12th ANNUAL COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS

Nominees and Winners Honorees 12th Annual CDG Awards slide show Video clip — Sandy Powell Video clip — Michael Travis

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NOMINEES and WINNERS
FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS

Winners* were announced at the February 25, 2010 at the Awards Gala Event

 

12TH ANNUAL COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS — HONOREES

Mistress of Ceremonies:

Parker Posey

Swarovski Award:

Emily Blunt

Distinguished Collaborator:

Rob Marshall

Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award:

Sandy Powell

Career Achievement in Television Award:

Michael Travis

Hall of Fame Award:

Robert Turturice

 

Parker Posey
Mistress of Ceremonies

PARKER POSEY stars in "Happy Tears" opposite Demi Moore and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, which is currently in theaters. She has appeared in over 50 films, including the recent blockbuster "Superman Returns," in which she costarred as Kitty Kowalski, Lex Luther"s partner-in-crime.

For her work, Parker has received numerous accolades, including Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations. Films from her vast repertoire include four films with Christopher Guest ("Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration"), Zoe Cassavetes' "Broken English" (Independent Spirit Award nomination), Rebecca Miller"s "Personal Velocity" (Independent Spirit Award nomination), the CBS film "Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay" (Golden Globe nomination) opposite Shirley MacLaine, "The Eye," "The Sweetest Thing," "The Anniversary Party," "Scream 3," "You"ve Got Mail," "Suburbia," "Dazed and Confused," "Clockwatchers," "The Daytrippers," "The Event" and four films with Hal Hartley ("Amateur," "Flirt," "Henry Fool" and "Fay Grim"). For her performance in "The House of Yes," she received a Special Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival.

On stage, Parker most recently starred off-Broadway in the acclaimed revival of "Hurlyburly," for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress and in Lanford Wilson"s "Fifth of July" (a Lortel nomination for Lead Actress). She also starred in the Los Angeles premiere of John Patrick Shanley"s "Four Dogs and a Bone," directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and starred on Broadway opposite Matthew Broderick in Elaine May"s "Taller Than A Dwarf."

Emily Blunt
Swarovski Award

Emily Blunt shot to international prominence with her lead role in the multi award-winning British movie, "My Summer of Love." Her performance garnered much praise that included winning the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the 2004 Evening Standard Film Awards and a nomination for Best Newcomer at the 2004 British Independent Film Awards. The film also won Best British Film at the 2005 BAFTAs.

Blunt won the Golden Globe in 2007 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Television, for the critically-acclaimed "Gideon's Daughter," in which she starred alongside Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson.

In 2005, Emily flew to New York to start work on "The Devil Wears Prada." Directed by David Frankel and co-starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. The film opened to great acclaim and made over $125 million at the US box office. Emily was nominated in the Breakthrough Female category at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards for her performance and was honored with the Breakthrough Award at the 2006 Movieline Young Hollywood Awards. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs that same year. Emily went on to be nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2007 BAFTAs.

In 2006, Emily started work on "The Great Buck Howard," which was written and directed by Sean McGinly and co-starred Tom Hanks, John Malkovich and Colin Hanks. She appeared in the 2007 feature film "Dan in Real Life," with Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche and Dane Cook.

Emily went on to make "The Jane Austen Book Club." She starred alongside Maria Bello, Frances McDormand, Kevin Zegers and Hugh Dancy, before going on to film "Sunshine Cleaning." Late in 2007, Emily was seen in Mike Nichols' "Charlie Wilson's War," with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Emily next filmed the Martin Scorsese-produced biopic, "The Young Victoria," written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Jean-Marc Vallee. Emily plays Britain's Queen Victoria in the early stages of her life. The lavish film was chosen to close the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, ahead of its January 2010 release. Emily was honored with a nomination for Best Actress at both the Golden Globes and the Critic's Choice Awards for her royal performance.

In September 2009, Emily moved to New York to start work on "Adjustment Bureau," directed by George Nolfi. Starring opposite Matt Damon, Emily plays an enigmatic ballerina who arrives in the life of an ambitious congressman and throws his world into turmoil.

Emily's most recent work can be seen in the much-anticipated period thriller, "The Wolfman," directed by Joe Johnston, and later this year she will portray Princess of Lilliputia, in "Gulliver's Travels," opposite Jack Black, Jason Segel and Billy Connolly.

Rob Marshall — Director, Producer, Choreographer
Distinguished Collaborator

ROB MARSHALL's most recent film "Nine" has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards (including Best Costume Design for Colleen Atwood), 5 Golden Globes, and 10 Critic's Choice Awards. His previous directorial efforts include the Academy Award winning films "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha." For his work on "Chicago," winner of six Oscars, including Best Picture, Marshall received the Director's Guild Award, an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe Award nomination, a BAFTA nomination, The National Board of Review Award and the NY Film Critics Online Award, both for best directorial debut, as well as the American Choreography Award. "Memoirs of a Geisha" was the winner of three Oscars, three BAFTA Awards, a Grammy and a Golden Globe.

