2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)

The American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie nominations (ACE) announced on December 11, with Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG) on the 13th.

Set Decorators Society of America Awards nominations (SDSA) on January 3, 2025, and both American Society of Cinematographers nominations (ASC) and Art Directors Guild Awards nominations (ADG) nominations on January 9. BAFTA nominations come January 15.

 Academy Awards nominations will be announced January 17, 2025 and the 97th Oscars will be held on March 2.

Here are my 2025 Oscar predictions in Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design and Production Design for December.

FILM EDITING

Next up (alphabetical): 

Other contenders: Babygirl — Matthew Hannam (A24), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Jay Prychidny (Warner Bros), Better Man — Martin Connor, Jeff Groth, Lee Smith, Spencer Susser (Paramount Pictures), The Bikeriders — Julie Monroe (Focus Features), Blitz — Peter Sciberras (Apple Original Films), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel (Warner Bros), Here — Jesse Goldsmith (Sony Pictures/Tri-Star), Joker: Folie à Deux — Jeff Groth (Warner Bros), Juror #2 — David S. Cox, Joel Cox (Warner Bros), The Piano Lesson — Leslie Jones (Netflix), Saturday Night — Nathan Orloff, Shane Reid (Sony Pictures), Sing Sing — Parker Laramie (A24), The Wild Robot — Mary Blee (Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Animation)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Next up (alphabetically): 

Other contenders: Better Man — Erik Wilson (Paramount Pictures), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Simon Duggan (Warner Bros), Here — Don Burgess (Sony Pictures/Tri-Star), Kinds of Kindness — Robbie Ryan (Searchlight Pictures), The Piano Lesson — Mike Gioulakis (Netflix), The Room Next Door — Edu Grau (Sony Pictures Classics), Saturday Night — Eric Steelberg (Sony Pictures), September 5 — Markus Förderer (Paramount Pictures), The Substance — Benjamin Kracun (MUBI)

COSTUME DESIGN

Next up (alphabetically): 

Other contenders: Challengers — J.W. Anderson (Amazon MGM), Firebrand — Michael O’Connor (Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment), Here — Johanna Johnston (Sony Pictures/Tri-Star), Joker: Folie à Deux — Arianne Phillips (Warner Bros), Lee — Michael O’Connor (Roadside Attractions), Megalopolis — Milena Canonero (Lionsgate), Nickel Boys — Brittany Loar (Amazon MGM/Orion), The Piano Lesson — Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (Netflix), The Room Next Door — Bina Daigeler (Sony Pictures Classics), The Substance — Emmanuelle Youchnovski (MUBI)

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Next up (alphabetically): 

Other contenders: Firebrand — Helen Scott (Roadside Attractions), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Colin Gibson (Warner Bros), Here — Ashley Lamont (Sony Pictures/Tri-Star), Lee — Gemma Jackson (Roadside Attractions), Megalopolis — Beth Mickle, Bradley Rubin (Lionsgate), The Piano Lesson — David J. Bomba (Netflix), The Room Next Door — Inbal Weinberg (Sony Pictures Classics), September 5 — Julian R. Wagner (Paramount Pictures), The Substance — Stanislas Reydellet (MUBI)

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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.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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