The Best Costume Design Oscar of 2009 was awarded to Michael O'Connor for The Duchess at the Academy Awards Ceremony on February 22, 2009. Other nominees included Catherine Martin for the costumes in Australia, Jacqueline West for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Danny Glicker for Milk and Albert Wolsky for Revolutionary Road.
Past Winners
- 2007: Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- 2006: Milena Canonero for Marie Antionette
- 2005: Colleen Atwood for Memoirs of a Geisha
- 2004: Sandy Powell for The Aviator
- 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2002: Colleen Atwood for Chicago
- 2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie for Moulin Rouge!
- 2000: Janty Yates for Gladiator
- 1999: Lindy Hemming for Topsy-Turvy
- 1998: Sandy Powell for Shakespeare in Love
Best Costume Design Oscar Winner 2009 Acceptance Speech
Oscars.org: Oscar Acceptance Speeches
Best Costume Design Oscar Winner 2009 Nominees
References
Fast Facts
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Winner
Michael O'Connor for The Duchess
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Presenters
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Nominations announced
January 22, 2009
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Award time
February 20, 2009, 5 p.m. PST
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Network
ABC
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Host
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Fact:
Voted on by members of the Academy Film and Television Arts and Sciences
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Last year's winner
Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
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Fact:
It is the first nomination for Michael O'Connor and Danny Glicker
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Fact:
West has previously been nominated
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Fact:
Wolsky and Martin are both previous winners of the award
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Fact:
Until 1967, there were separate awards for black and white and color films
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First winner in 1948 (Black and White)
Roger K. Furse for the costumes in Hamlet
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First winner in 1948 (Color)
Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska for Joan of Arc
