The Art Directors Guild (ADG) has announced the nominations for its 27th Annual ADG Awards, honoring the best in production design, art direction, and illustration for films, television, commercials, and more. This year’s ADG Awards will be presented on Saturday, February 18 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
The ADG presents awards to film in four categories, including animation, and eight television categories with all five Oscar nominees in the Production Design category likely to be represented in the fifteen non-animated films that received nominations. There weren’t a ton of surprises other than maybe the German Oscar submission, All Quiet on the Western Front, continuing to get below-the-line support, which strengthens its chances to get nominated and win the International Feature category at the Oscars.
The ADG should announce the honorees for its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards within the next few weeks.
You can read Below the Line‘s interviews with the nominated productions designers by clicking on the appropriate links in the nominations below:
NOMINEES FOR FEATURE FILM:
PERIOD FEATURE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front (Production Designer: Christian M. Goldbeck)
Babylon (Production Designer: Florencia Martin)
Elvis (Production Designers: Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy
The Fabelmans (Production Designer: Rick Carter)
White Noise (Production Designer: Jess Gonchor)
FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Avatar: The Way of Water (Production Designers: Dylan Cole, Ben Procter)
The Batman (Production Designer: James Chinlund)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Production Designer: Hannah Beachler)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Production Designer: Jason Kisvarday)
Nope (Production Designer: Ruth De Jong)
CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Production Designer: Eugenio Caballero)
Bullet Train (Production Designer: David Scheunemann)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs)
Tár (Production Designer: Marco Bittner Rosser)
Top Gun: Maverick (Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Production Designers: Guy Davis, Curt Enderle)
Lightyear (Production Designer: Tim Evatt)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Production Designer: Liz Toonkel)
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Production Designer: Nate Wragg)
Turning Red (Production Designer: Rona Liu )
NOMINEES FOR TELEVISION:
ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
The Crown: “Ipatiev House” (Production Designer: Martin Childs)
The Gilded Age: “Never the New” (Production Designer: Bob Shaw)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Maisel vs. Lennon: The Cut Contest, How Do You Get to
Carnegie Hall?” (Production Designer: Bill Groom)
Pachinko: “Chapter One” (Production Designer: Mara LePere-Schloop)
Peaky Blinders: “Black Day” (Production Designer: Nicole Northridge)
ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Andor: “Rix Road” (Production Designer: Luke Hull)
House of the Dragon: “The Heirs of the Dragon” (Production Designer: Jim Clay)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: “Adar” (Production Designer: Ramsey Avery)
Stranger Things: “Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab” (Production Designer: Chris Trujillo)
Wednesday: “Woe is the Loneliest Number” (Production Designer: Mark Scruton)
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Better Call Saul: “Wine and Roses, Nippy” (Production Designer: Denise Pizzini)
Euphoria: “You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can, The Theater and Its Double,
All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name” (Production Designer: Jason Baldwin Stewart)
Ozark: “The Beginning of the End, Let the Great World Spin, City on the Make” (Production Designer: David Bomba)
Severance: “Good News About Hell” Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
The White Lotus: “Ciao” (Production Designer: Cristina Onori)
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Production Designer: Tamara Deverell)
Moon Knight (Production Designer: Stefania Cella)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Production Designers: Todd Cherniawsky, Doug Chiang)
Pinocchio (Production Designers: Doug Chiang, Stefan Dechant)
Station Eleven (Production Designer: Ruth Ammon)
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Emily In Paris: “What’s It All About…, How to Lose a Designer in 10 Days” (Production Designer: Anne Seibel)
Hacks: “Trust the Process” (Production Designer: Alec Contestabile)
Only Murders in the Building: “Framed” (Production Designer: Patrick Howe)
Our Flag Means Death: “Pilot” (Production Designer: Ra Vincent)
What We Do in the Shadows: “The Grand Opening, The Night Market, Pine Barrens” (Production Designer: Shayne Fox)
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
Bob Abishola: “Inner Boss Bitch, Two Rusty Tractors, Estee Lauder and Goat Meat” (Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen)
The Conners: “Sex, Lies, and House Hunting, The Best Laid Plans, A Contrabassoon and A
Sinking Feeling” (Production Designer: Jerry Dunn)
How I Met Your Father: “Pilot” (Production Designer: Glenda Rovello)
The Neighborhood: “Welcome to the Remodel” (Production Designer: Wendell Johnson)
United States of Al: “Kiss/Maach, Divorce/Talaq, Sock/Jeraab” (Production Designer: Daren Janes)
VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES
A Black Lady Sketch Show: “Anybody Have Something I Can Flog Myself With? Bounce Them Coochies, Y’All! Peaches and Eggplants for Errbody!” (Production Designers: Cindy Chao, Michelle Yu)
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls: HBCYOU Band” (Production Designer: James McGowan)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: “Catwalk, 60’s Girl Groups, Daytona Wind” (Production Designer: Gianna Costa)
Saturday Night Live: “Jack Harlow Hosts Season 48 Episode 4, Jack Harlow Musical Guest” (Production Designers: Keith Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph De Tullio)
Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant: Honey (Production Designer: Darcy E. Prevost)
VARIETY SPECIAL
“64th Annual Grammy Awards” (Supervising Art Director: Kristen Merlino)
“94th Annual Oscars” (Production Designer: David Korins)
“Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester” (Production Designer: Scott Pask)
“Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party” (Production Designer: Keith Raywood)
“Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would” (Production Designer: Star Theodos Kahn)
COMMERCIALS
“American Horror Stories: Dollhouse” Promo (Production Designer: Marc Benacerraf)
Bud Light Seltzer: “Land Of Loud Flavors” (Production Designer: François Audouy)
“Just Eat & Katy Perry: Did Somebody Say” (Production Designer: François Audouy)
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Title Announcement” (Production Designer: Brian Branstetter)
Paramount+: “Wildlife Promo” (Production Designer: Maia Javan)
SHORT FORMAT: MUSIC VIDEO OR WEBSERIES
Adele “I Drink Wine” (Production Designer: Liam Moore)
Coldplay x Selena Gomez “Let Somebody Go” (Production Designer: François Audouy)
Kendrick Lamar “Rich Spirit” (Production Designer: Scott Falconer)
Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” (Production Designer: Ethan Tobman)
Taylor Swift “Bejeweled” (Production Designer: Ethan Tobman)
