2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (December)

Of the critics’ groups who give out production design wins, Dune has earned two while The French Dispatch, Nightmare Alley and West Side Story have each earned one. They all also earned Critics’ Choice nominations alongside Belfast.

For costume design we have Dune, Cruella and Spencer with wins but with only the first two earning Critics’ Choice nominations where they joined House of Gucci, Nightmare Alley and West Side Story.

The production design/art directors, set decorators and costume designers guilds won’t have their say with nominations until January 24, January 17 and January 27, respectively.

Here are my ranked 2022 Oscar predictions in Production Design and Costume Design for December 2021.

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new/re-entry ♦ Black – no movement ↔

1. Dune – Patrice Vermotte, Richard Roberts, Zsuzsanna Sipos (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – CCA ↔
2. Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau (Searchlight Pictures) – CCA ↑
3. West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo (20th Century Studios) – CCA ↑
4. The Tragedy of Macbeth – Stefan Dechant, Nancy Haigh (A24/Apple Original Films) ↓
5. Belfast – Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards (Focus Features) – CCA ↑
6. Being the Ricardos – Jon Hutman, Ellen Brill (Amazon Studios) ↓
7. The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo (Searchlight Pictures) – CCA ↓
8. The Power of the Dog – Grant Major, Amber Richards (Netflix) ↓
9. The Last Duel – Arthur Max, Judy Farr (20th Century Studios) ↑
10. Cyrano – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (MGM/UA) ↑

Other contenders:
Cruella – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton (Walt Disney)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx (Amazon Studios)
Eternals – Eve Stewart, Clint Wallace, Pancho Chamorro (Walt Disney/Marvel)
House of Gucci – Arthur Max, Letizia Santucci (MGM/UA)
Last Night in Soho – Victoria Allwood, Emily Norris, Judy Farr (Focus Features)
Licorice Pizza – Florencia Martin, Ryan Watson (MGM/UA)
The Matrix Resurrections – Hugh Bateup, Peter Walpole, Lisa Brennan, Barbara Munch (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Spencer – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Yesim Zolan (NEON)

COSTUME DESIGN

Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new/re-entry ♦ Black – no movement ↔

1. Dune – Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – CCA ↔
2. Nightmare Alley – Luis Siqueira (Searchlight Pictures) – CCA ↔
3. Cruella – Jenny Beavan (Walt Disney) – CCA ↔
4. West Side Story – Paul Tazewell (20th Century Studios) – CCA ↑
5. Spencer – Jacqueline Durran (NEON) ↓
6. House of Gucci – Janty Yates (MGM/UA) – CCA ↔
7. The Tragedy of Macbeth – Mary Zophres (A24/Apple Original Films) ↓
8. The French Dispatch – Milena Cananero (Searchlight Pictures) ↓
9. Being the Ricardos – Susan Lyall (Amazon Studios) ↔
10. The Power of the Dog – Kirsty Cameron (Netflix) ↔

Other contenders:
Belfast – Charlotte Walter (Focus Features)
Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini (MGM/UA)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Michael O’Connor (Amazon Studios)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Mitchell Travers (Searchlight Pictures)
The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska (A24)
The Last Duel – Janty Yates (20th Century Studios)
Licorice Pizza – Mark Bridges (MGM/UA)
The Matrix Resurrections – Lindsay Pugh (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Respect – Clint Ramos (MGM/UAR)

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

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