On the morning of January 5, 2024, the Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA), An International Organization, announced the nominations for the SDSA Awards Film 2023, celebrating excellence in the art of Set Decoration for films released in 2023, selected from four (4) categories: Contemporary, Period, Fantasy or Science Fiction, and Comedy or Musical. Winners in each category will be announced on February 13, 2023.
A reminder that many of the set decorators nominated by the SDSA (and their respective production designers) will go on to be nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which does include set decorators in their Production Design Oscar awarded each year. You can expect that at least five of the set decorators nominated by the SDSA will go onto be nominated in that Oscar category as well.
You can read the full list of nominations below:
Best Achievement In Décor/Design Of A Contemporary Feature Film
THE KILLER
Set Decoration by Brandi Kalish SDSA with Production Design by Donald Graham Burt
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
Set Decoration by David Schlesinger SDSA with Production Design by Anastasia White
MAY DECEMBER
Set Decoration by Jess Royal with Production Design by Sam Lisenco
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Set Decoration by Raffaella Giovannetti SDSA with Production Design by Gary Freeman
SALTBURN
Set Decoration by Charlotte Dirickx SDSA with Production Design by Suzie Davies
Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Set Decoration by Adam Willis with Production Design by Jack Fisk
MAESTRO
Set Decoration by Rena DeAngelo SDSA with Production Design by Kevin Thompson
NAPOLEON
Set Decoration by Elli Griff with Production Design by Arthur Max
OPPENHEIMER
Set Decoration by Claire Kaufman SDSA with Production Design by Ruth De Jong
POOR THINGS
Set Decoration by Zsuzsa Mihalek with Production Design by James Price & Shona Heath
Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Film
BARBIE
Set Decoration by Katie Spencer SDSA with Production Design by Sarah Greenwood
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
Set Decoration by Rosemary Brandenburg SDSA with Production Design by Beth Mickle
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
Set Decoration by Sabine Schaaf with Production Design by Uli Hanisch
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
Set Decoration by Anna Pinnock with Production Design by Adam Stockhausen
WONKA
Set Decoration by Lee Sandales with Production Design by Nathan Crowley
Best Achievement in Décor / Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film
AMERICAN FICTION
Set Decoration by Kyra Friedman Curcio SDSA with Production Design by Jonathan
Guggenheim
ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Set Decoration by Selina M. Van den Brink SDSA with Production Design by Steve Saklad
ASTEROID CITY
Set Decoration by Kris Moran with Production Design by Adam Stockhausen
CANDY CANE LANE
Set Decoration by Jan Pascale SDSA with Production Design by Aaron Osborne
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Set Decoration by Gordon Sim SDSA with Production Design by John Myhre
SDSA AWARDS FILM 2023 AWARD TIMELINE
Dec 27, 2023 Eligible Films Announced
Dec 29, 2023 Nominations Balloting Opens
Jan 04, 2024 Nominations Balloting Closes
Jan 05, 2024 Nominations Announced
Jan 26, 2024 Final Voting Open
Feb 02, 2024 Final Voting Closes
Feb 13, 2023 SDSA Awards – Film 2023 Announced
ABOUT THE SDSA AWARDS
The SDSA Awards are awards of distinction presented annually by the Set Decorator Society of America, An International Organization. The SDSA Film Awards and SDSA Television Awards recognize outstanding work on a wide range of productions in each medium. The SDSA Honors bestow the organization’s Lifetime Achievement and other meritorious awards.
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