SDSA Film Awards: Set Decorators Honor ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Wicked’ & Others

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown was the big winners at the Set Decorators Society of America‘s 2024 SDSA Awards, which were handed out today. The Searchlight Pictures film starring Timothée Chalamet took Best Picture and Best Achievement In Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film. A Complete Unknown’s set decoration was by Regina Graves, with production design by François Auduoy.

You can watch the ceremony above.

Elsewhere, Warner Bros’ smash Broadway adaptation Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande from director Jon M. Chu, won the SDSA’s Comedy or Musical Feature Film prize, and Conclave, Edward Berger’s papal drama from Focus Features starring Ralph Fiennes, went home with the Contemporary Film award. Tim Burton’s Warner Bros sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice won for Fantasy or Science Fiction Film.

The Wicked set decorator was Lee Sandales, with production design by Nathan Crowley, and Cynthia Sleiter handled set decoration for Conclave, with production design by Suzie Davies. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice team is set decorators David Morison & Lori Mazuer and production designer Mark Scruton

Last year’s SDSA Awards went to the teams behind Poor Things, Saltburn, Barbie and Asteroid City. Poor Things production designers James Price and Shona Heath and set decorator Zsuzsa Mihalek went on to scoop the Production Design Oscar. The Art Directors Guild’s 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards will be handed out February 15.

The Set Decorators Society of America, an international group, annually celebrates outstanding work on a wide range of productions.

Here are the winners of the 2024 SCSA Awards:

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown – Searchlight Pictures

Directed by James Mangold

Set Decoration by Regina Graves

Production Design by François Auduoy

Best Achievement In Décor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film

Conclave – Focus Features

Set Decoration by Cynthia Sleiter

Production Design by Suzie Davies

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film

A Complete Unknown – Searchlight Pictures

Set Decoration by Regina Graves

Production Design by François Auduoy

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Film

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Warner Bros.

Set Decoration by David Morison & Lori Mazuer

Production Design by Mark Scruton

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film

Wicked – Universal

Set Decoration by Lee Sandales

Production Design by Nathan Crowley