Nominations Announced For Art Directors Guild 23rd Annual Excellence In Production Design Awards

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced nominations for the 23rd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features. Winners will be honored at the 2019 Awards, themed "Landscape of the Imagination," on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Today's announcement was made by Art Directors Guild President Nelson Coates, ADG, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, ADG.

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM:

1.    PERIOD FILM 
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

       Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

       Production Designer: AARON HAYE

THE FAVOURITE

      Production Designer: FIONA CROMBIE

FIRST MAN

       Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY

ROMA

       Production Designer: EUGENIO CABALLERO 

 

2.    FANTASY FILM
BLACK PANTHER

       Production Designer: HANNAH BEACHLER

 

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD

       Production Designer: STUART CRAIG

 

THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS

       Production Designer: JON HUTMAN

 

MARY POPPINS RETURNS

       Production Designer: JOHN MYHRE

 

READY PLAYER ONE

       Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN

 

3.    CONTEMPORARY FILM

 

A QUIET PLACE

       Production Designer: JEFFREY BEECROFT

 

A STAR IS BORN

       Production Designer: KAREN MURPHY

 

CRAZY RICH ASIANS

       Production Designer: NELSON COATES

 

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT

       Production Designer: PETER WENHAM

 

WELCOME TO MARWEN

       Production Designer: STEFAN DECHANT

 

4.    ANIMATED FILM

 

DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH

       Art Director: COLIN STIMPSON

 

INCREDIBLES 2    

       Production Designer: RALPH EGGLESTON

 

ISLE OF DOGS

       Production Designers: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN, PAUL HARROD

 

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET

       Production Designer: CORY LOFTIS

 

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

       Production Designer: JUSTIN K. THOMPSON

 

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION ARE:

 

 

5.    ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

 

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: "THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR: PART ONE"

       Production Designer: BO WELCH

 

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE: "THE BENT-NECK LADY"

       Production Designer: PATRICIO M. FARRELL

 

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE: "NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE CARE ABOUT YOU," "HISTORY ENDS," "JAHR NULL"

       Production Designer: DREW BOUGHTON

 

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL: "SIMONE," "WE'RE GOING TO THE CATSKILLS!"

       Production Designer: BILL GROOM

 

WESTWORLD: "AKANE NO MAI"

       Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS

 

6.    ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

 

BETTER CALL SAUL: "PIÑATA," "COUSHATTA"

       Production Designer: JUDY RHEE

 

CASTLE ROCK: "THE BOX" 

       Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD

 

THE HANDMAID'S TALE: "JUNE," "UNWOMEN" 

       Production Designers: MARK WHITE, ELISABETH WILLIAMS

 

HOUSE OF CARDS: "EPISODE 627: CHAPTER 72"

       Production Designer: JULIE WALKER

 

OZARK: "ONCE A LANGMORE…," "THE GOLD COAST"

       Production Designer: DEREK R. HILL

 

7.    TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

 

THE ALIENIST: "THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE" 

       Production Designer: MARA LePERE-SCHLOOP

 

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE: "FIRE AND REIGN" 

       Production Designer: VALDAR WILT

 

THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY 

       Production Designer: JUDY BECKER

 

MANIAC

       Production Designer: ALEX DIGERLANDO

 

SHARP OBJECTS

       Production Designer: JOHN PAINO

 

8.    HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

 

ATLANTA: "TEDDY PERKINS"

       Production Designer: TIMOTHY O'BRIEN

 

GLOW: "VIKING FUNERAL," "PERVERTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO," "ROSALIE" 

       Production Designer: TODD FJELSTED

 

THE GOOD PLACE: "JANET (S)" 

       Production Designer: IAN PHILLIPS

 

HOMECOMING: "MANDATORY" 

       Production Designer: ANASTASIA WHITE

 

SILICON VALLEY: "TECH EVANGELIST," "ARTIFICIAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE"

       Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON

 

9.    MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

 

THE BIG BANG THEORY: "THE NOVELIZATION CORRELATION," "THE SIBLING REALIGNMENT," "THE BOW TIE ASYMMETRY"

       Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER

 

MURPHY BROWN: "#MURPHYTOO" 

       Production Designer: JANE MUSKY

 

THE RANCH: "TRAVELIN' PRAYER," "TIE OUR LOVE (IN A DOUBLE KNOT)," "FRESH OUT OF FORGIVENESS"        

Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER

 

SESAME STREET: "BOOK WORMING," "THE COUNT'S COUNTING ERROR," "STREET FOOD"

       Production Designer: DAVID GALLO

 

WILL & GRACE: "THE THREE WISE MEN," "TEX AND THE CITY," "ANCHOR AWAY"

       Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO

 

10.  SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL  (TIE)

 

APPLE: "WELCOME HOME" 

       Production Designer: CHRISTOPHER GLASS

 

ARIANA GRANDE: "no tears left to cry"        

Production Designer: ETHAN TOBMAN

 

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST: "THE SPACE PROGRAM"

       Production Designer: KAI BOYDELL

 

KENDRICK LAMAR: "ALL THE STARS"

       Production Designer: ETHAN TOBMAN

 

NESPRESSO: "QUEST"

       Production Designer: MICHAEL GAW

 

ROLEX: "2018 ACADEMY AWARDS"

       Production Designers: SHANE VALENTINO, CRAIG PAVILIONIS

 

11.  VARIETY, REALITY OR EVENT SPECIAL 

 

DRUNK HISTORY: "HALLOWEEN" 

       Production Designer: CHLOE ARBITURE

 

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT 

       Production Designer: JASON ARDIZZONE-WEST

 

THE OSCARS: "90TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS"        

Production Designer: DEREK McLANE

 

PORTLANDIA: "RIOT SPRAY"

       Production Designer: SCHUYLER TELLEEN

 

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: "BILL HADER + ARCADE FIRE," "JOHN MULANEY + JACK WHITE," "DONALD GLOVER + CHILDISH GAMBINO"

       Production Designers: KEITH RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, 

                                           JOSEPH DeTULLIO

 

As previously announced, Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns), Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning filmmaker, producer, theater director and choreographer, will receive the prestigious ADG Cinematic Imagery Award. British Production Designer and Set Decorator Anthony Masters, nominated for an Academy Award® for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," and Benjamin Carré, best known for his work on The Phantom of the Opera and The Wizard of Oz, will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Oscar-nominated Production Designer Jeannine Oppewall, Senior Illustrator and Production Designer Ed Verreaux, Scenic Artist Jim Fiorito and Set Designer and Art Director William F. Matthews.

Producer of this year's ADG Awards (#ADGawards) is Production Designer Scott Moses ADG. Final online balloting starts January 8th and ends January 31, 2019 and winners are announced at the dinner ceremony on Saturday, February 2, 2019.  ADG Awards are open only to productions when made within the U.S. by producer's signatory to the IATSE agreement. Foreign entries are acceptable without restrictions.

The ADG Awards is proud to be sponsored by Design Icon Level: Shutterstock, Sweetwater/NEP Live Events; Design Innovator Level: Dazian Fabrics; Platinum Level: Astek Wallcovering, Centerline Scenery; Gold Level:  Gersh Agency, Silver Level: Bridgeman Images; Murtha Skouras Agency, SDMM Council, STG Council; Media Sponsors: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and SHOOT.