Diana Eden spent 30 years in Hollywood costume designing 14 prime time TV series, 16 pilots, movies for television, and feature films, before moving to Las Vegas in 2008. She has three Emmy nominations for best costume design for a TV series. In addition, she has designed dozens of stage productions in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New York.
Eden has served on the Advisory Board at FIDM (the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in Los Angeles, and been a guest lecturer at Palomar College, the Art Institute, AIDT, and for IATSE Local 720 Training Trust. She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Art and Architecture from the University of Toronto.
Eden has been sharing her professional knowledge with 8kbet Film Students for 13 years, has brought in Costume Design speakers of the highest level of achievement, and has donated her personal collection of costumes, establishing a costume department for 8kbet Film.
"This Award brings me incredible joy. To think that I can teach and inspire future film-makers and costume designers, especially on the eve of increasing film production coming Las Vegas, brings me rewards beyond anything I could have imagined."