Biography
Dien van Straalen (1947–2010) was a Dutch costume designer. She was born in Zoetermeer and died in The Hague.
She worked frequently with director Peter Greenaway on films including A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), Drowning by Numbers (1988) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). Other credits include Orlando (1992), The Baby of Mâcon (1993), The Pillow Book (1995), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and The Libertine (2004). She received an Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA nomination for her work on Girl with a Pearl Earring.
