Current Academy Award nominees Mark Bridges (Inherent Vice), Milena Canonero (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jacqueline Durran (Mr. Turner) and Anna B. Sheppard (Maleficent), as well as Ruth E. Carter (Selma), Kari Perkins (Boyhood) and Albert Wolsky (Birdman) — representing three of the eight films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar — will be the panelists at the fifth annual Sketch to Screen Costume Design Panel and Celebration. Presented by Swarovski, Dean Teri Schwartz and TFT’s David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, the event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, one day before the 87th Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Due to the popularity of the event, Sketch to Screen has moved this year from its former home, UCLA’s James Bridges Theater, to the university’s larger Schoenberg Hall. Variety is a media sponsor.

On the eve of the Academy Awards each year, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Chair and Founding Director of the Copley Center, welcomes a stellar group of international costume designers to the UCLA TFT campus to discuss their craft. With Professor Landis moderating, the Sketch to Screen panelists engage in a thought-provoking panel discussion about the central role costume designers play in cinematic storytelling. Audience members are given an invaluable look into some of the most successful creative minds in Hollywood.

This year, for the first time, Sketch to Screen will be a ticketed event. Proceeds will support UCLA TFT’s David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, which provides a home for the research and the study of costume design history and the influence of costume design on film, fashion and popular culture. The Center serves UCLA TFT students, filmmakers, costume designers and scholars. Ticket pricing options start at $10 for general admission and go up to $500, which gives patrons a number of benefits including admission to the Hollywood Costume exhibition, which is curated by Professor Landis and located at the future home of the Motion Picture Academy Museum. More information about tickets can be found on the Sketch to Screen ticket web page.

In 2014, the panel was comprised of today’s leading costume designers including Wendy Chuck (Nebraska), Daniel Orlandi (Saving Mr. Banks), Trish Summerville (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) as well as the 2014 Academy Award nominee Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle) and Academy Award winner Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby).

In 2013, the panelists included Bridges (Silver Linings Playbook), Paco Delgado (Les Misérables), the 2013 Academy Award winner Durran (Anna Karenina), Joanna Johnston (Lincoln), Kasia Walicka-Maimone (Moonrise Kingdom) and Jacqueline West (Argo).

In 2012, participants included Oscar nominees Lisy Christl (Anonymous), Sandy Powell (Hugo) and Academy Award winner Bridges (The Artist). Additional invited guests included Chuck (The Descendants), Leesa Evans (Bridesmaids), Deborah Scott (Transformers, We Bought a Zoo) and Christine Wada(Bridesmaids).

Posted: January 27, 2015