Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film

The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild.

At the 1st Costume Designers Guild Awards ceremony (celebrating excellence in film and television of 1998), all films, regardless of genre, competed in a combined Excellence in Film category. Among the inaugural nominees, three were period dramas, except for The Truman Show, which was the only modern-set film recognized, while the eventual winner, Pleasantville, was a fantasy film. The award was split into Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film at subsequent ceremony. Since 2005, the latter category was further divided into Excellence in Period Film and Excellence in Fantasy Film (renamed Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film in 2017), with each genre receiving its own award.

Winners and nominees

=1990s=

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5\| 1998 {{Cite web \|last=Madigan \|first=Nick \|date=February 10, 1999 \|title=Clothed in awards \|url=https://variety.com/1999/scene/vpage/clothed-in-awards-1117491189/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=September 23, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923234844/https://variety.com/1999/scene/vpage/clothed-in-awards-1117491189/ \|url-status=live}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.costumedesignersguild.com/awards-archives/1st-cdga-1999/ \|title=1st Annual Awards 1999 \|website=costumedesignersguild.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207090256/https://www.costumedesignersguild.com/awards-archives/1st-cdga-1999/ \|archive-date=2021-12-07}} \| colspan=2 align="center"\| Excellence in Film
style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Pleasantville*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Judianna Makovsky
Beloved	Colleen Atwood
The Man in the Iron Mask	James Acheson
The Mask of Zorro	Graciela Mazón
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 1999 {{Cite web \|last=Thomas \|first=Barbara \|date=February 18, 2000 \|title=Costume Designers Take Their Bows at Guild Awards Ceremony \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-18-cl-65477-story.html \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|work=Los Angeles Times \|archive-date=September 22, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922084117/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-18-cl-65477-story.html \|url-status=live}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.costumedesignersguild.com/awards-archives/2nd-cdga-2000/ \|title=2nd Annual Awards 2000 \|website=costumedesignersguild.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207091253/https://www.costumedesignersguild.com/awards-archives/2nd-cdga-2000/ \|archive-date=2021-12-07}} \| colspan=2 align="center"\| Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film
style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Sleepy Hollow*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| 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=

