The Costume Designers Guild handed out second to last industry guild honor of the season Tuesday night (the CAS Awards are Saturday) and they left the audience gagging. Luis Sequeira‘s work on “The Shape of Water” upset the expected Oscar winner Mark Bridges‘ constructions for “Phantom Thread” in the Excellence in Period Film category. It doesn’t mean that “Phantom” will lose at the Academy Awards a week from Sunday, but it’s another great sign of broad industry support for Guillermo del Toro‘s hit fantasy flick.
Luis Sequeira On Sewing Period Costumes Into the ‘Shape of Water’
Speaking of that genre, the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film honor went to Lindy Hemming’s wonderful work in “Wonder Woman” while Jennifer Johnson took the Contemporary Film statue for “I, Tonya.”
On the television side there were few upsets as “The Crown” (Period Television), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (um, Contemporary Television) and “Game of Thrones” (Sci-Fi Fantasy Television) all took their respective categories.
Here’s a list of all of this year’s winners and nominees.
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Get Out – Nadine Haders
I, Tonya – Jennifer Johnson – WINNER
Kingsman: The Golden Circle – Arianne Phillips
Lady Bird – April Napier
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Melissa Toth
Excellence in Period Film
Dunkirk – Jeffrey Kurland
Murder on the Orient Express – Alexandra Byrne
Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges
The Greatest Showman – Ellen Mirojnick
The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira – WINNER
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran
Blade Runner 2049 – Renée April
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Michael Kaplan
Thor: Ragnarok – Mayes C. Rubeo
Wonder Woman – Lindy Hemming – WINNER
Excellence in Contemporary Television
American Horror Story: Cult – Sarah Evelyn Bram
Big Little Lies – Alix Friedberg
Grace and Frankie – Allyson B. Fanger
The Handmaid’s Tale – Ane Crabtree – WINNER
The Young Pope – Luca Canfora, Carlo Poggioli
Excellence in Period Television
The Crown – Jane Petrie – WINNER
Feud: Bette and Joan – Lou Eyrich
GLOW – Beth Morgan
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Donna Zakowska
Stranger Things – Kim Wilcox
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
Black Mirror: USS Callister – Maja Meschede
Game of Thrones – Michele Clapton – WINNER
Once Upon a Time – Eduardo Castro, Dan Lester
Sleepy Hollow – Mairi Chisholm
Star Trek: Discovery – Gersha Phillips
Excellence in Short Form Design
Assassin’s Creed: “I Am”, Commercial – Patrik Milani
Elton John, featuring Marilyn Manson: “Tiny Dancer”, Music Video – Sara Sensoy, Dawn Ritz
Katy Perry: “Chained to the Rhythm”, Music Video – B. Ăkerlund
Miu Miu Women’s Tales #14: The End of History Illusion, Short Film – Mindy Le Brock
P!NK: “Beautiful Trauma”, Music Video – Kim Bowen – WINNER