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Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film

The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film was presented annually by the Costume Designers Guild from 1999 to 2004. The category recognized outstanding costume design in both period and fantasy films.

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 The Truman Show (1998) was the only contemporary-set nominee. The winner that year was Pleasantville (1998), a fantasy film. Beginning with the 1999 ceremony, the Guild divided the award into two categories: Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film. In 2005, the latter was further separated into two distinct categories: Excellence in Period Film and Excellence in Fantasy Film, each recognizing achievement within its respective genre.[1]

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Film Costume Designer(s) Ref.
1998
[2][3] 		Excellence in Film [4]
Pleasantville Judianna Makovsky
Beloved Colleen Atwood
The Man in the Iron Mask James Acheson
The Mask of Zorro Graciela Mazón
1999
[5][6] 		Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film [7]
Sleepy Hollow Colleen Atwood
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Deena Appel
The Matrix Kym Barrett
The Talented Mr. Ripley Ann Roth and Gary Jones

2000s

Year Film Costume Designer(s) Ref.
2000
[8][9]		 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Rita Ryack [10]
Almost Famous Betsy Heimann
Chocolat Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Quills Jacqueline West
2001
[11][12]		 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Judianna Makovsky [13]
Blow Mark Bridges
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Arianne Phillips
Planet of the Apes Colleen Atwood
2002
[14][15]		 Chicago Colleen Atwood [16]
Frida Julie Weiss
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Ngila Dickson
Road to Perdition Albert Wolsky
2003
[17][18]		 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Ngila Dickson [19]
The Last Samurai Ngila Dickson
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Penny Rose
Seabiscuit Judianna Makovsky
2004
[20][21]		 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Colleen Atwood [22]
The Aviator Sandy Powell
De-Lovely Janty Yates
The Phantom of the Opera Alexandra Byrne
Ray Sharen Davis

Superlatives

Multiple wins

Wins Recipient
3 Colleen Atwood
2 Judianna Makovsky

Multiple nominees

Nominations Recipient
5 Colleen Atwood
3 Ngila Dickson, Judianna Makovsky

References

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  20. ^ Thompson, Jenn (February 21, 2005). "Costume nods draped on 'Aquatic,' 'Snicket'". Variety. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
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