Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film explained

The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild. The 1998 inaugural awards year combined period, fantasy and contemporary films.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Excellence in Costume Design for Film

Year	Film	Costume Designer(s)
1998	Pleasantville	Judianna Makovsky
	Beloved
	The Man in the Iron Mask	James Acheson
	The Mask of Zorro	Graciela Mazón
	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
		Joseph G. Aulisi
		Catherine Marie Thomas
		Sophie De Rakoff
2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Milena Canonero
	Alfie	Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Melissa Toth
		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
	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
		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
		Arianne Phillips
	The Martian	Janty Yates
	Youth	Carlo Poggioli
2016^[4]	La La Land	Mary Zophres
		Rebecca Hale
	Captain Fantastic	Courtney Hoffman
	Lion	Cappi Ireland
	Nocturnal Animals	Arianne Phillips
2017^[5]	I, Tonya	Jennifer Johnson
	Get Out	Nadine Haders
		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]		Jenny Eagan
	Nope	Alex Bovaird
	Tár	Bina Daigeler
		Marlene Stewart
	Women Talking	Quita Alfred
2023 ^[11]	Saltburn	Sophie Canale
	American Fiction	Rudy Nance
	May December	April Napier
	Nyad	Kelli Jones
	Renfield	Lisa Lovaas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced. 17 January 2017.
2. Web site: Nominees for the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced. 17 January 2017.
3. Web site: Nominees for the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced. 17 January 2017.
4. Web site: Nominees for the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced. 17 January 2017.
5. Web site: Honorees for the 20th CDGA Announced. 10 January 2018.
6. Web site: Honorees for the 21st CDGA Announced. 9 January 2019.
7. Web site: Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Hustlers,' 'Rocketman' Among Nominees. en. 2019-12-11.
8. Web site: Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations: ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Mank’, ‘Bridgerton’ & More . . Pederson . Erik . March 4, 2021. 2021-03-04 .
9. Web site: Costume Designers Guild Awards: ‘House of Gucci,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘Squid Game’ Among Nominees . . Pener . Degen . January 27, 2022. 2022-01-26 .
10. Web site: ‘Tár, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Among Costume Designers Guild Nominations 2023. Variety. Jazz. Tangcay. January 12, 2023. January 12, 2023.
11. Web site: Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Barbie' Takes Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Prize . Pedersen . Erik . . . February 21, 2024 . February 22, 2024 .