Nominees For 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced

Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards, which celebrate excellence in film, television and commercial costume design, were announced today.

The winners of the seven competitive awards will be revealed at the gala on Saturday, February 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

This year, Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award in recognition of his support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with Costume Designers. An Honorary Career Achievement Award will be presented to Costume Designer April Ferry for her outstanding work in film and television.

NOMINEES FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS:

EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY FILM

• “Blue Jasmine” – Suzy Benzinger
• “Her” – Casey Storm
• “Nebraska” – Wendy Chuck
• “Philomena” – Consolata Boyle
• “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – Sarah Edwards

EXCELLENCE IN PERIOD FILM

• “12 Years a Slave” – Patricia Norris
• “American Hustle” – Michael Wilkinson
• “Dallas Buyers Club” – Kurt & Bart
• “The Great Gatsby” – Catherine Martin
• “Saving Mr. Banks” – Daniel Orlandi

EXCELLENCE IN FANTASY FILM

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Trish Summerville
• Oz: The Great and Powerful – Gary Jones, Michael Kutsche

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES

• “Breaking Bad” – Jennifer Bryan
• “House of Cards” – Tom Broecker
• “Nashville” – Susie DeSanto
• “Scandal” – Lyn Paolo
• “Saturday Night Live” – Tom Broecker, Eric Justian

OUTSTANDING PERIOD/FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES

• “Boardwalk Empire” – John Dunn, Lisa Padovani
• “The Borgias”– Gabriella Pescucci
• “Downton Abbey” – Caroline McCall
• “Game of Thrones” – Michele Clapton
• “Mad Men” – Janie Bryant

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI SERIES

• “American Horror Story: Coven” – Lou Eyrich
• “Behind the Candelabra” – Ellen Mirojnick
• “Bonnie & Clyde” – Marilyn Vance
• “House of Versace” – Claire Nadon
• “Phil Spector” – Debra McGuire

EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL COSTUME DESIGN

• Call of Duty “Ghosts Masked Warriors” – Nancy Steiner
• Dos Equis: “Most Interesting Man in the World Feeds a Bear” – Julie Vogel
• Fiat “British Invasion” – Donna Zakowska

The 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards will be produced by JumpLine, with Executive Producer JL Pomeroy and Supervising Producer Sarah Cowperthwaite.

For updates and live tweeting during the show, follow @CostumeAwards – #CDGA16

and on Instagram: http://instagram.com/costumeawards