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

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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

1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros)
Joe Walker
ACE
2. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Juliette Welfling
ACE
3. Conclave (Focus Features)
Nick Emerson
ACE, CCA
4. Anora (NEON)
Sean Baker
ACE, CCA
5. The Brutalist (A24)
Dávid Jancsó
CCA
6. Challengers (Amazon MGM)
Marco Costa
ACE, CCA
7. September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich (Paramount Pictures)CCA
8. Wicked Part I (Universal Pictures)
Myron Kerstein
ACE
9. Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM/Orion)
Nicholas Monsour
10. Civil War (A24)
Jake Roberts
ACE

Next up (alphabetical): 

A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
Andrew Buckland
Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
Sam Restivo, Claire Simpson
Nosferatu (Focus Features)
Louise Ford
A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
Robert Nassau
ACE
The Substance (MUBI)
Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Feron
ACE

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

1. The Brutalist (A24)
Lol Crawley
CCA
2. Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM/Orion)
Jomo Fray
CCA
3. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros)
Greig Fraser
CCA
4. Maria (Netflix)
Edward Lachman
5. Conclave (Focus Features)
Stéphane Fontaine
CCA
6. Nosferatu (Focus Features)
Jarin Blaschke
CCA
7. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Paul Guillaume
8. Wicked Part I (Universal Pictures)
Alice Brooks
CCA
9. Challengers (Amazon MGM)
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
10. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
Phedon Papamichael

Next up (alphabetically): 

Anora (NEON)
Drew Daniels
Blitz (Apple Original Films)
Yorick Le Saux
Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
John Mathieson
The Girl with the Needle (MUBI)
Michael Dymek
Joker: Folie à Deux (Warner Bros)
Lawrence Sher

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

1. Wicked Part I (Universal Pictures)
Paul Tazewell
CCA, CDG
2. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros)
Jacqueline West
CCA, CDG
3. Maria (Netflix)
Massimo Cantini Parrini
CCA, CDG
4. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
Janty Yates
CCA, CDG
5. Nosferatu (Focus Features)
Linda Muir
CCA, CDG
6. Conclave (Focus Features)
Lisy Christi
CCA, CDG
7. Blitz (Apple Original Films)
Jacqueline Durran
8. The Brutalist (A24)
Kate Forbes
9. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros)
Colleen Atwood
CDG
10. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
Arianne Phillips

Next up (alphabetically): 

The Count of Monte-Cristo (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Thierry Delettre
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Virginie Montel
CDG
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros)
Jenny Beavan
CDG
Queer (A24)
J.W. Anderson
Saturday Night (Sony Pictures)
Danny Glicker
CDG

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

1. The Brutalist (A24)
Judy Becker
2. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros
Patrice Vermette
3. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
Arthur Max
4. Wicked Part I (Universal Pictures)
Nathan Crowley
5. Conclave (Focus Features)
Suzie Davies
6. Blitz (Apple Original Films)
Adam Stockhausen
7. Nosferatu (Focus Features)
Craig Lathrop
8. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
François Audouy
9. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros)
Mark Scruton
10. Maria (Netflix)
Guy Hendrix Dyas

Next up (alphabetically): 

Alien Romulus (20th Century Studios)
Naaman Marshall
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Emmanuelle Duplay
Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM/Orion)
Nora Mendis
Queer (A24)
Stefano Baisi
Saturday Night (Sony Pictures)
Jess Gonchor

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)

Erik Anderson

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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