Marshall executive produced, directed and choreographed the NBC television event "Tony Bennett: An American Classic." He won his second Director's Guild Award for this production and three Emmy Awards for Direction, Choreography, and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. He directed and choreographed Disney/ABC's critically acclaimed movie musical "Annie," which received 12 Emmy nominations and won the prestigious Peabody Award. For his work he received an Emmy for Choreography and an American Choreography Award.

A six-time Tony Award nominee and George Abbott Award winner, Marshall co-directed and choreographed the world-wide award-winning production of "Cabaret" and directed and choreographed the Broadway revival of "Little Me," starring Martin Short. He made his Broadway choreographic debut with "Kiss of the Spider Woman," directed by Harold Prince, which also played London's West End and Vienna. He followed that with productions of "She Loves Me" ( Broadway, London); "Damn Yankees" (Broadway, National Tour, London); Blake Edwards' "Victor/Victoria" (Broadway); "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Broadway); "Company" (Broadway); and "The Petrified Prince" (NY Public Theater); and "Promises, Promises" (City Center Encores!). Additional choreography credits include the feature film "The Cradle Will Rock," the Disney/ABC movie musical "Cinderella" (Emmy nomination), the CBS movie musical "Mrs. Santa Claus" (Emmy nomination), and "The Kennedy Center Honors" (Kander & Ebb and Chita Rivera tributes).

Marshall is currently in pre-production on the highly anticipated "Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides," starring Johnny Depp.

 

 

 

Sandy Powell
Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award

Two time Academy Award–winning Costume Designer SANDY POWELL studied theatre design at Central School of Art from 1980 to 1982, and she wasn't a good student. She left before graduation to work in fringe (experimental) theater designing sets and costumes. After spending a year working on music videos, Powell got her first real break in 1985 designing "Caravaggio" for director Derek Jarman. Having never been on a film set before, Powell had to learn as she went along, not realizing she needed someone on set while they made all the costumes. It didn't keep Jarman from hiring Sandy to design two more films, "The Last of England" and "Edward II." At the same time she continued to work in the theatre but mostly in dance.

1990 began Powell's collaboration with Neil Jordan on "The Miracle" and then "The Crying Game." She also worked with Jordan on "Interview with the Vampire," her first "Hollywood" movie (armed with an experienced assistant), followed by "Michael Collins," "The Butcher Boy" and "End of the Affair."

"Orlando," which earned Sandy Powell her first Oscar nomination in 1994, was a costume designer's dream, with Tilda Swinton playing both male and female moving through history! In 1999 she not only took home the Oscar for "Shakespeare in Love," she was nominated that same year for her work on "Velvet Goldmine." Goldmine" and "Far From Heaven" are still two of Sandy's all time favorites. As she describes them, "both nightmares to achieve on miniscule budgets, but brilliant to work with director Todd Haynes, who is a genius."

Sandy Powell began another successful collaboration with director Martin Scorsese for "Gangs of New York" (2002 Oscar nomination) and her second Oscar winning effort, "The Aviator," in 2004. She has since worked with Scorsese on "The Departed" and the newly released "Shutter Island," with several other projects in the works.

Additional Oscar-nominated credits include "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Wings of the Dove" and this year's "TheYoung Victoria." She has also been nominated for a total of nine BAFTA Awards to date, having won for "Velvet Goldmine."

Among Powell's other credits are "Wittgenstein," "Being Human," "Rob Roy," "Michael Collins," "Butcher Boy," "Hilary and Jackie," "Felicia's Journey," "Miss Julie," "Sylvia and The Other Boleyn Girl. Ms. Powell's early screen credits include, Depuis Le Jour&38212;Aria," "Stormy Monday," "For Queen and Country," "Venus Peter," "Killing Dad," "The Miracle" and "The Pope Must Die." Ms. Powell's theater designs include "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Nijinsky" and "Cruel Garden" for London Festival Ballet as well as "Edward II" at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Atom Egoyan's Dr. Ox's "Experiment," Verdi's "Rigoletto" and most of the "Choolmondeleys" and "Featherstonehoughs" shows with director/choreographer Lea Anderson.

"The best collaborations have been with directors who are visual, and specific but understand the necessity of giving the designer freedom, as well. I have been incredibly lucky and worked with the greatest."

 

 

 

Michael Travis
Career Achievement in Television Award

MICHAEL TRAVIS was born in Detroit during the Great Depression. After graduating from high school, and not yet seventeen, he enlisted in the army and in 1945 was sent to post-war Germany. After three years of service, Michael went to live in Paris where he attended L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, the Sorbonne, and later, L'Ecole Guerre Lavigne, to study fashion and period costumes. He worked in boutiques while submitting sketches to the Paris fashion houses, but Michael grew impatient and felt he would do better in New York.

