We’ve posted the nominees announced today by by ADG Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards Producer Thomas Wilkins of the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) for the upcoming 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. There are 11 categories of Production Design from theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos.
The awards theme this year is “From Silver Screen to Every Screen” and includes the best examples of production design.
Honorees
- David O. Russell will receive the Guild’s prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM) host Robert Osborne will be the first to receive ADG’s newly created William Cameron Menzies Award
- Recipients of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards include Scenic Artist Bill Anderson, Oscar®-nominated Matte Artist Harrison Ellenshaw, Set Designer William J. Newmon, II and Emmy® and Oscar®-winning Production Designer Patrizia von Brandenstein, Scenic Artist Bill Anderson, Oscar®-nominated Matte Artist Harrison Ellenshaw and Set Designer William J. Newmon, II
- Inductees into the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Hall of Fame will be: Production Designer Carmen Dillon, Production Designer and Illustrator Dorothea Holt Redmond, Production and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, and Art Director and Set Designer Dianne Wager
20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards hosted by comedian Owen Benjamin and presented by DXV by American Standard will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2015
PERIOD FILM
- BRIDGE OF SPIES, Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
- CRIMSON PEAK, Production Designer: THOMAS E. SANDERS
- THE DANISH GIRL, Production Designer: EVE STEWART
- THE REVENANT, Production Designer: JACK FISK
- TRUMBO, Production Designer: MARK RICKER
FANTASY FILM
- CINDERELLA, Production Designer: DANTE FERRETTI
- JURASSIC WORLD, Production Designer: EDWARD VERREAUX
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Production Designer: COLIN GIBSON
- STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, Production Designers: RICK CARTER, DARREN GILFORD
- TOMORROWLAND, Production Designer: SCOTT CHAMBLISS
CONTEMPORARY FILM
- EX MACHINA, Production Designer: MARK DIGBY
- JOY, Production Designer: JUDY BECKER
- THE MARTIAN, Production Designer: ARTHUR MAX
- SICARIO, Production Designer: PATRICE VERMETTE
- SPECTRE, Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION IN 2015
ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- DOWNTON ABBEY: “A Moorland Holiday”, Production Designer: DONAL WOODS
- GAME OF THRONES: “High Sparrow,” “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,” “Hardhome”, Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY
- GOTHAM: “Strike Force,” “Dammed If You Do…”, Production Designer: RICHARD BERG
- THE KNICK: “Ten Knots,” “The Best With The Best To Get The Best,” “Wonderful Surprises”, Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS
- MAD MEN: “Person to Person”, Production Designer: DAN BISHOP
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- BETTER CALL SAUL: “Five-O,” “Rico,” “Marco”, Production Designer: TONY FANNING
- EMPIRE: “Pilot”, Production Designer: STEVE SAKLAD
- HOMELAND: “The Tradition of Hospitality,” “All About Allison,” “The Litvinov Ruse”, Production Designer: JOHN D. KRETSCHMER
- HOUSE OF CARDS: “Chapter 29,” “Chapter 36”, Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD
- TRUE DETECTIVE: “The Western Book of the Dead,” “Night Finds You,” “Omega Station”, Production Designer: ALEX DiGERLANDO
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
- AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL: “Checking In”, Production Designer: MARK WORTHINGTON
- BESSIE, Production Designer: CLARK HUNTER
- FARGO: “Waiting For Dutch,” “Before the Law,” “Fear and Trembling”, Production Designer: WARREN ALAN YOUNG
- TUT: “Power,” “Betrayal,” “Destiny”, Production Designer: MICHAEL HANAN
- WOLF HALL: “Three Card Trick”, Production Designer: PAT CAMPBELL
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- THE LAST MAN ON EARTH: “Alive in Tucson,” “Is Anybody Out There?,” “Silent Night”, Production Designer: BRUCE ROBERT HILL
- THE MUPPETS: “The Ex-Factor,” “Pig’s in a Blanket”, Production Designer: DENISE PIZZINI
- SILICON VALLEY: “Sand Hill Shuffle,” “Homicide,” “Adult Content”, Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
- TRANSPARENT: “Kina Hora,” “The Book of Life,” “Oscillate”, Production Designer: CAT SMITH
- VEEP: “Joint Session,” “Election Night”, Production Designer: JAMES GLOSTER
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
- 2 BROKE GIRLS: “And the Escape Room,” “And the Maybe Baby,”
“And the Coming Out Party”, Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO - THE BIG BANG THEORY: “The Skywalker Incursion,” “The Mystery Date, Observation,” “The Platonic Permutation”, Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
- CLIPPED: “Dreamers,” “Wi-Fi,” “World’s Rudest Barbershop”, Production Designer: GREG GRANDE
- MOM: “Mashed Potatoes and A Little Nitrous,” “Six Popes and Red Ferrari,” “Fun Girl Stuff and Eternal Salvation”, Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
- TRUTH BE TOLD: “Pilot,” “Big Black Coffee,” “Members Only”, Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON
AWARDS OR EVENT SPECIAL
- 67th ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS, Production Designers: TAMLYN WRIGHT, BAZ HALPIN
- THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS: 2015, Production Designers: JOE STEWART, JOHN SHAFFNER
- THE OSCARS: 2015, Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
- SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “40th Anniversary Special”, Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEPH DeTULLIO, PETER BARAN
- THE WIZ LIVE, Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL
- AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL: “Hallways”, Production Designer: ZACH MATHEWS
- APPLE MUSIC: “The History of Sound”, Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR
- DURACELL – STAR WARS: “Battle For Christmas Morning”, Production Designer: TOM MEYER
- MADONNA: “Ghosttown”, Production Designer: EMMA FAIRLEY
- VICTORIA’S SECRET: “Rome”, Production Designer: JEFFREY BEECROFT
VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES
- CONAN: “At Comic-Con”, Production Designer: CHRISTOPHER GOUMAS
- THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW: “Halloween”, Production Designer: SCOTT MOSES
- KEY & PEELE: “Ya’ll Ready For This?” “The End”, Production Designer: GARY KORDAN
- SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “Tracey Morgan/Demi Lovato,” “Scarlett Johansson/Wiz, Khalifa,” “Miley Cyrus”, Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEPH DeTULLIO
- TOP CHEF: “Stop the Presses”, Production Designer: JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY
- THE VOICE SEASON 9: “Blind Auditions Premiere,” “Battles Premiere,” “The Knockouts Premiere”, Production Designers: ANTON GOSS, JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY
ABOUT THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD:
The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents 2,300 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists. Established in 1937, the ADG’s ongoing activities include a Film Society, an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design), a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); and extensive technology-training programs, figure drawing and other creative workshops and year-round Gallery 800 art exhibitions. The Guild’s Online Directory/Website Resource is at www.adg.org.Connect with the Art Directors Guild and the #ADGawards on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