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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| 2000 {{cite web \|url=https://www.costumedesignersguild.com/awards-archives/3rd-cdga-2001/ \|title=3rd Annual Awards 2001 \|website=costumedesignersguild.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207091944/https://www.costumedesignersguild.com/awards-archives/3rd-cdga-2001/ \|archive-date=2021-12-07}}{{Cite web \|last=McNary \|first=Dave \|date=February 4, 2001 \|title=18 to vie for awards in costume design \|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/awards/18-to-vie-for-awards-in-costume-design-1117793198/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=September 12, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912062419/https://variety.com/2001/film/awards/18-to-vie-for-awards-in-costume-design-1117793198/ \|url-status=live}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Rita Ryack
Almost Famous	Betsy Heimann
Chocolat	Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Quills	Jacqueline West
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| 2001 {{Cite web \|date=March 18, 2002 \|title='Harry Potter', 'Tenebaums' win costume designer award \|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/harry-potter-tenebaums-win-costume-designer-2072557.php \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Chron.com \|archive-date=January 31, 2025 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250131105547/https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/harry-potter-tenebaums-win-costume-designer-2072557.php \|url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|last=McNary \|first=Dave \|date=January 28, 2002 \|title=Costumers dress up film, TV nominees \|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/costumers-dress-up-film-tv-nominees-1117859267/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=November 24, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124040134/https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/costumers-dress-up-film-tv-nominees-1117859267/ \|url-status=live}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Judianna Makovsky
Blow	Mark Bridges
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Arianne Phillips
Planet of the Apes	Colleen Atwood
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| 2002 {{Cite web \|last=Reifsteck \|first=Greg \|date=March 17, 2003 \|title=Guild gives fitting tribute to costumers \|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/guild-gives-fitting-tribute-to-costumers-1117882573/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=June 20, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620012218/https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/guild-gives-fitting-tribute-to-costumers-1117882573/ \|url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|last=McNary \|first=Dave \|date=January 21, 2003 \|title=Nine wrap up costume nominations \|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/nine-wrap-up-costume-nominations-1117879225/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=June 16, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616022056/https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/nine-wrap-up-costume-nominations-1117879225/ \|url-status=live}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Chicago*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Colleen Atwood
Frida	Julie Weiss
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Ngila Dickson
Road to Perdition	Albert Wolsky
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| 2003 {{Cite web \|last=Morfoot \|first=Addie \|date=February 22, 2004 \|title=Pair wear costume kudos \|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/pair-wear-costume-kudos-1117900579/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=November 24, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124044003/https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/pair-wear-costume-kudos-1117900579/ \|url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|last=McNary \|first=Dave \|date=January 5, 2004 \|title=Big studio pix catch costume designers’ eye \|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/big-studio-pix-catch-costume-designers-eye-1117897818/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=June 16, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616024729/https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/big-studio-pix-catch-costume-designers-eye-1117897818/ \|url-status=live}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Ngila Dickson
The Last Samurai	Ngila Dickson
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Penny Rose
Seabiscuit	Judianna Makovsky
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2004 {{Cite web \|last=Thompson \|first=Jenn \|date=February 21, 2005 \|title=Costume nods draped on ‘Aquatic,’ ‘Snicket’ \|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/costume-nods-draped-on-aquatic-snicket-1117918259/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=November 24, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124044001/https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/costume-nods-draped-on-aquatic-snicket-1117918259/ \|url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|last=Morfoot \|first=Addie \|date=January 4, 2005 \|title=Big-budget pix sew up Costume Guild noms \|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/big-budget-pix-sew-up-costume-guild-noms-1117915749/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=June 16, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616023457/https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/big-budget-pix-sew-up-costume-guild-noms-1117915749/ \|url-status=live}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Colleen Atwood
The Aviator	Sandy Powell
De-Lovely	Janty Yates
The Phantom of the Opera	Alexandra Byrne
Ray	Sharen Davis
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2005 {{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Maressa \|date=February 26, 2006 \|title=Atwood in fashion at costumers’ kudos \|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/atwood-in-fashion-at-costumers-kudos-1117938896/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=May 24, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524083605/https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/atwood-in-fashion-at-costumers-kudos-1117938896/ \|url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|date=January 11, 2006 \|title=Costume Guild reveals noms \|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/costume-guild-reveals-noms-1117935957/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=May 13, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513163019/https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/costume-guild-reveals-noms-1117935957/ \|url-status=live}} \| colspan=2 align="center"\| Excellence in Period Film
style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Memoirs of a Geisha*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Colleen Atwood
Capote	Kasia Walicka-Maimone
Good Night, and Good Luck	Louise Frogley
Rent	Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Walk the Line	Arianne Phillips
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2006 {{Cite web \|last=Stitt \|first=Eric \|date=February 18, 2007 \|title=Costume designers pick ‘Flower’ \|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/costume-designers-pick-flower-1117959771/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=November 24, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124044003/https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/costume-designers-pick-flower-1117959771/ \|url-status=live}}{{Cite web \|last=Kilday \|first=Gregg \|date=January 11, 2007 \|title=Costume Designers Guild sizes up noms \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/costume-designers-guild-sizes-up-127772/ \|access-date=August 12, 2022 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|agency=Associated Press \|archive-date=February 5, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205150545/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/costume-designers-guild-sizes-up-127772/ \|url-status=live}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Curse of the Golden Flower*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Yee Chung-man
Dreamgirls	Sharen Davis
The Illusionist	Ngila Dickson
Marie Antoinette	Milena Canonero
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Penny Rose
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2007	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Colleen Atwood
3:10 to Yuma	Arianne Phillips
Atonement	Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose	Marit Allen
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2008	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Duchess*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Michael O'Connor
Changeling	Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Jacqueline West
Milk	Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road	Albert Wolsky
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2009	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Young Victoria*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Sandy Powell
Coco Before Chanel	Catherine Leterrier
Julie & Julia	Ann Roth
Nine	Colleen Atwood
Sherlock Holmes	Jenny Beavan

