Costume Designers Guild Awards 2015 Explained

18th CDG Awards

February 23, 2016

----Contemporary:
Beasts of No Nation----Fantasy:
Mad Max: Fury Road----Period:
The Danish Girl

The 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards, honouring the best costume designs in film and television for 2015, were given in 2016.^[1] The nominees were announced on January 7, 2016.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Film

Excellence in Contemporary Film

• Winner - Beasts of No Nation - Jenny Eagan
  • Joy - Michael Wilkinson
  • - Arianne Phillips
  • The Martian - Janty Yates
  • Youth - Carlo Poggioli

Excellence in Fantasy Film

• Winner - - Jenny Beavan
  • Cinderella - Sandy Powell
  • Ex Machina - Sammy Sheldon Differ
  • - Kurt Swanson and Bart Mueller
  • - Michael Kaplan

Excellence in Period Film

• Winner - The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado
  • Brooklyn - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
  • Carol - Sandy Powell
  • Crimson Peak - Kate Hawley
  • Trumbo - Daniel Orlandi

Television

Outstanding Contemporary Television Series

• Winner - - Lou Eyrich
  • Empire, Season 1 - Rita McGhee
  • House of Cards - Johanna Argan, Kemal Harris
  • Ray Donovan - Christopher Lawrence
  • Transparent - Marie Schley

Outstanding Fantasy Television Series

• Winner - Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton
  • Once Upon a Time - Eduardo Castro
  • Sleepy Hollow, Season 2 - Kristin M. Burke, Mairi Chisholm
  • Sleepy Hollow, Season 3 - Mairi Chisholm
  • The Wiz Live! - Paul Tazewell

Outstanding Period Television Series

• Winner - The Knick - Ellen Mirojnick
  • Mad Men - Janie Bryant, Tiffany White Stanton
  • Masters of Sex - Isis Mussenden
  • Outlander - Terry Dresbach
  • Penny Dreadful - Gabriella Pescucci

Short Film

Excellence in Short Form Design

• Winner - "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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winners Announced at the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards with Presenting Sponsor LACOSTE. February 23, 2016. Costume Designers Guild. February 24, 2016.
2. Web site: Nominees for the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced. January 7, 2016. Costume Designers Guild. February 24, 2016.