Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film

The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild.

At the 1st Costume Designers Guild Awards ceremony held in 1999 (celebrating excellence in film and television of 1998), all films, regardless of genre, competed in a combined Excellence in Film category. Among the inaugural nominees, three were period dramas, except for The Truman Show, which was the only modern-set film recognized, while the eventual winner, Pleasantville, was a fantasy film. The award was split into two categories, Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film, at the following ceremony. Since 2005, the latter category was further divided into Excellence in Period Film and Excellence in Fantasy Film, with each genre receiving its own award.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Film	Costume Designer(s)
1998	No award given
	Nomination for Excellence in Film
	The Truman Show	Marilyn Matthews

Excellence in Contemporary Film

Year	Film	Costume Designer(s)
1999	American Beauty	Julie Weiss
	Cookie's Fortune	Dona Granata
	Eyes Wide Shut	Marit Allen
	Fight Club	Michael Kaplan

2000s

Year	Film	Costume Designer(s)
2000	Erin Brockovich	Jeffrey Kurland
	Charlie's Angels	Joseph G. Aulisi
	High Fidelity	Laura Bauer
	Traffic	Louise Frogley
	X-Men	Louise Mingenbach
2001	The Royal Tenenbaums	Karen Patch
	Legally Blonde	Sophie De Rakoff
	Mulholland Drive	Amy Stofsky and Durinda Wood
	Ocean's Eleven	Jeffrey Kurland
2002	About Schmidt	Wendy Chuck
	About a Boy	Joanna Johnston
	Igby Goes Down	Sarah Edwards
	Unfaithful	Ellen Mirojnick
	White Oleander	Susie DeSanto
2003	A Mighty Wind	Durinda Wood
	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Joseph G. Aulisi
	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Catherine Marie Thomas
	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Sophie De Rakoff
2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Milena Canonero
	Alfie	Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Melissa Toth
	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Catherine Marie Thomas
	Ocean's Twelve	Milena Canonero
2005	Transamerica	Danny Glicker
	Hustle & Flow	Paul A. Simmons Jr.
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Michael Kaplan
	Shopgirl	Nancy Steiner
	Syriana	Louise Frogley
2006	The Queen	Consolata Boyle
	Babel	Michael Wilkinson, Gabriela Diaque and Miwako Kobayashi
	Casino Royale	Lindy Hemming
	The Devil Wears Prada	Patricia Field
	Little Miss Sunshine	Nancy Steiner
2007	Blades of Glory	Julie Weiss
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Olivier Bériot
	Into the Wild	Mary Claire Hannan
	Juno	Monique Prudhomme
	Ocean's Thirteen	Louise Frogley
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Suttirat Anne Larlarb
	Iron Man	Laura Jean Shannon and Rebecca Gregg
	Mamma Mia!	Ann Roth
	Sex and the City	Patricia Field
	The Wrestler	Amy Westcott
2009	Crazy Heart	Doug Hall
	(500) Days of Summer	Hope Hanafin
	Brüno	Jason Alper
	Precious	Marina Draghici
	Up in the Air	Danny Glicker

2010s

Year	Film	Costume Designer(s)
2010	Black Swan	Amy Westcott
	Burlesque	Michael Kaplan
	Inception	Jeffrey Kurland
	The Social Network	Jacqueline West
	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Ellen Mirojnick
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Trish Summerville
	Bridesmaids	Leesa Evans and Christine Wada
	The Descendants	Wendy Chuck
	Drive	Erin Benach
	Melancholia	Manon Rasmussen
2012	Skyfall	Jany Temime
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Stephani Lewis
	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Louise Stjernsward
	Silver Linings Playbook	Mark Bridges
	Zero Dark Thirty	George L. Little
2013 ^[1]	Blue Jasmine	Suzy Benzinger
	Her	Casey Storm
	Nebraska	Wendy Chuck
	Philomena	Consolata Boyle
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Sarah Edwards
2014 ^[2]	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Albert Wolsky
	Boyhood	Kari Perkins
	Gone Girl	Trish Summerville
	Interstellar	Mary Zophres
	Wild	Melissa Bruning
2015 ^[3]	Beasts of No Nation	Jenny Eagan
	Joy	Michael Wilkinson
	Kingsman: The Secret Service	Arianne Phillips
	The Martian	Janty Yates
	Youth	Carlo Poggioli
2016 ^[4]	La La Land	Mary Zophres
	Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie	Rebecca Hale
	Captain Fantastic	Courtney Hoffman
	Lion	Cappi Ireland
	Nocturnal Animals	Arianne Phillips
2017 ^[5]	I, Tonya	Jennifer Johnson
	Get Out	Nadine Haders
	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	Arianne Phillips
	Lady Bird	April Napier
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Melissa Toth
2018 ^[6]	Crazy Rich Asians	Mary E. Vogt
	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Michele Clapton
	Ocean's 8	Sarah Edwards
	Red Sparrow	Trish Summerville
	A Star Is Born	Erin Benach
	Widows	Jenny Eagan
2019 ^[7]	Knives Out	Jenny Eagan
	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Arjun Bhasin
	Hustlers	Mitchell Travers
	The Laundromat	Ellen Mirojnick
	Queen & Slim	Shiona Turini