=2010s=

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rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| 2010	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The King's Speech*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Jenny Beavan
The Fighter	Mark Bridges
True Grit	Mary Zophres
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2011	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *W.E.*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Arianne Phillips
The Artist	Mark Bridges
The Help	Sharen Davis
Hugo	Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre	Michael O'Connor
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2012	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Anna Karenina*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Jacqueline Durran
Argo	Jacqueline West
Les Misérables	Paco Delgado
Lincoln	Joanna Johnston
Moonrise Kingdom	Kasia Walicka-Maimone
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2013 {{cite web\|url=http://costumedesignersguild.com/articles-videos/news-events/cdga16-nominees/\|title=Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced\|publisher=\|accessdate=17 January 2017}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *12 Years a Slave*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Patricia Norris
American Hustle	Michael Wilkinson
Dallas Buyers Club	Kurt & Bart
The Great Gatsby	Catherine Martin
Saving Mr. Banks	Daniel Orlandi
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2014 {{cite web\|url=http://costumedesignersguild.com/articles-videos/news-events/cdga17-nominees/\|title=Nominees for the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced\|publisher=\|accessdate=17 January 2017}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Grand Budapest Hotel*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game	Sammy Sheldon Differ
Inherent Vice	Mark Bridges
Selma	Ruth E. Carter
The Theory of Everything	Steven Noble
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2015 {{cite web\|url=http://costumedesignersguild.com/articles-videos/news-events/cdga18-nominees/\|title=Nominees for the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced\|publisher=\|accessdate=17 January 2017}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Danish Girl*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Paco Delgado
Brooklyn	Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol	Sandy Powell
Crimson Peak	Kate Hawley
Trumbo	Daniel Orlandi
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2016 {{cite web\|url=http://costumedesignersguild.com/nominees-2017/\|title=Nominees for the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards Announced\|publisher=\|accessdate=17 January 2017}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Hidden Figures*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
The Dressmaker	Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson
Florence Foster Jenkins	Consolata Boyle
Hail, Caesar!	Mary Zophres
Jackie	Madeline Fontaine
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2017 {{cite magazine \|url=https://ew.com/awards/2018/01/10/i-tonya-get-out-earn-costume-designers-guild-nominations/ \|title=I, Tonya, Get Out earn Costume Designers Guild nominations \|last=Nolfi \|first=Joey \|date=January 10, 2018 \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|access-date=January 14, 2018 }}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Shape of Water*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Luis Sequeira
Dunkirk	Jeffrey Kurland
The Greatest Showman	Ellen Mirojnick
Murder on the Orient Express	Alexandra Byrne
Phantom Thread	Mark Bridges
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2018 {{cite web\|url=http://costumedesignersguild.com/awards/current-awards/\|title=Honorees for the 21st CDGA Announced\|publisher=\|accessdate=9 January 2019}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *The Favourite*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Sandy Powell
BlacKkKlansman	Marci Rodgers
Bohemian Rhapsody	Julian Day
Mary Poppins Returns	Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots	Alexandra Byrne
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2019 {{cite web \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-costume-designers-guild-awards-full-list-nominations-1259668/ \|title=Costume Designers Guild Awards: ‘Hustlers,’ ‘Rocketman’ Among Nominees \|last=Weinberg \|first=Lindsay \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=December 10, 2019 \|accessdate=December 10, 2019 }}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Jojo Rabbit*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Mayes C. Rubeo
Dolemite Is My Name	Ruth E. Carter
Downton Abbey	Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Arianne Phillips
Rocketman	Julian Day

=2020s=

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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2020 {{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/costume-designers-guild-awards-nominations-2021-bridgerton-wonder-woman-1984-1234706288/ \|title=Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations: ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Mank’, ‘Bridgerton’ & More \|publisher=Deadline \|last=Pederson \|first=Erik \|accessdate=March 4, 2021\|date=2021-03-04 }}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \|*Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \|Ann Roth
Emma.	Alexandra Byrne
Judas and the Black Messiah	Charlese Antoinette Jones
Mank	Trish Summerville
One Night in Miami...	Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2021 {{cite web \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/costume-designers-guild-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235081210/ \|title=Costume Designers Guild Awards: ‘House of Gucci,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘Squid Game’ Among Nominees \|last=Pener \|first=Degen \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=January 26, 2022 \|accessdate=January 26, 2022 }}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Cruella*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Jenny Beavan
Cyrano	Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
House of Gucci	Janty Yates
Nightmare Alley	Luis Sequeira
West Side Story	Paul Tazewell
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2022 {{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2023/artisans/awards/costume-designers-guild-nominations-awards-2023-1235486846/ \|title=‘Tár, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Among Costume Designers Guild Nominations 2023 \|last=Tangcay \|first=Jazz \|website=Variety \|date=January 12, 2023 \|accessdate=January 12, 2023 }}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Elvis*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Catherine Martin
Babylon	Mary Zophres
Don't Worry Darling	Arianne Phillips
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Jenny Beavan
The Woman King	Gersha Phillips
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2023 {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/costume-designers-guild-awards-winners-list-updating-live-1235833672/ \|title=Costume Designers Guild Awards: ‘Barbie’, ‘Poor Things’ & ‘Saltburn’ Take Film Prizes – Winners List \|last=Pedersen \|first=Erik \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|publisher=Penske Media Corporation \|date=February 21, 2024 \|accessdate=February 21, 2024 }}{{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/costume-designers-guild-nominations-2024-1235860936/ \|title=Costume Designers Guild Nominations: ‘Maestro,’ ‘Barbie’ Land Nods, ‘The Color Purple,’ ‘Wonka’ Snubbed \|last=Tangcay \|first=Jazz \|website=Variety \|date=January 4, 2024 \|accessdate=January 4, 2024}}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Poor Things*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Holly Waddington
Killers of the Flower Moon	Jacqueline West
Maestro	Mark Bridges
Napoleon	Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Oppenheimer	Ellen Mirojnick
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2024 {{cite web \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-costume-designers-guild-awards-nominations-nominees-list-1236086199/ \|title=‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Gladiator II,’ ‘Wicked’ Among Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominees \|last=Lewis \|first=Hillary \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|publisher=Penske Media Corporation \|date=December 13, 2024 \|accessdate=December 13, 2024 }}	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| *Nosferatu*	style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Linda Muir
The Book of Clarence	Antoinette Messam
Gladiator II	Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Maria	Massimo Cantini Parrini
Saturday Night	Danny Glicker