2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)
The American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie nominations (ACE) will be 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.
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 November.
FILM EDITING
| 1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros) Joe Walker |
| 2. Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Juliette Welfling |
| 3. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures) Sam Restivo, Claire Simpson |
| 4. Anora (NEON) Sean Baker |
| 5. The Brutalist (A24) Dávid Jancsó |
| 6. Conclave (Focus Features) Nick Emerson |
| 7. Challengers (Amazon MGM) Marco Costa |
| 8. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures) Andrew Buckland |
| 9. Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM/Orion) Nicholas Monsour |
| 10. Blitz (Apple Original Films) Peter Sciberras |
Next up: Better Man — Martin Connor, Jeff Groth, Lee Smith, Spencer Susser (Paramount Pictures), Civil War — Jake Roberts (A24), Nosferatu — Louise Ford (Focus Features), A Real Pain — Robert Nassau (Searchlight Pictures), Saturday Night — Nathan Orloff, Shane Reid (Sony Pictures), The Substance — Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Feron (MUBI)
Other contenders: Babygirl — Matthew Hannam (A24), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Jay Prychidny (Warner Bros), The Bikeriders — Julie Monroe (Focus Features), 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), The Room Next Door — Teresa Font (Sony Pictures Classics), The Seed of the Sacred Fig — Andrew Bird (NEON), Sing Sing — Parker Laramie (A24), Wicked Part I — Myron Kerstein (Universal Pictures), The Wild Robot — Mary Blee (Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Animation)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
| 1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros) Greig Fraser |
| 2. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures) John Mathieson |
| 3. The Brutalist (A24) Lol Crawley |
| 4. Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM/Orion) Jomo Fray |
| 5. Maria (Netflix) Edward Lachman |
| 6. Conclave (Focus Features) Stéphane Fontaine |
| 7. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures) Phedon Papamichael |
| 8. Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Paul Guillaume |
| 9. Challengers (Amazon MGM) Sayombhu Mukdeeprom |
| 10. Nosferatu (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke |
Next up: Anora — Drew Daniels (NEON), Blitz — Yorick Le Saux (Apple Original Films), Joker: Folie à Deux — Lawrence Sher (Warner Bros), The Girl with the Needle — Michael Dymek (MUBI), Queer — Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (A24), Saturday Night — Eric Steelberg (Sony Pictures), The Substance — Benjamin Kracun (MUBI)
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), September 5 — Markus Förderer (Paramount Pictures), Wicked Part I — Alice Brooks (Universal Pictures)
COSTUME DESIGN
| 1. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures) Janty Yates |
| 2. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros) Jacqueline West |
| 3. Wicked Part I (Universal Pictures) Paul Tazewell |
| 4. Maria (Netflix) Massimo Cantini Parrini |
| 5. Nosferatu (Focus Features) Linda Muir |
| 6. Blitz (Apple Original Films) Jacqueline Durran |
| 7. Conclave (Focus Features) Lisy Christi |
| 8. Queer (A24) J.W. Anderson |
| 9. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros) Colleen Atwood |
| 10. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures) Arianne Phillips |
Next up: The Brutalist — Kate Forbes (A24), The Count of Monte-Cristo — Thierry Delettre (Samuel Goldwyn Films), Emilia Pérez — Virginie Montel (Netflix), Firebrand — Michael O’Connor (Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment), The Room Next Door — Bina Daigeler (Sony Pictures Classics), Saturday Night — Danny Glicker (Sony Pictures), The Substance — Emmanuelle Youchnovski (MUBI)
Other contenders: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Jenny Beavan (Warner Bros), 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)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
| 1. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures) Arthur Max |
| 2. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros Patrice Vermette |
| 3. The Brutalist (A24) Judy Becker |
| 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. Queer (A24) Stefano Baisi |
Next up: Emilia Pérez — Emmanuelle Duplay (Netflix), Maria — Guy Hendrix Dyas (Netflix), Nickel Boys — Nora Mendis (Amazon MGM/Orion), The Room Next Door — Inbal Weinberg (Sony Pictures Classics), Saturday Night — Jess Gonchor (Sony Pictures), September 5 — Julian R. Wagner (Paramount Pictures), The Substance — Stanislas Reydellet (MUBI)
Other contenders: Alien Romulus — Naaman Marshall (20th Century Studios), 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)
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