The awards season is in full swing, and the guilds have been announcing their winners for various categories. One film that has been dominating the guilds is “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” and it capped off its win with the Casting Society of America’s Artios Awards.
This film has won in eight of the nine guilds it has been nominated for, including actors, art directors, costume designers, directors, film editors, makeup artists/hairstylists, producers, and writers. The only guild it lost out on was the sound editors.
Two of its Academy Awards rivals, “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” also won in the sound editors category. Both films have won four awards each, including cinematographers, costume designers, makeup artists/hairstylists, and sound mixers.
“Elvis” also won in the drama category at the American Cinema Editors and the Big Budget – Drama category at the Casting Society of America, while “Top Gun: Maverick” won in the actor and film editors categories at the Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild of America, respectively.
The breakdown of nominations and winners by picture for the guilds is as follows:
– “Top Gun: Maverick”: 12 guild nominations and wins in contemporary art direction, drama editing, cinematography, sound mixing, contemporary costume design, zeitgeist casting, direction, dialogue and ADR, sound effects and foley, visual effects, and adapted screenplay.
– “Elvis”: 10 guild nominations and wins in drama editing, period art direction, cinematography, sound mixing, period costume design, big budget – drama casting, dialogue and ADR, music editing, contemporary makeup and hairstyling, picture, actor for Austin Butler.
– “Everything Everywhere All at Once”: 8 guild nominations and wins in comedy editing, fantasy art direction, sci-fi/fantasy costume design, zeitgeist casting, direction, dialogue and ADR, music editing, sound effects and foley, contemporary makeup and hairstyling, picture, ensemble, actress for Michelle Yeoh, supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan, and supporting actresses for Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu, and original screenplay.
– “Avatar: The Way of Water”: 4 guild nominations and wins in fantasy art direction, sound mixing, sci-fi/fantasy costume design, and visual effects.
– “The Batman”: 4 guild nominations and wins in fantasy art direction, cinematography, sound mixing, contemporary makeup and hairstyling, and special makeup effects.
– “The Fabelmans”: 4 guild nominations and wins in period art direction, big budget – drama casting, direction, picture, and supporting actor for Paul Dano, and original screenplay.
Other pictures that have won in various guilds include “TAR,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Nope,” “Babylon,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “The Whale,” “The Woman King,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Till,” “Women Talking,” “Bardo,” “Blonde,” “Empire of Light,” “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “The Menu,” “White Noise,” “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” “Amsterdam,” “Bullet Train,” “Don’t Worry Darling,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” “The Good Nurse,” “Hocus Pocus 2,” “Hustle,” “Living,” “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” “She Said,” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
As the awards season continues, it will be exciting to see which films come out on top and which ones will be left empty-handed. Make your predictions now and stay tuned for the announcements of the winners.
