18th Costume Designers Guild Awards

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]

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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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 (2016-02-23). "Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Mad Max', 'Danish Girl' & 'Beasts Of No Nation' Take Film Nods – Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-01-07.

External links

• Official website