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 17th annual excellence in production design awards.
Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is Jan. 31. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place Feb. 2 at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the fourth consecutive year.
Production designer Herman Zimmerman will be the recipient of the guild’s lifetime achievement award. Hall of Fame inductees are Preston Ames, Richard MacDonald and Edward Stephenson. The production designers behind the James Bond franchise – Sir Ken Adam, Allan Cameron, Dennis Gassner and Peter Lamont – will be honored for outstanding contribution to cinematic imagery.
The nominees for excellence in production design for a feature film in 2012 are:
Period Film
Anna Karenina
Sarah Greenwood
Argo
Sharon Seymour
Django Unchained
J. Michael Riva
Les Misérables
Eve Stewart
Lincoln
Rick Carter
Fantasy Film
Cloud Atlas
Uli Hanisch and Hugh Bateup
Life Of Pi
David Gropman
Prometheus
Arthur Max
The Dark Knight Rises
Nathan Crowley and Kevin Kavanaugh
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dan Hannah
Contemporary Film
Flight
Nelson Coates
Skyfall
Dennis Gassner
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Alan MacDonald
The Impossible
Eugenio Caballero
Zero Dark Thirty
Jeremy Hindle
Nominees for Excellence in Production Design in Television for 2012:
One-Hour Single Camera Television Series
Boardwalk Empire – Episode: “Resolution”
Bill Groom
Downton Abbey – Episode: “Christmas Special”
Donal Woods
Game Of Thrones – Episode: “The Ghost of Harrenhal”
Gemma Jackson
Homeland – Episode: “The Choice”
John D. Kretschmer
Newsroom – Episode: “We Just Decided To”
Richard Hoover
Television Movie or Mini-Series
American Horror Story: Asylum – Episode: “I Am Anne Frank, Part 2”
Mark Worthington
Game Change
Michael Corenblith
Hatfields and McCoys – Episode: “Night One,” “Night Two” and “Night Three”
Derek R. Hill
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Geoffrey Kirkland
Mockingbird Lane
Michael Wylie
Episode of a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
Community – Episode: “Pillows and Blankets”
Denise Pizzini
Girls – Episode: “Pilot”
Judy Becker
Modern Family – Episode: “Mistery Date”
Richard Berg
Parks & Recreation – Episode: “Soda Tax”
Ian Phillips
The New Normal – Episode: “Sofa’s Choice”
Tony Fanning
Episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety or Unscripted Series
2 Broke Girls – Episode: “And The Silent Partner”
Glenda Rovello
Democratic National Convention
Bruce Rodgers
How I Met Your Mother – Episode: “The Magicians Code Part 1”
Stephan Olson
Saturday Night Live – Episode: “Mick Jagger Host”
Keith Raywood
The Voice
Anton Goss and James Pearse Connelly
Awards, Music or Game Shows
84th Annual Academy Awards
John Myhre
Grammy Nomination Concert Live – Episode: “Countdown”
Matthew Russell
Super Bowl XLVI – Episode: “Halftime Show Starring Madonna”
Bruce Rodgers
The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Steve Bass
The 40th Annual American Music Awards
Joe Stewart
Commercial, PSA, Promo, and Music Video
Budweiser, “The Return of the King”
Jason Hamilton
Macy’s, “Dream”
Carlos A. Menendez
Nike, “Fast is Faster”
Tino Schaedler
Nike+, “Game On World”
James Chinlund
X-Box, “Halo 4 Commissioning”
Christopher Glass
