Costume Guild Names Honorees for 2002
The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) announced the nominations for their Excellence in Costume Design Awards, set for Mar. 16 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
This will mark the 50th anniversary for the CDG and the fifth year the guild has recognized its members for excellence in film and television costume design. This year, the guild also added a new award to recognize commercial costume design.
For contemporary film costumes, the nominees are Joanna Johnton for “About a Boy,” Wendy Chuck for “About Schmidt,” Sarah Edwards for “Igby Goes Down,” Elen Mirojnick for “Unfaithful” and Susie DeSanto for “White Oleander.”
For period or fantasy costumes for film, the nominees are Colleen Atwood for “Chicago,” Julie Weiss for “Frida,” Ngila Dickson for “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and Albert Wolsky for “Road to Perdition.”
For contemporary television costumes, the nominees include Laura Goldsmith for “Alias,” Patricia Field for “Sex and the City,” Gail Mc- Mullen for “Six Feet Under” and Julie Polcsa for “The Sopranos.”
For period or fantasy costumes for film, the nominees include Jane Anderson for “American Dreams,” Mayes C. Rubeo for “Fidel,” Karen Perry for “The Rosa Parks Story” and Melina Root for “That ’70s Show.”
The nominees for costume design for commercials are Bobbie Mannix, Louise Frogley, Alexander Welker, Kathleen Detoro, Dona Granata, Susan Nininger and Kym Barrett.
Costume designer Ann Roth will receive the CDG’s Career Achievement for Film Award. Roth won an Academy Award for costume design in 1996 for “The English Patient.” She has also been nominated for Oscars for her costumes for “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Places in the Heart.”
Rita Riggs will receive the Lifetime Achievement in Television Award, recognizing a career that includes designing costumes for the TV series “Sanford and Son” in the 1970s and “V.I.P.” in the late ’90s, and the television films “The Last Outlaw” and “Broadway Bound.”
And Italian costume designer Piero Tosi will receive the newly established CDG President’s Award. Tosi has been nominated for Academy Awards for costume design for “The Leopard,” “Death in Venice,” “Ludwig,” “La Cage Aux Folles” and “La Traviata.” —Alison A. Nieder