2020s

Year	Film	Costume Designer(s)
2020 ^[8]	Promising Young Woman	Nancy Steiner
	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar	Trayce Gigi Field
	Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)	Erin Benach
	Da 5 Bloods	Donna Berwick
	The Prom	Lou Eyrich
2021 ^[9]	Coming 2 America	Ruth E. Carter
	Don't Look Up	Susan Matheson
	In the Heights	Mitchell Travers
	No Time to Die	Suttirat Anne Larlarb
	Zola	Derica Cole Washington
2022 ^[10]	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Jenny Eagan
	Nope	Alex Bovaird
	Tár	Bina Daigeler
	Top Gun: Maverick	Marlene Stewart
	Women Talking	Quita Alfred
2023 ^[11]^[12]	Saltburn	Sophie Canale
	American Fiction	Rudy Nance
	May December	April Napier
	Nyad	Kelli Jones
	Renfield	Lisa Lovaas
2024 ^[13]	Challengers	Jonathan Anderson
	Conclave	Lisy Christl
	Emilia Pérez	Virginie Montel
	The Fall Guy	Sarah Evelyn
	The Substance	Emmanuelle Youchnovski

Designers with multiple wins

3 wins

Jenny Eagan

2 wins

Julie Weiss

Designers with multiple nominations

This total includes nominations for Excellence in Film.

4 nominations

Jenny Eagan

3 nominations

Erin Benach
Wendy Chuck
Sarah Edwards
Louise Frogley
Michael Kaplan
Jeffrey Kurland
Ellen Mirojnick
Arianne Phillips
Nancy Steiner
Trish Summerville

2 nominations

Joseph G. Aulisi
Consolata Boyle
Milena Canonero
Sophie De Rakoff
Patricia Field
Danny Glicker
Suttirat Anne Larlarb
April Napier
Catherine Marie Thomas
Melissa Toth
Mitchell Travers
Julie Weiss
Amy Westcott
Michael Wilkinson
Durinda Wood
Mary Zophres

References

^ "Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Nominees for the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Nominees for the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Nominees for the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Honorees for the 20th CDGA Announced". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ "Honorees for the 21st CDGA Announced". Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ Weinberg, Lindsay (December 10, 2019). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Hustlers,' 'Rocketman' Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
^ Pederson, Erik (March 4, 2021). "Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations: 'Wonder Woman', 'Da 5 Bloods,' Mank', 'Bridgerton' & More". Deadline. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^ Pener, Degen (January 26, 2022). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'House of Gucci,' 'Dune,' 'Squid Game' Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ Tangcay, Jazz (January 12, 2023). "'Tár, 'Elvis,' 'Top Gun: Maverick' Among Costume Designers Guild Nominations 2023". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
^ Pedersen, Erik (February 21, 2024). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Barbie', 'Poor Things' & 'Saltburn' Take Film Prizes – Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ Tangcay, Jazz (January 4, 2024). "Costume Designers Guild Nominations: 'Maestro,' 'Barbie' Land Nods, 'The Color Purple,' 'Wonka' Snubbed". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^ Lewis, Hillary (December 13, 2024). "'Emilia Pérez,' 'Gladiator II,' 'Wicked' Among Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

[1] "Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[2] "Nominees for the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[3] "Nominees for the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[4] "Nominees for the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced". Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[5] "Honorees for the 20th CDGA Announced". Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[6] "Honorees for the 21st CDGA Announced". Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[7] Weinberg, Lindsay (December 10, 2019). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Hustlers,' 'Rocketman' Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

[8] Pederson, Erik (March 4, 2021). "Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations: 'Wonder Woman', 'Da 5 Bloods,' Mank', 'Bridgerton' & More". Deadline. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

[9] Pener, Degen (January 26, 2022). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'House of Gucci,' 'Dune,' 'Squid Game' Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[10] Tangcay, Jazz (January 12, 2023). "'Tár, 'Elvis,' 'Top Gun: Maverick' Among Costume Designers Guild Nominations 2023". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

[11] Pedersen, Erik (February 21, 2024). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Barbie', 'Poor Things' & 'Saltburn' Take Film Prizes – Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[12] Tangcay, Jazz (January 4, 2024). "Costume Designers Guild Nominations: 'Maestro,' 'Barbie' Land Nods, 'The Color Purple,' 'Wonka' Snubbed". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[13] Lewis, Hillary (December 13, 2024). "'Emilia Pérez,' 'Gladiator II,' 'Wicked' Among Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

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