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ADG Announces Awards Noms

January 8, 2010 | By Scott Lehane

The Art Directors Guild announced nominations in nine categories of production design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the ADG’s 14th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2009. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is Feb. 11. A black-tie ceremony announcing winners will be held Feb. 13 at Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2009:
Period Film
A Serious Man, Jess Gonchor
Inglourious Basterds, David Wasco
Julie & Julia, Mark Ricker
Public Enemies, Nathan Crowley
Sherlock Holmes, Sarah Greenwood

Fantasy Film
Avatar, Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
District 9, Philip Ivey
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince, Stuart Craig
Star Trek, Scott Chambliss
Where The Wild Things Are, K.K. Barrett

Contemporary Film
Angels & Demons, Allan Cameron
The Hangover, Bill Brzeski
The Hurt Locker , Karl Juliusson
The Lovely Bones, Naomi Shohan
Up In The Air, Steve Saklad

Nominees For Excellence In Production Design In Television For 2009:
Single Camera Television Series
Glee, “Pilot,” Mark Hutman
Mad Men, “Souvenir,” Dan Bishop
Pushing Daisies, “Kerplunk,” Michael Wylie
True Blood, “Never Let Me Go,” Suzuki Ingerslev
Ugly Betty, “There’s No Place Like Mode,” Mark Worthington

Television Movie Or Mini-Series
Ben 10 Alien Swarm, Yuda Acco
Grey Gardens, Kalina Ivanov
The Prisoner, Michael Pickwoad

Episode Of A Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
30 Rock, “Apollo, Apollo,” Keith Ian Raywood and Teresa Mastropierro
Flight Of The Conchords, “Evicted,” Dan Butts
Modern Family, “Coal Digger,” Richard Berg
The Office, “Niagara,” Michael Gallenberg
Weeds, “Ducks And Tigers,” Joseph P. Lucky

Episode Of A Multi-Camera, Variety, Or Unscripted Series
The Big Bang Theory, “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency,” John Shaffner
The Jay Leno Show, “Episode: 51,” R. Brandt Daniels
Hell’s Kitchen, “Episode: 604,” John Janavs
How I Met Your Mother, “Old King Clancy,” Stephan Olson
Saturday Night Live, “Episode: Host – Justin Timberlake,” Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, and Keith Ian Raywood

Awards, Music, Or Game Shows
2009 CMT Music Awards , Anne Brahic
51st Annual Grammy Awards, Brian Stonestreet and Steve Bass
61st Annual Emmy Awards, Steve Bass
66th Golden Globe Awards, Brian Stonestreet
Wheel Of Fortune, “On Location In Hawaii,” Renee Hoss-Johnson

Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For Commercials And Music Videos For 2009:
Absolut Anthem, “In An Absolut World,” James Chinlund
Hewlett Packard, “In The Air,” Christopher Glass
House Of Imagination, Martin Tino Schaedler
Nintendo, “Wii,” Floyd Albee
Puma, “Lift,” James Chinlund



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