Academy Award for Best Costume Design

E15449

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in film costume creation and styling.

All labels observed (24)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award category
film award
administeredBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
surface form: Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Oscar for Best Costume Design
awardedFor costume design in a specific film year
awardingFrequency once per year
categoryType craft award
ceremonyType annual
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criterion excellence in costume styling
excellence in film costume creation
outstanding achievement in costume design
domain film industry
eligibleWorks feature films
field costume design
firstAwardedForYear 1948
firstWinners Edward Stevenson
Roger K. Furse
firstWinningFilm Hamlet (1948 film)
Joan of Arc (1948 film)
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oscars.org
hasSubcategoryHistory separate awards for black-and-white and color films (historical)
historicalChange black-and-white and color categories merged into a single category
historicalNote originally split into Best Costume Design – Black-and-White and Best Costume Design – Color
inception 1948
languageOfCeremony English
locatedInJurisdiction California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
mediaTypeOfCoverage online streaming
television broadcast
notableMultipleWinners Sandy Powell
surface form: Colleen Atwood

Edith Head
Sandy Powell
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
partOf Academy Award
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedAt Academy Awards ceremony
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
relatedCategory Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
relatedTo film fashion
film set design
reward Oscar statuette
scope international films released in the United States
selectionMethod voting by Academy members
significance one of the major craft categories at the Oscars
status active
typicalNomineesPerYear 5
votingBody Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (205)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Places in the Heart nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Elephant Man nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Invisible Woman awardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Dangerous Liaisons wonAward Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Prizzi's Honor academyAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Cardinal awardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
W.E. (film) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (nomination)
The Last Samurai nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Carol nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Walk the Line nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
The Portrait of a Lady nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film)
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Babylon nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: Babylon (2022 film)
Nicholas and Alexandra award Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Yvonne Blake awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Coco Before Chanel notableAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Coco Before Chanel (2009 film) awardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: Coco Before Chanel
Charles LeMaire awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Charles LeMaire awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Charles LeMaire awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
Frida nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: Ran
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design nomination
Gabriella Pescucci awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Theoni V. Aldredge awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Marilyn Vance nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
24th Academy Awards hasCategory Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Best Costume Design
Avalon awardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: Avalon (1990 film)
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Anthony Powell awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Barton Fink nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Bound for Glory academyAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Doctor Dolittle (1967 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Orlando awardNomination Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: Orlando (1992 film)
Ruth Myers nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Head awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
subject surface form: Edith Head
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design similarTo Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Bhanu Athaiya awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Age of Innocence notableAward Academy Award for Best Costume Design
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (1993 film adaptation)
Alexandra Byrne awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Restoration (1995 film) award Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Dorothy Jeakins nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Bina Daigeler nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Arianne Phillips nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design