Michael landed a job at the famous Eaves Costume Company while he looked for work in the fashion world. This would be the beginning of his new career. Michael worked as the assistant to the owner, Andrew Geoly, cataloguing Eaves' extensive historical costume collection and building costumes for Broadway productions. Geoly later "fired" Michael to help jumpstart his career, saying "You're too talented to hold back. Go out and get a show. I'll help you."

After assisting Raoul Pene duBois, Miles White, Motley and Irene Sharaff, among others on Broadway, he got his first big break designing classical Greek costumes for "The Rape of the Belt," followed by Ionesco's "Rhinoceros," with Zero Mostel. He went on to design for Channel 13's innovative series "Play of the Week" for two years beginning with Judith Anderson as "Medea," "The Cherry Orchard," with Helen Hayes; "Thieves Carnival," with Robert Morse; and Walter Matheau in "Tiger at the Gates," featuring a star-studded cast.

Concurrently, he designed six years of the television series "The Voice of Firestone," featuring stars of the opera, including Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Lisa Della Casa, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill and Jussi Bjorling, as well as "The Bell Telephone Hour," with stars that included Ginger Rogers, Janet Blair, Jane Powell, John Raitt and Alfred Drake.

Producer Richard Dunlap brought Travis to Los Angeles in 1960 to work under Edith Head designing the production costumes for the Academy Awards (the first of seven). While working on the Academy Awards he met NBC producer George Schlatter, who hired him to design "The Steve Lawrence Show" in New York, and "The Ernie Ford Special." Travis' successful relationship with Schlatter led to a six-year collaboration on "Laugh-In," where he created up to 400 costumes per week. He subsequently went on to design several other variety shows, including "The Shape of Things," "The Tony Orlando Show," "Lily Tomlin," "John Denver" and "Linda Carter" specials.

At the same time, Michael began designing costumes for Motown's Supremes, and other Las Vegas personalities, including Dionne Warwick, Wayne Newton, The Fifth Dimension, The Temptations, Connie Stevens and others. While in Vegas, a chance encounter with Liberace led to a one-time design job that eventually resulted in his designing Liberace's entire wardrobe for the next sixteen years, until his death in 1986. During that period, Michael was given carte blanche to fantasize along with Liberace, experimenting with exotic designs, unusual materials, color and embroideries.

Michael Travis has emerged as one of the most gifted and talented costume designers in American television and theater.

Robert Turturice — CDG President Emeritus, March 15, 1949 – December 15, 2009
Hall of Fame

At age 60, ROBERT TURTURICE leaves behind a limitless body of work spanning over four decades. Everything in this prolific Costume Designer's life reflected his passion for design, art and theater. His career truly began at age 12, when his apprenticeship in set design at the Contra Costa Civic Theatre in Berkeley began with the full support of his parents.

Immediately upon graduation from high school at 17 he departed Berkeley for Los Angeles, where he pursued his studies at the Pasadena Playhouse. This was where Robert first discovered his true calling for Costume Design. In 1968, through a meeting with NBC Costume Dept Head, Ret Turner, Robert began his illustrious career, first as a dresser and assistant to some of the most established Costume Designers of the day, including, Bill Belew, Pete Menefee, Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie, who would later reminisce, "Robert was the best assistant I ever had. He understood instantly what I was doing!"

His many talents led him through a career designing for feature films encompassing varied genres, with titles such as, "Batman and Robin," "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas," "Big Top Pee Wee," "Clean and Sober," "Say Anything" and "Beaches." It was his work on "Beaches" that spawned a collaborative relationship with Bette Midler, who called him "A Saint!"

Robert's extensive TV credits (31 made for TV movies, 19 series, 27 pilots and countless specials) include the series "Moonlighting," "Cybil," "Partners in Crime," "Sisters," "Bette," "Arli$$," "Pee Wee's Playhouse," "Jag," "Bosom Buddies" and HBO's "Gia," starring Angelina Jolie. He was honored with 10 Emmy nominations and the Emmy win for "Moonlighting" in 1987.

His unwavering ethics would define his life and how we will remember him; his character, integrity and commitment to the things for which he stood. His spirit of generosity allowed him to always see the "designer potential" in everyone. He extended his helping hand so often to his peers, fostering life to careers that still influence and shape our art today.

As President of the CDG for two terms 1992-1996, he headed an educational program which sponsored and produced an extensive series of instructional seminars which were recorded and offered as training tapes to the members—ever the believer in offering as many apprenticeship tools as he could.

Whatever the situation, Robert always spoke with a gentle elegance, no matter whether it was in celebration or a crisis on the set, he was always considerate of the comfort of those he was addressing. This was part of the charm that enabled him to forge lifelong relationships with not only his colleagues but also the actors he designed for, including long-time collaborators Loni Anderson and Bette Midler. He managed to build a family in an industry that can be very fickle.

As he used to say, "Never lose faith in yourself, we're still designers even when we're between shows!"

 

 

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