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The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design. [1] The award was first given in 1949, for films made in 1948. Initially, separate award categories were established for black-and-white films and color films.
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The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1970. Video URL. Name. Hello, Dolly! Wins Best Sound: 1970 Oscars. ... Anne of the Thousand Days Wins Costume Design: 1970 Oscars.
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The award was first given out at the 21st Academy Awards held on March 24, 1949. The award had two subcategories, one for black and white film and one for films in color. At the 30th Academy Awards, held on March 26, 1958, these two subcategories were merged into one. The 32nd Academy Awardssaw the category again be split into two for recognition o...
1948-1956: The award was divided into two categories named Best Costume Design Black-and-White and Best Costume Design-Color. 30th Academy Awards(1957) Winner 1. Les Girls — Orry-Kelly Nominees 1. An Affair to Remember — Charles LeMaire 2. Funny Face — Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy 3. Pal Joey — Jean Louis 4. Raintree County — Walter Plunkett 31st...
Best Costume Design Black-and-WhiteBest Costume Design-ColorNov 7, 2021 · 1951 - (B&W) Edith Head, A Place in the Sun. 1950 - (Color) Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling, Samson and Delilah. 1950 - (B&W) Edith Head and Charles LeMaire, All About Eve. 1949 - (Color) Leah Rhodes, Travilla & Marjorie Best, Adventures of Don Juan.
A winner of eight Academy Awards for Costume Design, Edith Head helped define the style of classic Hollywood with her striking work at Paramount and Universal. Some of the movie stars she dressed included Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Lana Turner, Paul Newman, John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich and many more.
Head took home 8 Oscar Academy awards between 1949 and 1973, gaining 9% of all costume design wins. For half those wins, Head was the sole designer on the award roster. Of all 90 films to win an Oscar Award for costume design, dramas have won the most at 38%, followed by biographies at 23%.
