Her most notable work is in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - both of which were filmed in New Zealand, as well as her years of work on Xena: Warrior Princess. Other Academy Award Nominations for: The Last Samurai (2004). Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
Dickson is married to Hamish Keith.
She and Richard Taylor won the Academy Award for Costume Design for the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004). British Film and Television Award Nominations for: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002). Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004). She and Richard Taylor won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003). She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004) She was awarded Officer of the Order of New Zealand 2004.
