The AACTA Award for Best Costume Design is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is handed out at the annual AACTA Awards, which rewards achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1977 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current prize being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Costume Design. Terry Ryan has received the most awards in this category with five.
Winners and nominees In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year. The films and costume designers in bold and in yellow background have won are the winners. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning film first and then the other nominees. Note: User must select years listed on page to view winners of that decade/year.Additional winners and nominees references:
AFI Awards (1977-2010)AACTA Awards (2011–present)1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s
Year Film Costume designer(s) AFI Awards 1970s 1977(19th) The Picture Show Man Judith Dorsman Let the Balloon Go Ron Williams Oz Robbie Perkins Storm Boy Helen Dyson 1978(20th) Newsfront Norma Moriceau The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Bruce Finlayson The Getting of Wisdom Anna Senior The Mango Tree Patricia Forster 1979(21st) My Brilliant Career Anna Senior The Last of the Knucklemen Kevin Regan Mad Max Clare Griffin The Night the Prowler Luciana Arrighi 1980s 1980(22nd) Breaker Morant Anna Senior The Chain Reaction Norma Moriceau Harlequin Terry Ryan Manganinnie Graham Purcell 1981(23rd) Fatty Finn Norma Moriceau The Club Ruth De la Lande Gallipoli Terry Ryan and Wendy Weir Hoodwink Ross Major 1982(24th) Mad Max 2 Norma Moriceau The Pirate Movie Aphrodite Kondos Starstruck Luciana Arrighi and Terry Ryan We of the Never Never Camilla Rountree 1983(25th) Careful, He Might Hear You Bruce Finlayson Phar Lap Anna Senior Undercover Kristian Fredrikson The Year of Living Dangerously Terry Ryan 1984(26th) Silver City Jan Hurley One Night Stand Ross Major Street Hero Norma Moriceau Strikebound Jennie Tate 1985(27th) Rebel Roger Kirk Bliss Helen Hooper The Boy Who Had Everything Ross Major The Coca-Cola Kid Terry Ryan 1986(28th) Kangaroo Terry Ryan Burke & Wills George Liddle For Love Alone Jennie Tate Playing Beatie Bow George Liddle 1987(29th) The Umbrella Woman Steve Dobson Bullseye George Liddle The Place at the Coast Jennie Tate Those Dear Departed Roger Ford 1988(30th) The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Glenys Jackson Boulevard of Broken Dreams Cheryl McCloud Mull Jeanie Cameron Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds Angela Tonks and Mathu Anderson 1989(31st) What the Moon Saw Rose Chong Georgia Aphrodite Kondos Ghosts... of the Civil Dead Karen Everett Sons of Steel Gary L. Keady, Nicholas Huxley and Nicola Braithwaite 1990s 1990(32nd) Blood Oath Roger Kirk Hunting Aphrodite Kondos Two Brothers RunningMichelle Leonard Weekend with Kate 1991(33rd) Spotswood Tess Schofield Aya Jennie Tate Isabelle Eberhardt Mic Cheminal Waiting Murray Picknett 1992(34th) Strictly Ballroom Angus Strathie Black Robe Renée April and John Hay Love in Limbo Clarissa Patterson Romper Stomper Anna Borghesi 1993(35th) The Piano Janet Patterson Frauds Fiona Spence Gross Misconduct Aphrodite Kondos The Nostradamus Kid Roger Ford Say a Little Prayer Lynn-Maree Milburn and Jacqui Everitt 1994(36th) The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel Body Melt Anna Borghesi Country Life Wendy Chuck Muriel's Wedding Terry Ryan 1995(37th) Billy's Holiday Terry Ryan Metal Skin Anna Borghesi Mushrooms George Liddle That Eye, the Sky Vicki Friedman 1996(38th) Children of the Revolution Terry Ryan Love Serenade Anna Borghesi Mr. Reliable Tess Schofield Shine Louise Wakefield 1997(39th) Doing Time for Patsy Cline Louise Wakefield Kiss or Kill Ruth De la Lande Thank God He Met Lizzie Edie Kurzer The Well Anna Borghesi 1998(40th) Oscar and Lucinda Janet Patterson The Boys Annie Marshall Head On Anna Borghesi The Sound of One Hand Clapping Aphrodite Kondos 1999(41st) Passion Terry Ryan In a Savage Land Edie Kurzer PraiseEmily Seresin Two Hands 2000s 2000(42nd) Bootmen Tess Schofield 15 Amore Emma Hamilton Lewis Walk the Talk Louise Wakefield The Wog Boy Paul Warren 2001(43rd) Moulin Rouge! Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie The Bank Annie Marshall LantanaMargot Wilson La Spagnola 2002(44th) Dirty Deeds Tess Schofield Rabbit-Proof Fence Roger Ford Swimming Upstream Angus Strathie WillFull George Liddle 2003(45th) Ned Kelly Anna Borghesi Black and White Annie Marshall Gettin' Square Jackline Sassine The Night We Called It a Day Emily Seresin 2004(46th) Somersault Emily Seresin Love's Brother Anna Borghesi One Perfect Day Katie Graham Tom White Jill Johanson 2005(47th) The Proposition Margot Wilson Hating Alison Ashley Paul Warren Little Fish Melinda Doring Look Both Ways Edie Kurzer 2006(48th) Macbeth Jane Johnston The Book of Revelation Anna Borghesi Kokoda Phill Eagles Suburban Mayhem Melinda Doring 2007(49th) The Home Song Stories Cappi Ireland Clubland Emily Seresin Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance Ariane Weiss Romulus, My Father Jodie Fried 2008(50th) The Tender Hook Cappi Ireland The Children of Huang Shi Wenyan Gao and Kym Barrett Death Defying Acts Susannah Buxton Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Shareen Beringer 2009(51st) Australia Catherine Martin and Eliza Godman Balibo Cappi Ireland Lucky Country Mariot Kerr Mao's Last Dancer Anna Borghesi 2010s 2010(52nd) Bright Star Janet Patterson Animal Kingdom Cappi Ireland Beneath Hill 60 Ian Sparke and Wendy Cork Bran Nue Dae Margot Wilson AACTA Awards 2011(1st) The Eye of the Storm Terry Ryan The Hunter Emily Seresin Oranges and Sunshine Cappi Ireland Sleeping Beauty Shareen Beringer 2012(2nd) The Sapphires Tess Schofield Burning Man Lizzy Gardiner Lore Stefanie Bieker Mental Tim Chappel 2013(3rd)The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin, Silvana Azzi Heras and Kerry ThompsonAdoration Joanna Mae ParkGoddess Shareen BeringerThe Rocket Woranun Pueakpun and Sylvia Wilczynski2014(4th) The Water Diviner Tess Schofield Predestination Wendy Cork The Railway Man Lizzy Gardiner Tracks Mariot Kerr2015(5th) The Dressmaker Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson Cut Snake Cappi Ireland Mad Max: Fury Road Jenny Beavan Partisan Maria Pattison and Sarah Cyngler2016(6th) Girl Asleep Jonathon Oxlade Gods of Egypt Liz Palmer Hacksaw Ridge Lizzy Gardiner Spear Jennifer Irwin2017(7th) Lion Cappi Ireland Berlin Syndrome Maria Pattison Dance Academy: The Movie Tess Schofield Jasper Jones Margot Wilson2018(8th)Ladies in BlackWendy CorkMary MagdaleneJacqueline DurranSweet CountryHeather WallaceWinchesterWendy Cork2019(9th)The KingJane PetrieHotel MumbaiAnna BorghesiJudy and PunchEdie KurzerThe NightingaleMargot Wilson 2020s 2020(10th) True History of the Kelly Gang Alice Babidge H is for Happiness Terri Lamera I Am Woman Emily Seresin Measure for Measure Zohie Castellano and Olivia Simpson Standing Up for Sunny Nina Edwards 2021(11th) High Ground Erin Roche The DryCappi Ireland Mortal Kombat Nitram Alice Babidge Rams Tess Schofield 2022(12th) Elvis Catherine Martin The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson Tess Schofield Here Out West Wendy Cork Pieces Monique Wilson and Kristie Rowe Three Thousand Years of Longing Kym Barrett 2023(13th) Carmen Emily Seresin Blueback Lien See Leong The New BoyHeather Wallace The Rooster Ellen StanistreetSeriously Red Tim Chappel 2024(14th) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Jenny Beavan Better Man Cappi Ireland How to Make Gravy Christina Validakis Late Night with the Devil Steph Hooke Runt Terri Lamera
Further reading
Notes
A: From 1958-2010, the awards were held during the year of the films release. However, from 2012, onwards, awards are handed out for films of the previous year.
References
External links Official website of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts