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Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Annual Academy Award for achievement in film costume design


The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design.[1]

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The award was first given in 1949, for films made in 1948. Initially, separate award categories were established for black-and-white films and color films. Since the merger of the two categories in 1967, the Academy has traditionally avoided giving out the award to films with a contemporary setting.[2]

Award

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is given out annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the best achievement of film costume design of the previous year. Films that are eligible for the award must meet a series of criteria, including the requirement that the costumes must have been "conceived" by a costume designer. For this particular criteria, each submission is reviewed by the costume designer members of the Art Directors Branch prior to the ballot process. Further rules include that the nominee(s) be only the principal costume designer(s), that the five films that receive the highest number of votes will become the ceremony's nominations for final voting, and that the final voting will only be undertaken by active and life members of the academy.[3]

History

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was first given out at the 21st Academy Awards,[4] held on March 24, 1949. The award had two subcategories, one for films in black and white and one for films in color.[5] At the 30th Academy Awards, held on March 26, 1958, these two subcategories were merged into one,[6] which was the result of the academy reducing the number of competitive categories from 30 to 24.[7] The 32nd Academy Awards saw the category again be split into two for recognition of both black and white and color film.[8] Eight years later, the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, along with two other awards, were each combined into their own single category recognizing achievement in film.[9]

From 1949 to 1966, most Academy Awards for Best Costume Design in Black and White were given to a contemporary movie. On the other hand, epics, fantasies, and musicals dominated the color category.[10] Since the merger into one singular category for color films in 1967, films set in modern times have won only three times.[11] The three contemporary-set winners have been Travels with My Aunt, All That Jazz, and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.[11] All other winners during this period have been set in the past or in a science-fiction or fantasy setting.

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Notes

  1. In 1957 and 1958, black-and-white and color films competed in a combined Best Costume Design category.
  2. Yvonne Blake publicly complained about sharing a nomination with Ron Talsky for The Four Musketeers. She alleged that he "only designed one creation for Raquel Welch" for the preceding film The Three Musketeers. "Talsky was in no way involved creatively on the second picture," she said, but he retained his Oscar nomination because of his on-screen credit as costume designer for Welch.
  3. Jane Clive was initially announced as a nominee for Maleficent, but was later removed from the nomination.

Multiple wins and nominations

The following 93 designers have received multiple nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. This list is sorted by the number of total awards (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses).

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    References

    1. "Rule One: Awards Definitions". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
    2. Nadoolman Landis, Deborah (2003). Costume Design. Focal Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-240-80590-9.
    3. "Motion Picture Academy Awards - Costume Design" (PDF). Costume Designers Guild. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
    4. Porter, Ryan (2013-02-15). "Oscars 2013: Best Costume Design category stuck in the past". thestar.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
    5. Proven, Grace (November 3, 1978). "One 'Disaster' After Another". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
    6. "Oscar Nominations 2012". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
    7. Tschorn, Adam (January 15, 2015). "Oscars 2015: Costume design nominations favor the fantastical". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
    8. Hipes, Patrick (January 23, 2018). "Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
    9. "Oscar Nominations 2019: The Complete List". Variety. January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
    10. "Oscar Nominations 2019: The Complete List". Variety. January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
    11. Davis, Clayton (2021-03-11). "2021 Oscars Predictions: All Awards Categories". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
    12. "94th Academy Awards Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
    13. "95th Academy Awards Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

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