AACTA Award for Best Costume Design

AACTA Award for
Best Costume Design
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded1977
Currently held byCatherine Martin, Silvana Azzi Heras and Kerry Thompson, The Great Gatsby (2013)
Websitehttp://www.aacta.org

The AACTA Award for Best Costume Design is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."[1] The award is handed out at the annual AACTA Awards, which rewards achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films.[2] From 1977 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards).[3] When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current prize being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Costume Design.[3] Terry Ryan has received the most awards in this category with five.[4]

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  2. ^ "AACTA – The Academy – The Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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  4. ^ "AFI AWARD WINNERS FEATURE CATEGORIES 1958–2009". afi.org.au. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2010.