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The Descendants Featurette
In this new featurette from Fox Searchlight, The Descendants’ production designer Jane Stewart and costume designer Wendy Chuck discuss their work on the film. Stewart has been nominated for a contemporary film award from the Art Directors Guild. »
John Shaffner Elected Chair of Art Directors Council
Production designer John Shaffner has been elected to a three-year term as chair of the Art Directors Council, effective immediately, replacing Thomas A. Walsh, who continues in the position of president of the overall Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800). Shaffner was formerly vice-chair of the council, a position now filled by Corey... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came to Los Angeles, the city of cars, to make a film filled with some of the most authentic and exciting car chase sequences seen on the screen in years. »
Contender – Production Designer Stuart Craig, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
It’s been more than a decade since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone debuted and now production designer Stuart Craig closes the eight-volume book on the series, an “octalogy,” in fact, having designed every movie in the series including 2011’s finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. »
Contender – Production Designer Dante Ferretti, Hugo
I’ve read that growing up in the small town of Macerata, Italy, in the 1950s, Dante Ferretti spent a lot of time in movie theaters watching Ben Hur, Cleopatra and spaghetti Westerns. So it’s with visions of a Cinema Paradiso childhood that my first question for the master designer is, “When you were young…” “I’m still... »
Contender – Production Designer Jess Gonchor, Moneyball
For all the talk about how Moneyball is not really a baseball movie, rather, a character study, if we don’t buy the realism of the world of Major League Baseball, the movie’s foundation is suddenly shaky. Production designer Jess Gonchor knew this the first time he toured the Oakland Atheltics’ team facilities. He also... »
Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes tells an origin story that lays the foundation for the mythology of the first Planet of the Apes film, which takes place 3,000 years in the future. The success of the current film hinges on the believability of the main character, Caesar, a chimpanzee played by a... »
The Artist: Black-and-White Dreams
BTL Screening Series hosted a screening of The Artist, Jan. 4 in Los Angeles, followed by a Q&A with some of the film’s key below-the-line talent. The film is an endlessly charming film dizzy with expressive, lovely imagery. Michel Hazanavicius (writer/ director/ editor) commanded an impressive team to create the dazzling spectacle of a world... »
ADG Announces Nominations for Excellence in Production Design
The Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the ADG's 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2011. The nominations were announced by ADG president Thomas A. Walsh and Awards co-producers Tom Wilkins and Greg Grande. »
Contender – Production Designer Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Albert Nobbs
When I ask production designer, Patrizia Von Brandenstein what her mindset is when she begins a period project she immediately answers, “Terror.” It needn’t be. Patrizia (she’s earned first-name treatment) is a legendary production designer who has demonstrated extreme comfort and dexterity working in any decade in any century in just about any place on... »
Director Series
Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A SeparationJanuary 2012 | By Jack Egan
One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
January 2012 | By Jack Egan
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »