Academy Awards: Costume Design

And the Oscar goes to ...

Nominees:

For more Oscar coverage, start with the official site, Oscar.com, which includes an extensive fashion commentary by Trend analyst Tom Julian. Red carpet photos for this year are up, including South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone arriving as rather scary Paltrow and Lopez wanna-bes.

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BAFTA Awards: Costume Design

Winner
  • Colleen Atwood for Sleepy Hollow
Nominees
  • Caroline Harris for An Ideal Husband
  • Sandy Powell for The End of the Affair
  • Colleen Atwood for Sleepy Hollow
  • Jenny Beavan, Anna Anni and Alberto Spiazzi for Tea with Mussolini
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards were presented on April 9 at the Odeon, Leicester Square in London.


Saturn Award: Film Costume Design

Winner

Trisha Biggar for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Nominees
  • Colleen Atwood for Sleepy Hollow
  • Kym Barrett for The Matrix
  • Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode I
  • John Bloomfield for The Mummy
  • Marilyn Vance for Mystery Men
  • Albert Wolsky for Galaxy Quest
The Saturn Awards (for science fiction/fantasy film and television) were presented in Los Angeles on June 6th.


Costume Designer's Guild Awards

Contemporary Designs: Julie Weiss, American Beauty
Period/Fantasy Designs: Colleen Atwood, Sleepy Hollow


Cesar Award: Costume Design

Catherine Leterrier, Jeanne d'Arc (aka The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc)

The nominees of the 25th annual Cesar Awards were selected by the Academie des Arts et Techniques on January 17, 2000; awards were presented February 19th.


Australian Film Institute Awards:

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Terry Ryan, Passion




Here's a link to a Salon interview with Topsy-Turvy director Mike Leigh, which discusses the film's award-winning costuming.

The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising's 8th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit, showcased costumes from all five Oscar-nominated films, as well as other 1999 releases including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Emperor and the Assassin, Mansfield Park, and (!) Stuart Little, are featured. Check out their fabulous web site for lots of photos!

FIDM Exhibit Review


Visit Alex Fung's Film Page for the most comprehensive listing of film awards and related resources!

Oscar Retrospective

FIDM Exhibit: Hollywood 2000
Oscars '99: All the World's a Stage
Oscars '98: Elegance Abounds
Oscars '98: Best and Worst Dressed Awards
Oscars '97: Independents Day?
Costumes from Out of This World (1995 Oscars)
Attack of the 66th Oscars
Costume in the Movies: 1992
1991 Cinema Costume: An Opinionated Review





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