu, njenom rodnom gradu.

“Beograd je moj grad, moja kuća, utočiste, dom, porodica. Mnogo volim moj grad.”

2025 Style and structure: Interview with emmy-nominated ‘Dune: Prophecy’ costume designer bojana nikitovic

When you watch a film or television show, the last thing you want as an audience member is to be pulled out by unnecessary distractions, whether it be on the nose dialogue, faulty sound design, obscure camera angles, and the list goes on. But, when you find that magic morsel in whatever it is you’re watching, be it a gripping story that grips you, and when the world on screen draws you in closer - that’s hours worth spent. And to take it to another level, when you do notice the care and attention to detail by key departments, like the production design to the costume design, it’s worth talking about.

With the first episode of Dune: Prophecy originally premiered, the show was immediately gripping. You could immediately tell that there was an appreciation of artistry from every department, spearheaded by showrunner Alison Schapker.

2025 How Bojana nikitovic’s emmy nominated costumes on ‘dune: prophecy’ make history

The HBO prequel TV series Dune: Prophecy is set 10,000 years before the world of Paul Atreides and focuses on the origins of the supernatural force of the Bene Gesserit, which began as the Sisterhood. Covering two timelines and differing sections of society, the series proved a multi-faceted challenge for Emmy nominated costume designer Bojana Nikitovic.

”You have to make everything from scratch,” explains Nikitovic. “In a way, it’s a different world (to the Dune films), because the time distance is so big.” The series was developed by Diane Ademu-John and Alison Schapker, with Schapker also serving as showrunner and writer.

Developing bespoke costumes while producing ensemble wardrobes totalling more than 3,000 outfits requires working on a huge scale. Filming took place in Budapest - where production services were provided by Pioneer Stillking - and Jordan between November 2022 and December 2023, with hiatuses for the WGA and SAG strikes. Despite such a sprawling production, Nikitovic never lost sight of the little things. “I like details,” says Nikitovic, “and everybody in my crew, they are really dedicated to that.”

2020 Nova.rs

Naša priznata kostimografkinja Bojana Nikitovic, koja se proslavila u svetu nakon sto je radila u timu oskarovke Milene Kanonero na filmu "Marija Antoaneta", prica za Nova.rs o ovoj pomalo potcenjenoj profesiji, slicnostima i razlikama izmedju Holivuda i Srbije, nasim glumcima podjednako velikim kao i svetske zvezde, svom Beogradu i sebi i tome zasto treba vise da bude "Nikitina cerka".

Umesto jos jedne saradnje na filmu sa svojom „srecnom zvezdom“ Milenom Kanonero, Bojana Nikitovic je, zbog epidemije, morala da se vrati u rodni Beograd. Da nije bilo Italijanke Milene, ko zna kako bi danas izgledala Bojanina karijera.

2019 Film Review “The Aftermath”: Variety

Less widely seen (and acclaimed) than it deserved to be, James Kent‘s debut feature “Testament of Youth” was one of the great recent love-in-wartime dramas, translating the intimate romance and sprawling human tragedy of Vera Brittain’s WWI memoir with a grace and heft worthy of its David Lean allusions. Four years on, it’s not hard to see why Kent was enlisted for “The Aftermath,” which aims for a similar old-school blend of stiff-upper-lipped heartbreak and grand classical sweep amid the ruins of another world war — albeit from material a bit thinner than Brittain’s.

2019 Cordon Magazine

She’s the most successful woman from this region in the film world. She was the first associate to costume designer Milena Canonero when she won the 2007 Oscar for Best Costume Design for the Sofia Copolla’s film Marie Antoinette. She has long since operated as an independent costume designer for numerous top-class film productions. Apart from all of that, she also works in the theatre, which is her first and greatest love, and four Sterija Prizes merely serve to prove that she also does so very successfully. She grew up in a house where her father, Dragan Nikitović (1930-1997), was a genuine sporting and television star and legend of journalism. And it was perhaps because of that that she never idolised famous people. Her mother Vojislava, aka Vojka, was a specialist doctor and the real pillar of the home, supporting at all times her daughters Aleksandra and Bojana.

2017 Elle Serbia

Valentin vikend provela sam sa Bojanom Nikitović, jednom od svojih omiljenih kostimografkinja. Kada je zazvonio telefon i kada sam dobila ovaj zadatak, mojoj sreći nije bilo kraja. Obožavam način na koji ona pristupa kostimu i poslu ‒ tu posvećenost u istraživanju i tu tačnost, minucioznost u svakom detalju… Na Sv. Trifuna, dan Bojanine slave, bilo je 20 stepeni. Pijace su preplavili narcisi ‒ iluzija da je stiglo proleće bila je potpuna. Preselila sam se blizu Palilulske pijace i glasno očajavala za Bajlonijem.