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    set and costume designer

    Jun 06, 2018 5 minutes
    INTERVIEW: KATE SYMONS

    MY CAREER TOOK OFF BECAUSE OF A FAILURE. When I was a teenager, I was very much interested in projections and film. I studied animation and design, and found myself drawn towards the cinematography aspects of the course. I tried as hard as I could to pursue cinematography, but I couldn’t pass the exam. I fell back into what I thought I knew better, which was set and costume design.

    I grew up in Romania, but for some reason I always wanted to be in Australia. I decided to trust in fate and, in the mid-’80s, I transported myself to where I really wanted to be. I went through NIDA and it rejuvenated me. The European system is very conservative and very sturdy. You learn

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