The Costume Designers Guild announced the nominees for its 18th annual awards scheduled for Feb. 23 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This year’s LACOSTE Spotlight Award will be presented to two-time Academy Award winning actress, Cate Blanchett. Film director, screenwriter, producer and actor Quentin Tarantino will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award in recognition of his support of costume design and creative partnerships with costume designers. An honorary career achievement award will be presented to costume designer Ellen Mirojnick for her outstanding work in film and television. Dyer Edwina Pellikka will be honored with the distinguished service award.
The nominees in the competitive categories are:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Beasts of No Nation – Jenny Eagan
Joy – Michael Wilkinson
Kingsman: The Secret Service – Arianne Phillips
The Martian – Janty Yates
Youth – Carlo Poggioli
Excellence in Period Film
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol – Sandy Powell
Crimson Peak – Kate Hawley
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
Trumbo – Daniel Orlandi
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
Ex Machina – Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 – Kurt and Bart
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Michael Kaplan
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series
American Horror Story: Hotel – Lou Eyrich
Empire, Season 1 – Rita McGhee
House of Cards – Johanna Argan, Kemal Harris
Ray Donovan – Christopher Lawrence
Transparent – Marie Schley
Outstanding Period Television Series
The Knick – Ellen Mirojnick
Mad Men – Janie Bryant, Tiffany White Stanton
Masters of Sex – Isis Mussenden
Outlander – Terry Dresbach
Penny Dreadful – Gabriella Pescucci
Outstanding Fantasy Television Series
Game of Thrones – Michele Clapton
Once Upon a Time – Eduardo Castro
Sleepy Hollow, Season 2 – Kristin M. Burke, Mairi Chisholm
Sleepy Hollow, Season 3 – Mairi Chisholm
The Wiz Live! – Paul Tazewell
Excellence in Short Form Design
“And So It Begins,” Old Spice Commercial – Mindy Le Brock
“From the Makers of Happy & Merry,” H&M Presents Katy Perry Commercial – B. Åkerlund
“The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth” – Dance Battle, Video Game, Kaboom/Warner Interactive Commercial – Soyon An
“Kevin Spacey,” E-Trade Commercial – Johanna Argan
“Most Interesting Man in the World Wins on Land, Sea & Air,” Dos Equis Commercial – Julie Vogel
