Samson & DelilahA.D.G. Hosts 14th Annual Awards
Avatar, Sherlock Holmes and The Hurt Locker were the winners for best production design on a feature film at the Art Directors Guild’s 14th annual awards held on Feb. 13. Comedian Paula Poundstone hosted the event at the Beverly Hilton. At the beginning of the event, a short film, The Case of the Bad Production... »
Contender – Production Designer, Jess Gonchor, A Serious Man
“It always starts with the script,” maintains production designer Jess Gonchor, and he’s had some good ones to start with, including the one for No Country For Old Men, which netted him an Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design. Its follow up, Burn After Reading, gained him a nomination in the... »
Assessing the Year in Shape Language
It’s a good year for production designer Mark Ricker to suss out award finalists in that category (and it’s kissin’ cousin, art direction), since he may find himself in the thick of the awards hunt—on the Academy and guild sides—for his own work channeling both ’60’s-era Paris and the present-day US in Julie &... »
Terence Marsh To Receive ADG Lifetime Achievement Award
Academy Award-winning production designer Terence Marsh will be presented with the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony, February 13. The award will be presented at a black-tie industry gathering at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Born in 1931 in London, England, Marsh’s career spans 50 years and... »
ADG Sets Digital Technology Conference
The Art Directors Guild and the University Art Museum of California State University, Long Beach have announced a two-day conference called 5D – The Future of Immersive Design. The conference, to be held Oct. 4-5, will be “the first-ever” dealing with the convergence of visual storytelling and design technology, according to the announcement from... »
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