18th Costume Designers Guild Awards

18th Costume Designers Guild Awards
Date	February 23, 2016 (2016-02-23)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Costume Designers Guild
Hosted by	Betsy Brandt
Highlights
Excellence in Contemporary Film:	Beasts of No Nation – Jenny Eagan
Excellence in Fantasy Film:	Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan
Excellence in Period Film:	The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
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The 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards, honouring the best costume designs in film and television for 2015, were given in 2016. The nominees were announced on January 7, 2016. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

The winners are in bold. ^[2]

Film

Excellence in Contemporary Film	Excellence in Period Film
Beasts of No Nation – Jenny Eagan Joy – Michael Wilkinson Kingsman: The Secret Service – Arianne Phillips The Martian – Janty Yates Youth – Carlo Poggioli	The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Carol – Sandy Powell Crimson Peak – Kate Hawley Trumbo – Daniel Orlandi
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan Cinderella – Sandy Powell Ex Machina – Sammy Sheldon Differ The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – Kurt & Bart Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Michael Kaplan

Television

Outstanding Contemporary Television	Outstanding Period Television
American Horror Story: Hotel – Lou Eyrich Empire, Season 1 – Rita McGhee House of Cards – Johanna Argan and Kemal Harris Ray Donovan – Christopher Lawrence Transparent – Marie Schley	The Knick – Ellen Mirojnick Mad Men – Janie Bryant and Tiffany White Stanton Masters of Sex – Isis Mussenden Outlander – Terry Dresbach Penny Dreadful – Gabriella Pescucci
Outstanding Fantasy Television
Game of Thrones – Michele Clapton Once Upon a Time – Eduardo Castro Sleepy Hollow, Season 2 – Kristin M. Burke and Mairi Chisholm Sleepy Hollow, Season 3 – Mairi Chisholm The Wiz Live! – Paul Tazewell

Commercial

Excellence in Short Form Design

"The Most Interesting Man in the World Wins on Land, Sea & Air", Dos Equis Commercial – Julie Vogel "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

Special Awards

Career Achievement Award

• Ellen Mirojnick

LACOSTE Spotlight Award

• Cate Blanchett

Distinguished Collaborator Award

• Quentin Tarantino

Distinguished Service Award

• Edwina Pellikka

References

1. Thompson, Anne (January 7, 2016). "Costume Designers Guild Nominates Two Sandy Powell Movies, 'Empire'". IndieWire . Retrieved January 7, 2016.
2. Utichi, Joe; Pedersen, Erik (February 23, 2016). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Mad Max', 'Danish Girl' & 'Beasts Of No Nation' Take Film Nods – Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

External links

• Official website