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BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Location United Kingdom
Currently held by Paul Tazewell for Wicked (2024)

The BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design is a special prize given out every year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). This award celebrates the amazing work of a designer who creates outstanding costumes for a movie.

BAFTA is a British group that holds yearly awards shows. They recognize great achievements in film, television, children's movies and TV, and interactive games. Since 1964, talented costume designers have received the BAFTA award for Best Costume Design at their annual ceremony.

Winners and Nominees: A Look at Film Fashion

This section shows the films and designers who have won or been nominated for the Best Costume Design award. The names and movie titles in bold with a gold background are the winners. Others are the nominees. The years listed are when the movies were released, not when the awards ceremony happened. The ceremony always takes place the following year.

     indicates the winner

Early Years: 1960s Costume Design

Year Film Designer
1964
(18th)
Best British Costume Design – Colour
Becket Margaret Furse
1968
(22nd)
Best Costume Design
Romeo and Juliet Danilo Donati

Costumes of the 1970s

Year Film Designer
1974
(28th)
Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby Theoni V. Aldredge

Fashion in Film: 1980s

Year Film Designer
1981
(35th)
Best Costume Design
Chariots of Fire Milena Canonero
1989
(43rd)
Best Costume Design
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Gabriella Pescucci

Iconic Looks: 1990s

Year Film Designer
1993
(47th)
Best Costume Design
The Piano Janet Patterson
1999
(53rd)
Best Costume Design
Sleepy Hollow Colleen Atwood

New Millennium Styles: 2000s

Year Film Designer
2001
(55th)
Best Costume Design
Gosford Park Jenny Beavan
2009
(63rd)
Best Costume Design
The Young Victoria Sandy Powell

Modern Designs: 2010s

Year Film Designer
2019
(73rd)
Little Women Jacqueline Durran
The Irishman Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
Jojo Rabbit Mayes C. Rubeo
Judy Jany Temime
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Arianne Phillips

Recent Winners: 2020s

Year Film Designer
2020
(74th)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ann Roth
Ammonite Michael O'Connor
The Dig Alice Babidge
Emma Alexandra Byrne
Mank Trish Summerville
2021
(75th)
Cruella Jenny Beavan
Cyrano Massimo Cantini Parrini
Dune Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West
The French Dispatch Milena Canonero
Nightmare Alley Luis Sequeira
2022
(76th)
Elvis Catherine Martin
All Quiet on the Western Front Lisy Christl
Amsterdam J.R. Hawbaker and Albert Wolsky
Babylon Mary Zophres
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Jenny Beavan
2023
(77th)
Poor Things Holly Waddington
Barbie Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon Jacqueline West
Napoleon Dave Crossman and Janty Yates
Oppenheimer Ellen Mirojnick
2024
(78th)
Wicked Paul Tazewell
Blitz Jacqueline Durran
A Complete Unknown Arianne Phillips
Conclave Lisy Christl
Nosferatu Linda Muir

Designers with Multiple Awards and Nominations

Some costume designers have been recognized many times by BAFTA. This section highlights those who have received multiple nominations or wins.

Designers with Many Nominations

Designers with Multiple Wins

See also

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