Daina Valiulis
Artist Costume Designer Illustrator
Costume Design
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I’m a permit at IATSE (Costumes) and a member of CAFTCAD
Education
Honors BA; Theatre/Minor in English from the University of Toronto
Self-taught digital artist (Artist of other media as well); Photoshop, Illustrator, SketchbookPro
Sewing classes at The Make Den and self taught (ongoing)
Script Breakdown for Costumes with Alex Kavanagh (run by CAFTCAD)
Puppet Building for Stop Motion Animation with Phillip Eddolls (TAIS, Feb 2016)
Basics of Stop Motion Animation with Brett Long (TAIS, March 2016)
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Film/Television
Assistant Designer, Man Seeking Woman (Season 3) Sept 5th - Nov 30th, 2016
Man Seeking Woman 3 TV Prod. Inc. (IATSE Production)
Costume Designer: Leslie Kavanagh
BG Coordinator, Issues (Television Pilot) Aug 8th - Sept 2nd, 2016
NBC Universal (IATSE Production)
Costume Designer: Jill Ohanneson
Assistant Designer: Leslie Kavanagh
BG Coordinator (Temp), Suits (Season 6) July 11 - August 5th, 2016
GEP Productions (IATSE Production)
Costume Designer: Jolie Andreatta
Assistant Designer: Judy Laukkanen
BG Coordinator: Sheryl Willock
Wardrobe Assistant, Suits (Season 6)
(Full time - buyer, BG dresser, assisting on set) April - August, 2016
GEP Productions (IATSE Production)
Costume Designer: Jolie Andreatta
Assistant Designer: Judy Laukkanen
BG Coordinator: Sheryl Willock
Set Supervisor (Daily) April 22nd, 2016
Four in the Morning, Season 1, Ep 2 and 7 (CBC Series)
4AM Productions Inc. (IATSE Production)
Exec Producers: Ari Lantos, Ira Parker
Dir: Pavano Devonshire
Costume Designer: Marissa Schwartz
Wardrobe Assistant (Daily - set assistant, truck assistant) March 2016
The Strain (Season 3)
Strain Can II Productions Inc. (IATSE Production)
Costume Designer: Luis Sequeira
Assistant Designer: Suzanne Aplin
Set Key: Rachel Archer
Truck Supervisor: Chelsea Oliver
(Called back for several days: March 18, 31, April 1st)
Wardrobe Assistant (Daily - BG dressing and set assisting) March 2016
Taken (Season 1 Pilot)
Particular Skills CN Inc. (IATSE Production)
Dir: Alex Graves
Costume Designer: Delphine White
Wardrobe Assistant (Daily - BG dressing and set assisting) March 2016
Miss Sloane (Feature Film)
Miss Sloane Productions Inc. (IATSE Production)
Dir. John Madden
Costume Designer: Georgina Yarhi
Wardrobe Assistant (Daily - BG dressing and set assisting) March 2016
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (MOW)
(IATSE Production)
Dir. Kenny Ortega
Costume Designer: William Ivey Long
Production Designer/Art Director, Maypole Rose (Indie short) January 2016
Prod. Brian Carver
Dir. Christine Buijs
DOP: James Poremba
Wardrobe Assistant (Daily); Merry Matrimony (Feat.) September 2015
C/P X-mas Productions VI Inc
Dir. Jonathan Wright
Costume Designer: Julianna Clarke
Asst. Costume Designer: Robyn Bigglestone
Wardrobe Assistant (Daily); Christmas Inc. (Feat.) August 2015
C/P X-mas Productions VI Inc
Dir. John Bradshaw
Costume Designer: Julianna Clarke
Asst. Costume Designer: Robyn Bigglestone
Wardrobe Assistant; Burning Burning (Indie Feat.) April 2014
Dir. Hrant Alianak
Key Wardrobe: Kendra Terpenning
Producer, Key Costume Designer/Props; A Midsummer Night’s Dream August 2014
Shakespeare At Play/Rick Chisholm Productions
Dir. Tim Chisholm
http://www.shakespeareatplay.ca/
Producer, Key Costume Designer/Props Designer, Hamlet (Feat.) July/August 2013
Shakespeare At Play/Rick Chisholm Productions
Dir. Tim Chisholm
http://www.shakespeareatplay.ca/
Wardrobe Assistant/Continuity; Dueling Bureaus (Indie Short) December 2013
Dir. Jeremy Hull
Key Costume Designer, Macbeth (Feat.) February 2013
Shakespeare At Play/Rick Chisholm Productions
Dir. Tim Chisholm
http://www.shakespeareatplay.ca/
Theatre
Costume Designer Feb-March 2017
The Clean House
Alumnae Theatre
Dir. Ali Joy Richardson
Costume Designer Dec-Feb 2016/17
7 Stories
Hart House Theatre
Dir. Rebecca Ballarin
Costume Designer Sept-Oct 2016
This
Alumnae Theatre
Dir. Rebecca Ballarin
Head Designer (costumes, props and set); April/May 2016
The Adventures of Scott Free and Will Do
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Dahlia Katz
Head Designer (costumes, props and set); Sheep in Wolf’s Clothes January/Feb 2016
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Meg Moran
Head Designer (costumes, props and set); Krampus November/December 2016
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Dahlia Katz
Head Designer (incl. costumes, props and set); Treasure Island August/Sept 2015
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Scott Emerson Moyle
Costume and Props Designer; Miss Julie May - June 2015
Martha Rose Productions
Dir. Tim Chisholm
Head Designer (incl. costumes, props and set); Beauty and the Geek May - June 2015
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Eric Benson
Head Designer (incl. costumes, props and set); The Princess and the Pea September 2014
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Nicholas Terpstra
Head Designer (incl. costumes, props and set); Jillian Jigs November 2014
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Bill Martin
Head Designer (incl. costumes, props and set), Rumplestiltskin May 2014
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Zenon Skrzypczyk
Designer (incl. costumes, props and set); Little Red Riding Hood June 2014
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre
Dir. Zenon Skrzypczyk
http://www.solarstage.on.ca/
Other Work
Show Coordinator, Theatrix Costume House Nov 2015 - March 2016
(Into the Woods, Shrek, The Lion King, Pippin, Anne Frank, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Bye Bye Birdie, Les Miserables)
Founding Member, COO, Shakespeare at Play June 2012 - present
http://www.shakespeareatplay.ca/
Office Assistant, Canadian Screen Awards 2015 Dec-Feb 2015
Cimaroni & Chisholm Productions Ltd.
Stylist’s Assistant for Eimear O’Reilly Winter 2014, Summer 2015
http://www.eimearoreillystylist.com/
Wardrobe Buyer for Kendra Terpenning (Key Wardrobe) Summer 2014
Independant film project
Continuity, Shattered Worlds December 2013
Dir. Alex Sikorsky
(Indie film)
Assistant Floor Director, Dragon’s Den (CBC) 2006 - 2011
Dir. Michele Berlyne
Starbucks Barista (September 2006-December 2008)
La Senza Sales Associate (August 2004-September 2006)
Ongoing
Illustration and design work (freelance); I am learning all about sewing, fashion/clothing and animation in my spare time.
Special Skills
Grade 3 RCM violin, running (I've run both a full Marathon and a Half Marathon), drawing, painting, skating, skiing, rollerblading, driving, stage combat training (level 1), acting.
I have made some pretty cool props, including:
A bird that had to get it’s head cut off and ‘bleed’ for 7 performances.
A donkey mask made of wires.
A rag doll.
Painted tights for fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
A paper maché dog named Bucket.