The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild.
In 1998, the Guild introduced a single award category titled Excellence in Film, in which all films competed regardless of genre. Among the inaugural nominees, three were period dramas, while two, including the winner, Pleasantville, were fantasy films. Beginning with the 1999 ceremony, the Guild divided the award into two categories: Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film.
Winners and nominees
1990s 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 Carbonell Mulholland Drive Amy Stofsky 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 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Joseph G. Aulisi Kill Bill: Volume 1 Catherine Marie Thomas Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Sophie De Rakoff Carbonell 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Milena Canonero Alfie Beatrix Aruna Pasztor Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Melissa Toth Kill Bill: Volume 2 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 Patricia Field 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 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 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 Blue Jasmine Suzy Benzinger Her Casey Storm Nebraska Wendy Chuck Philomena Consolata Boyle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Sarah Edwards 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Albert Wolsky Boyhood Kari Perkins Gone Girl Trish Summerville Interstellar Mary Zophres Wild Melissa Bruning 2015 Beasts of No Nation Jenny Eagan Joy Michael Wilkinson Kingsman: The Secret Service Arianne Phillips The Martian Janty Yates Youth Carlo Poggioli 2016 La La Land Mary Zophres Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Rebecca Hale Captain Fantastic Courtney Hoffman Lion Cappi Ireland Nocturnal Animals Arianne Phillips 2017 I, Tonya Jennifer Johnson Get Out Nadine Haders Kingsman: The Golden Circle Arianne Phillips Lady Bird April Napier Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Melissa Toth 2018 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 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) 2020Promising 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 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 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Jenny Eagan Nope Alex Bovaird Tár Bina Daigeler Top Gun: Maverick Marlene Stewart Women Talking Quita Alfred 2023 Saltburn Sophie Canale American Fiction Rudy Nance May December April Napier Nyad Kelli Jones Renfield Lisa Lovaas 2024 Conclave Lisy Christl Challengers Jonathan Anderson Emilia Pérez Virginie Montel The Fall Guy Sarah Evelyn The Substance Emmanuelle Youchnovski2025 One Battle After Another Colleen Atwood Bugonia Jennifer Johnson F1 the Movie Julian Day Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Jenny Eagan Weapons Trish Summerville
Designers with multiple wins
3 wins Jenny Eagan
2 wins Julie Weiss
Designers with multiple nominations
5 nominations Jenny Eagan
4 nominations Trish Summerville
3 nominations Erin Benach Wendy Chuck Sarah Edwards Louise Frogley Michael Kaplan
Jeffrey Kurland Ellen Mirojnick Arianne Phillips Nancy Steiner
2 nominations Joseph G. Aulisi Consolata Boyle Milena Canonero Sophie De Rakoff Patricia Field Danny Glicker
Jennifer Johnson Suttirat Anne Larlarb April Napier Catherine Marie Thomas Melissa Toth Mitchell Travers Julie Weiss Amy Westcott Michael Wilkinson Mary Zophres
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